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The War in America: a Confederate deserter coming into the Federal lines at Munson's..., 1861. Creator: Unknown.

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The War in America: a Confederate deserter coming into the Federal lines at Munson's Hill - from a sketch by our special artist, 1861. 'Our artist in the Federal camp writes: "...while I was out at the extreme advanced picket in front of the Confederate position at Munson's Hill, I was much startled by a sudden popping all along the enemy's line, the bullets pinging over our heads in every direction. Raising myself cautiously I saw a Confederate soldier bounding through the tall Indian corn, and making for our lines, while two hundred yards behind him his former comrades were doing their best to stop his career. He ran the gauntlet without a single shot taking effect, and turned out to belong to the 13th Virginian Regiment. He told us that Jefferson Davis and Beauregard were on the hill reconnoitring, and that there were 180,000 Confederates between that post and Fairfax'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

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HRM23B24_281

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32,3Mo (3,0Mo) / 33,2cm x 24,4cm / 3925 x 2880 (300dpi)

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