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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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e, volun-teered as private soldiers. They did not wait for place oroffice, but unhesitatingly entered the ranks, with all the hard-ships that the service involved. Probably no army ever contained more young men ofhigh culture among its private soldiers—graduates in arts, inletters, in languages, in the physical sciences, in the highermathematics, and in the learned professions—as the army thatfought under the Southern Cross. And how cheerful—howuncomplaining—how gallant they were! They marched andfought and starved, truly without reward. Kleven dollars amonth in Confederate paper was their stipend. Flour andbacon and peanut-coffee made up their bill of fare. The hardearth, or else three fence-rails, tilted up on end, was their bed,their knapsacks their pillows, and a flimsy blanket their cov-ering. The starry firmament was often their only tent. Theirclothing—well, I cannot describe it. I can only say it was athing of shreds and patches, interspersed with rents. 114) t^^^SSt
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EVIEW5 CO. A FINE-LOOKING GROUP OF CONFEDERATE OFFICERS The officers in camp at the east end of Sullivans Island, near Charleston, illustrate forcibly Dr. McKimsdescription of the personnel of the Confederate army. The preservation of the photograph is due to thecare of the Washington Light Infantry of Charleston, S. C, in which these men were officers. To the leftstands M. Master, and in front of him are Lieutenant AVilkie, R. Choper, and Lieutenant Lloyd. Facingthem is Captain Simmonton, and the soldier shading his eyes with his hand is Gibbs Blackwood. It iseasy to see from their fine presence and bearing that these were among the many thousands of Southernersable to distinguish themselves in civil life who nevertheless sprang to bear arms in defense of their nativesoil. In an interval of the suspension of hostilities at the battle of Cold Harbor, writes Randolph II.McKim in the text of this volume, a private soldier lies on the ground poring over an Arabic grammar—it is Crawford

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