. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Ilk If M/Ah 1^ ^.^. COLLECTION OF FREOEaiCK N MESERJE THE ISES 0I- .\D\ERSITV COPTKIGMT, IttI, KEVICW or flEViewa CO. War brings out m irc strongly than anything else thr nilli nf the trilr ohl Ihat n«rssi(y is Ihf mother of the operations on the James River a locomotive mounted on a flat-hoat was used as an extemporized stationary engine forworking a pile-driver. The Confederates at Port Hudson put one to as strange a use. Lifted free from the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . Ilk If M/Ah 1^ ^.^. COLLECTION OF FREOEaiCK N MESERJE THE ISES 0I- .\D\ERSITV COPTKIGMT, IttI, KEVICW or flEViewa CO. War brings out m irc strongly than anything else thr nilli nf the trilr ohl Ihat n«rssi(y is Ihf mother of the operations on the James River a locomotive mounted on a flat-hoat was used as an extemporized stationary engine forworking a pile-driver. The Confederates at Port Hudson put one to as strange a use. Lifted free from the rails and with a Keltattae ed to the driving-wheels, it was used to operate a grist-mill that ground the corn into rough meal, whieh was theirsubstitute for flour. It did the work in a very satisfactory manner. There wer< large cjuantities of grain an<l corn that hadbeen bnmght into Port Hudson before it was invested, and the Red River country, as long as it was kept open an<l ,provided the garrison with fupplies. But at the time of the investment the Confederate quarlermasler was hard put to it toanswer the demands made
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