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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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the States. (To the discussion presented above l)v Admiral Chadwick may beadded the foHowing expression of opinion l)v one of tlie foremost niihtarvstudents of modern Europe: Tiie cooperation of the United States navywith their army in producing a decisive effect upon the whole character ofthe niilitarv operations is akin to what happens with us in nearly every warin which we engage. An English general has almost always to make hiscalculations strictly in accordance with what the navy can do for him. Theoperations by which the Federal navy, in conjunction with the army, sj)litthe Confederacy in two and severed the East from the A\est, must always,therefore, have for him a profound interest and importance. The greatstrategical results c)btained by this concentration of military and navalpower, which were as remarkable as the circumstances under which thesuccesses were gained, deserve our closest stud\.—Fiiid-Murshul, theRight Honorable Viscount Wolsclcy.—Enrrous.) (OS) Jls^^^^SSfc
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Copyrif/lit by Review of Reviews Co. SUMTER BECOMES A FEDERAL TARGET The eastern barracks inside Fort Sumter durinjj the Bombardment of Seiit. 8, 1863.—The guns of the Federalblockading fleet had now been pounding the fort for many weeks. This but recently re-discovered pictureis the work of G. S. Cook, the Charleston photographer. The view is to the right of the exploding shellin the picture on page 100. The flag and guns shown in the earlier picture have been swept away. Theupper casemate to the left has been demolished. The lower ones remained intact, however, and continuedto be used and even armed to the end of the Confederates defense. The guns here bore on the channelnearly opposite Fort Moultrie. The bake oven of the barracks—on the chimney of which are a couple ofConfederate soldiers—was frequently used for heating solid shot. In one of the low^er rooms of the bar-racks, seen to the right, the ruins later fell upon a detachment of sleeping soldiers, (a-7)

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