Henry Wadsworth Longfellow travelled to Washington City to find his son, wounded in a botched Civil War battle near Payne's Farm Virginia. He discovers how deep Charley's wounds have gone.

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Original artwork adapted from the photo provided by Trading Cards NPS under Creative Commons licensing (https://www.flickr.com/photos/tradingcardsnpsyahoocom/7222962134/in/photostream/, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/legalcode).