The photographic history of the Civil War - thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities (1911) (14576265899)

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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



Text Appearing After Image:
, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WHILE OTHER MINUS WERE OCCUPYING THEMSELVES WITH DIFFERENT THEORIES OF RECONSTRUCTION. A SCENE CONTEMPORARY WITH "SUMNER'S UNCOMPROMISING RESOLUTION" REFERRED TO BY LAMAR

The lively scene in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, just after the war, is typical of early reconstruction in the South. The wagon is filled with a military band, the flags are regimental colors, and the vehicle itself is a military wagon. The music has attracted not only a crowd of boys and men, hut a woman with a child in her arms is standing in the door of the bakery where cakes and pies are advertised for sale, and in the second-story window above her another woman is gazing timidly from behind the shutter. Evidently the candidate for the State Senate is making some progress. Reconstruction in the South was not so longa period as some may suppose. The first attempts to reorganize the state governments, like the one her epictured, were under the protection of Federal military forces. The measures taken were sometimes harsh, but the execution of martial law was honest.