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Original caption: The "Pawnee" was called the fighting ship of the navy. This is a view of Rear Admiral Dahlgren and Staff on the deck of the Pawnee off Charleston, S. C.

Original caption: Each battery of artillery and each squadron of cavalry were provided with a Forge, mounted on heavy wheels, similar to a piece of Artillery. This Forge travelled with the Army, and the Artificer in charge of the Forge attended to shoeing the horses, and repairing the iron-work of the gun-carriages and baggage-wagons. He always had plenty of business, and this view shows him engaged in shoeing the horses.

Original caption: This entire park of artillery is made up of cannon and cassions captured from the Rebel army. It is "parked" near the "Rocketts" in Richmond, and is waiting to be shipped North. Many of these same cannon have been used, since the war, in making the Grand Army Badges which are now worn by comrades of that great Order.

Original caption: Who but a "Yank" would think of starting a "store" or restaurant on the line of battle where shot and shell are constantly falling? This is a bomb-proof restaurant on the line at Petersburg. The sign over the door "Fruit A Oyster House," looks as though it might have been "captured" by the proprietors from some regular eating house.

Original caption: This is a view of the troops engaged in building a pontoon bridge across Port Royal River, at Beaufort, S. C., in March, 1862. Each boat, with a certain number of timbers, is carried on a large wagon, and when needed, is brought up to the water's edge, slipped off from the wheels into the river, anchored parallel with the current, and followed by others in a like manner; the timbers are soon laid, and the army has a serviceable bridge, light and strong.

Original caption: This view will be appreciated by many comrades. In the foreground is the Railroad Depot of Chattanooga; a group of Rebel prisoners waiting for a train to make up to take them North. In the background the tents scattered along at the base of Lookout, and looming up skyward is old Lookout Mountain, where Joe Hooker and his boys fought "above the clouds."

Original caption: This is a ghastly view showing the process of collecting the remains of Union soldiers who were hastily buried at the time of the battle. This is a scene on the battlefield months after the battle, when the Government ordered the remains gathered for permanent burial. The grinning skulls, the boot still hanging on the fleshless bones, the old canteen on the skeleton, all testify to the hasty burial after the battle. Looking on this scene you can easily understand why, in all National Cemeteries, there are so great a number of graves marked "Unknown." These are the unknown heroes of the war, who "died that our Nation might live."

Original caption: This view shows dead Confederate soldiers in front of Fort Robinette, Corinth, just as they fell, in their attack on the fort. The fort is seen in the background, on the left of the picture.

Original caption: Battery Magrauder, named after the Rebel General Magrauder, who was in command at Yorktown. When the Rebels evacuated this place they destroyed as many of their cannon as possible.

Original caption: This photograph was taken April 2, 1865, in the Rebel trenches at Petersburg just after their capture by the Union troops. The trenches all along the lines were found to contain many dead Confederates, and this view is but one of many that was made by the photographer showing the dead just as they fell. By looking at a number of these views you can get an idea of how a long stretch of the trenches looked that day. Of course the camera could not take but a small section within the scope of each view. You will notice that no two of the dead fell in the same position.

Original caption: This photograph was taken April 2, 1865, in the Rebel trenches at Petersburg just after their capture by the Union troops. The trenches all along the lines were found to contain many dead Confederates, and this view is but one of many that was made by the photographer showing the dead just as they fell. By looking at a number of these views you can get an idea of how a long stretch of the trenches looked that day. Of course the camera could not take but a small section within the scope of each view. You will notice that no two of the dead fell in the same position.

Original caption: This photograph was taken April 2, 1865, in the Rebel trenches at Petersburg just after their capture by the Union troops. The trenches all along the lines were found to contain many dead Confederates, and this view is but one of many that was made by the photographer showing the dead just as they fell. By looking at a number of these views you can get an idea of how a long stretch of the trenches looked that day. Of course the camera could not take but a small section within the scope of each view. You will notice that no two of the dead fell in the same position.