The Civil War through the camera - hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history (1912) (14591150650)

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Title: The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history
Year: 1912 (1910s)
Authors: Elson, Henry William, 1857- Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Civil War Semi-centennial Society Patriot Pub. Co., Springfield, Mass
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Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Patriot Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant



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housands of human lives, and hun-dreds of millions of property not yet destroyed. Sincerelyhoping that all our difficulties may be settled without the loss ofanother life, I subscribe myself, etc. There remained for Lee the bare possibility, by desperatefighting, of breaking through the Federal lines in his rear. ToGordons corps was assigned the task of advancing on Sheri-dans strongly supported front. Since Picketts charge at Get-tysburg there had been no more hopeless movement in theannals of the war. It was not merely that Gordon was over-whelmingly outnumbered by the opposing forces, but his hun-ger-enfeebled soldiers, even if successful in the first onslaught,could count on no effective support, for Longstreets corps wasin even worse condition than his own. Nevertheless, on themorning of Sunday, the 9th, the attempt was made. Gordonwas fighting his corps, as he said, to a frazzle, when Leecame at last to a realizing sense of the futility of it all and ■II Viv //// 4 N & ^ ^
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SIGNS OF PEACE—CONFEDERATE ARTILLERY CAPTURED AT RICHMOND AND WAITING SHIPMENT Never again to be used byConfederate guns capturedmond are parked nearthe wharves on theJames River ready forshipment to the nationalarsenal at Washington,once more the capital ofa united country. Thereflection of these in-struments of destruc-tion on the peaceful sur-face of the canal is notmore clear than was thepurpose of the South toaccept the issues of thewar and to restore as faras in them lay the basesfor an enduring pros-perity. The same de-votion which mannedthese guns so bravely ither against brother, these and pn ilonged the contest the defenses about Rich- human powers to endure