. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ER BlLL RUN ISilow is the gallery of A. —a Confederate photogra-pher—as it stood on Main Street,Baton Rouge, in ISG-t, when in the<in|jloy of the Confederate SecretService Lytle trained his camerau])on the Federal army which occu-pied Baton Rouge. It was indeeddangerous work, as discovery of hispurpose would have visited uponthe photographer the fate of a would steal secretly uptlie Observation Tower, which hadlieeu built on the ruins of the capi-tol. and often exposed to rifle shotsfrom the Federals, would with
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ER BlLL RUN ISilow is the gallery of A. —a Confederate photogra-pher—as it stood on Main Street,Baton Rouge, in ISG-t, when in the<in|jloy of the Confederate SecretService Lytle trained his camerau])on the Federal army which occu-pied Baton Rouge. It was indeeddangerous work, as discovery of hispurpose would have visited uponthe photographer the fate of a would steal secretly uptlie Observation Tower, which hadlieeu built on the ruins of the capi-tol. and often exposed to rifle shotsfrom the Federals, would with flagorlantern signal totheConfederatesat Scotts Bluff, whence the newswas relayed to New Orleans, and|)rovision made for smuggling theprecious prints tlirough the Brady, Lytle obtained hisphotographic supplies from An-thony &: Company of New York;but unlike Cook of Charleston, hedid not have to depend upon con-traband traffic to secure them, butgot them passed on the orders totrade issued quite freely in theWest bv the Federal Coptjright hi, Rnini „! R,ri. „:< ( ;,. THE GALLERY OF A CONFEDERATE SECRET-SERVICE PHOTOGRAPHER,BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA, 1864
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