File:The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739690296).jpg
DescriptionThe photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14739690296).jpg
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' Text Appearing After Image: THE FIGHTING FORTY-FIRST C (^ompany of the Forty-first New York after the SecondBattle of Bull Run, August 30, 1S62. When the troops of Gen-erals Milroy and Schurz were hard pressed by overpowering num-bers and exhausted by fatigue, this New York regiment, beingordered forward, quickly advanced with a cheer along the War-renton Turnpike and deployed about a milewest of the field of the confiict of July 21,1861. The fighting men replied with an-swering shouts, for with the regiment thatcame up at the double quick galloped abattery of artillery. The charging Con-federates were held and this position wasas.sailed time and again. It became thecenter of the sanguinary combat of theday, and it was here that the Bull-Dogsearned their name. Among the first torespond to Lincolns call, they enlisted inJune. 61, and when their first service wasover they stepped forward to a man, speci-fying no term of service but putting theirnames on the Honor Roll of For the War.
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