The boys of '61; or, Four years of fightingPersonal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . -- n m. v - -•. f « H saw -^,.vS5r teS* m m>-:.. ^^ssm^m a S5i-3 8 ^MwM mamk 1865.] RICHMOND. 513 turned to ashes. They had been promised a high place amongthe nations. Cotton was the king of kings ; and England,France, and the whole civilized world would bow in humblesubmission to his majesty. That was the promise; but nowtheir king was dethroned, their government overthrown, theirPresident and his cabinet vagrants. They had been promisedafflue
The boys of '61; or, Four years of fightingPersonal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . -- n m. v - -•. f « H saw -^,.vS5r teS* m m>-:.. ^^ssm^m a S5i-3 8 ^MwM mamk 1865.] RICHMOND. 513 turned to ashes. They had been promised a high place amongthe nations. Cotton was the king of kings ; and England,France, and the whole civilized world would bow in humblesubmission to his majesty. That was the promise; but nowtheir king was dethroned, their government overthrown, theirPresident and his cabinet vagrants. They had been promisedaffluence, Richmond was to be the metropolis of the Confeder-acy, and Virginia the all-powerful State of the new terrible the cheat! Their thousand-dollar bonds werenot worth a penny. A million dollars would not purchase adinner. Their money was valueless, their slaves were freemen,the heart of their city was in ashes. They had been deludedin everything. Those whom they had most trusted had mostabused their confidence; and at last, in the most unfeeling andinhuman manner, had fired their dwellings, destroying propertythey could no longer use or levy upon, thus adding arson androbbery to
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