Image: The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762809165)

Description: Identifier: photographichist08mill (find matches) 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 View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: ' Text Appearing After Image: COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. THESE JOHNNIE REBS ARE A JOLLY LOT This quotation from the accompanying text is thoroughly illustrated by the photograph reproduced above. It was taken in 1861by J. D. Edwards, a pioneer camera-man of New Orleans, within the Barbour sand-batteries, near the lighthouse in Pensacola harbor.Nor was the Confederate good humor merely of the moment. Throughout the war, the men in gray overcame their hardships by agrim gaiety that broke out on the least provocation—at times with none at all as when, marching to their armpits in icy water, forlack of bridges they invented the term Confederate pontoons in derision of the Federal engineering apparatus. Or while a Federalbrigade magnificently led—and clad—swept on to the charge, the ragged line in gray, braced against the assault, would crackle intoamazing laughter with shouts of Bring on those good breeches! Hey, Yank, might as well hand me your coal now ;is later! ItmpHffi of ilir Qlmtfrfcrratf Armt Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14762809165)
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