. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . se were halcyon days, those days of July, 18(52; lightspots in a generally dark life. Our soldier ])risoners, so inuredto hardship, want, and suffering, had now not a care on theirminds, not a trouble in their hearts; they drew long breaths ofcontent, and could only sigh sometimes at the thought of thedark future, which was doomed to hold so marked a contrastto that perfect rest and satisfaction. As they arrived at Ai-kens Landing, on the James River, they met a numbe
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . se were halcyon days, those days of July, 18(52; lightspots in a generally dark life. Our soldier ])risoners, so inuredto hardship, want, and suffering, had now not a care on theirminds, not a trouble in their hearts; they drew long breaths ofcontent, and could only sigh sometimes at the thought of thedark future, which was doomed to hold so marked a contrastto that perfect rest and satisfaction. As they arrived at Ai-kens Landing, on the James River, they met a number of pris-oners released from Fort Delaware, where conditions seem tohave been quite different from those at Fort Warren. Toquote Hunter again: Those prisoners that trooped slowlyover the gangplank, looking like the vanguard of the Resur-rection, were from Fort Delaware. Scores seemed to be ill;many were suflfering from the scurvy, while all bore marks ofsevere treatment in their thin faces and wasted forms. During the operation of the cartel, complaints of the con- ditions on Belle Isle began to be heard. The surgeon who.
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