US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August
US Civil War, Peninsula Campaign, April-August, 1862. Union Gen. W.S. Hancocks charge, at the Battle of Williamsburg, on May 5, 1862, against the rear guard of the Confederate army retreating north. Later Union Gen. Hooker assaulted Fort Magruder, the earthen fortification alongside the Williamsburg Road, but was repulsed. The Confederates continued their retreat north on the night after the battle
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45383723
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3000px x 2179px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
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