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Confederate Collection (page 6)

Background imageConfederate Collection: Battle of Shiloh / Elson

Battle of Shiloh / Elson
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH An engagement between Union forces under General Grant and Confederate forces under Albert Johnston. Losses were heavy on both sides

Background imageConfederate Collection: Trent Halted / Arrested

Trent Halted / Arrested
The Union ship San Jacinto halts the Trent and confederate delegates are arrested

Background imageConfederate Collection: Civil War / Stuarts Raid

Civil War / Stuarts Raid
Confederate general J E B Stuart leads his spectacular raid around the Union forces under McClellan

Background imageConfederate Collection: Confederate Irregulars

Confederate Irregulars
Some of the supporters of the Secession were a rough-and- ready lot, such as these Alleghany Irregulars from Virginia

Background imageConfederate Collection: Federal Sentinel

Federal Sentinel
On the banks of the Potomac river, a Federal picket keeps watch while his companions sleep. Across the river are the Confederate batteries

Background imageConfederate Collection: Confederate Retreat

Confederate Retreat
As the Federal Army advances on Fairfax, Virginia, Carolinian pickets of the Confederate Army retreat through the woods

Background imageConfederate Collection: 1st Battle of Bull Run

1st Battle of Bull Run
Confederate soldiers under Beauregard rally before winning a decisive victory over the Union army under McDowell

Background imageConfederate Collection: Mississippi Naval Fight

Mississippi Naval Fight
The Mississippi is the scene of continuous naval operations throughout the war : here Union vessels engage confederate forts below New Orleans

Background imageConfederate Collection: Mosbys Irregulars

Mosbys Irregulars
Confederate commander Mosby forms a band of about 1000 irregulars who carry on guerilla operations, harassing the Union forces, stealing their horses and supplies

Background imageConfederate Collection: Gettysburg - Pickett s

Gettysburg - Pickett s
Confederate general Pickett leads his legendary charge, but he cannot prevent an overwhelming defeat in which Lee loses one-third of his army

Background imageConfederate Collection: Confederate Forces

Confederate Forces
After Gettysburg, the Confederate forces are increasingly hard-pressed by the Union; this corps is forced to march at night through burning woods

Background imageConfederate Collection: Richmond Burns

Richmond Burns
Though a primary target for the Union, the Confederate capital was not taken until 1865 : fires were started not by the incoming Federals but the departing Confederates

Background imageConfederate Collection: Confederates Fight On

Confederates Fight On
Outnumbered and out- generalled, short of supplies and ammunition, Confederate soldiers fight on as best they can

Background imageConfederate Collection: Richmond Captured

Richmond Captured
The Union army enters Richmond, which has been the Confederate capital : there is wholesale destruction, caused by the retreating southerners, not by the northerners

Background imageConfederate Collection: Confederates Flight

Confederates Flight
Confederate forces in hurried retreat as the war draws to a bitter close. Date: 1865

Background imageConfederate Collection: Confederate Prisoners

Confederate Prisoners
The Union flag flies over a camp of confederate prisoners at Elmira, New York

Background imageConfederate Collection: Three Card Trick

Three Card Trick
THE THREE CARD TRICK (or Spot the Lady ) The other passengers watch while the trickster and his confederate fleece a victim in a railway carriage



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