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Yorktown, Gloucester, and Scenes in the Camps Before Yorktown 

four panoramic scenes of land from the view of a river, and soldiers making a road in the woods

Caption: Yorktown, Gloucester and scenes in the camp before Yorktown. -Sketched by Mr. A.R. Waud. (See page 299 [for related story].)

  1. Gloucester from River [additional labels: redoubt, water battery, sandbags on top of earthworks, rebel headquarters, men at work on a new battery].
  2. Yorktown from the River [additional labels: sally port, water battery, cotton bales on dock, distant rebel works].
  3. Rebel fortifications near Wynnes Mill [additional labels: stockade of pointed stakes, rebel camp, covered-way].
  4. Portion of Rebel Battery at Wynnes Mill [the gun which wounded Lieut. Wagner] ; Baxter's Zouaves making a road through the woods in front of Yorktown.

Source: Illustration from Harper's Weekly, May 10, 1862, pages 296-297.