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A group of people interacting in front of a house. One man is hiding behind a tree and another is walking away from an altercation between a man and woman.

A Group of People

A group of people interacting in front of a house. One man is hiding behind a tree and another is walking…

An illustration of three men looking over a cliff.

Three Men Looking

An illustration of three men looking over a cliff.

The activity of the Confederates on the Potomac and the confluent rivers was almost incredible. In one night some point hitherto defenseless was made to bristle with cannon, and the first intimation of its locality was a leaden messenger winging its way on its mission of death. A party of the Tenth Regiment of New York Zuoaves, while out scouting through a dense wood, came suddenly in sight of Messech's Point, and there beheld the Confederates at work upon an almost completed battery, which had sprung up with magical rapidity.

Discovery of a Confederate Battery at Messech's Point

The activity of the Confederates on the Potomac and the confluent rivers was almost incredible. In one…

Scouting party of the ninth Indian volunteers, or, as they were called, "The tigers of the bloody ninth."

Scouting Party

Scouting party of the ninth Indian volunteers, or, as they were called, "The tigers of the bloody ninth."

Image of a Confederate spy.

Confederate Spy

Image of a Confederate spy.

A stands on a chair to look out of a window. She holds back the curtains. The girl has curly hair and is wearing a pinafore over her patterned dress.

Girl Looking out Window

A stands on a chair to look out of a window. She holds back the curtains. The girl has curly hair and…