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Civil War Illustrations

Rebels Bayonetting Union Troops 

Confederate soldiers pointing guns and swords at men laying on the ground

Caption: Rebels Fiendishly Bayonetting Wounded Union Troops after the Battle of Bull Run. Drawn by our artist. See page 218 [for related story].

Source: Illustration from New York Illustrated News, August 5, 1861, page 213

NoteAnother illustration of this incident appeared in Harper's Weekly.