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Title: The photographic history of the civil war..
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works
Publisher: New York, The Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

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ing of the people has never before been witnessedin New York, nor throughout the whole length and breadth of the Union. Five stands were erected, fromwhich some of the most able speakers of the city and state addressed the multitude on the necessity ofrallying around the flag of the Republic in this hour of its danger. A series of resolutions was proposed andunanimously adopted, pledging the meeting to use every means to preserve the I nion intact and inviolate.Great unanimity prevailed throughout the whole proceedings; party politics were ignored, and the en-tire meeting—speakers and listeners—were a unit in maintaining the national honor unsullied. Major Ander-son, the hero of Fort Sumter, was present, and showed himself at the various stands, at each of which he wasmost enthusiastically received. An impressive feature of tin- occasion was the flag of Sumter, hoisted onthe stump of tin- staff that had been shot away, placed in the hand of the equestrian statue of Washington.(14)
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PATRIOT PUB. CO. RECRUITING ON BROADWAY. 1801 Looking north on Broadwayfrom The Park (laterCity Hall Park) in wartime, one sees the Stars andStripes waving above therecruiting station, pastwhich the soldiers stroll.There is a convenient boothwith liquid refreshments.To the right of the picturethe rear end of a street car isvisible, but passenger travelon Broadway itself is bystage. On the left is theAstor House, then one ofthe foremost hostelries ofthe city. In the lower pho-tograph the view is from the

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