. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . sardines, French prunes, and bags of bis-cuit, while the hosts contributed only a roast turkey or a ham, with knivesand forks. Democratic feasts those were, where major-generals and highprivates met on an equal footing. The hospitable old town was crowded with the families of officers andmembers of the Government. Onehouse was made to do the workof several, many of the wealthycitizens generously giving up theirsuperfluous space to receive thenew-comers. The only publicevent of not
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . sardines, French prunes, and bags of bis-cuit, while the hosts contributed only a roast turkey or a ham, with knivesand forks. Democratic feasts those were, where major-generals and highprivates met on an equal footing. The hospitable old town was crowded with the families of officers andmembers of the Government. Onehouse was made to do the workof several, many of the wealthycitizens generously giving up theirsuperfluous space to receive thenew-comers. The only publicevent of note was the inaugura-tion of Mr. Davis as Presidentof the Permanent Governmentof the Confederate States, whichwe viewed by the courtesy of E. Thompson, the State Li-brarian, from one of the windowsof the Capitol, where, while wait-ing for the exercises to begin, weread Harpers Weekly and otherNorthern papers, the latest perunderground express. That 22dof February was a day of pouringrain, and the concourse of um-brellas in the square beneath ushad the effect of an immensemushroom-bed. As the bishop and. THE OLD CLIFTON HOTEL, 439 44o RICHMOND SCENES IN 62.
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