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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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COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVrEW OF REVIEWS CO. •ONCE TEN THOUSANDS HAILED IT GLADLYline with canister and small-anus. The engagement now became terrific and the position of my brigadeextremely critical. The troops, however, stood nobly to the work before them, and, steadily advancing,surmounted the hill on which the enemys breastworks were, the battery moving with the line, and renderingeffective service. The enemy were driven from their breastworks, and Brigadier-General Maneys brigadecoming up at this opportune moment, charged them, and the contest was over. At daylight on Mondaymorning the enemy was found to have sought safety in flight under the cover of darkness. During thebattle the regiment lost 194 men, a percentage of 54.95. The next highest recorded loss was 42.78. Ryanswords. Those who once unrolled it. can appropriately be quoted under this spirited scene. And anotherphrase, Cold and dead are lying now, fits loo sadly well the careers of these volunteers from Georgia.
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THE CONQUERED BANNER—THERES NOT A SWORD TO SAVE IT As these lows and rows of cannon stretch across the arsenal grounds at Baton Rouge, soon after tli.ir surrender on May I, 1865, bythe years later, into dormitories fur the Louisiana State T Diver-sity. It had Ix-en a military center under no less than five flags. The smaller buildings at the left, formerly used as powder-houses, later I..ram. model dairies in the agricultural department of the university work Tims destruction gavi place to training forcitizenship and service. As soon as General Taj lor heard of the capitulation of General Joseph E Johnston in North Carolina, hi sur-rendered, on May I, 1S05, at (litronelle, Alabama, not far from Mobile, all the remaining forces of the (onfederacy <-ast of 111<- Missis-sippi Riv

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