. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . EViEW OF REVIEWS CO- PREPARING FOR WAR—A COxNFEDERATE PHOTOGRAPH OF (il Fliiriila Opens the Grim Game of War. On a sanily point at the entrance to Pensacola Bay over two hundred years ago, tlie Spaniardswho so long held possession of what is now the Gulf coast of the United States had l)uiU a fort. On site the United Slates Gov-ernment had erected a strong fortification called Fort Barrancas. Between this point and a low-lying sandy island directly opposite,any v
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . EViEW OF REVIEWS CO- PREPARING FOR WAR—A COxNFEDERATE PHOTOGRAPH OF (il Fliiriila Opens the Grim Game of War. On a sanily point at the entrance to Pensacola Bay over two hundred years ago, tlie Spaniardswho so long held possession of what is now the Gulf coast of the United States had l)uiU a fort. On site the United Slates Gov-ernment had erected a strong fortification called Fort Barrancas. Between this point and a low-lying sandy island directly opposite,any vessels going up to Pensacola must pass. On the western end of this island was the strongly built Fort Pickens. Early in 1881both forts were practically ungarrisoned. This remarkable picture, taken by the New Orleans photographer Edwards, in l-ebruary,ISei, belongs to a .series liitherto unpublished. Out of the deep shadows of the sally port we look into the glaring sunlight upon oneof the earliest warlike moves. Here we see one of the heavy pieces of ordnance that were intended to defend the harbor from foreignfoes, bei
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