. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . he boy stood on the burningdeck, and the like. So it was, when Lincoln called him, lieresponded with a heart intensely patriotic and aflame with mili-tary ardor, and he proved marvelously adaptable as a soldier. At the outset and occasionally afterward, many young menwent into service in companies and regiments of militia. A fewwere well drilled, the greater number indifferently. These werebut a sprinkling in the great mass of volunteers, who were with-out such experi
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . he boy stood on the burningdeck, and the like. So it was, when Lincoln called him, lieresponded with a heart intensely patriotic and aflame with mili-tary ardor, and he proved marvelously adaptable as a soldier. At the outset and occasionally afterward, many young menwent into service in companies and regiments of militia. A fewwere well drilled, the greater number indifferently. These werebut a sprinkling in the great mass of volunteers, who were with-out such experience, and came fresh from farms, workshops,stores, and schools. But most of them had been members of theuniformed clubs in the exciting political campaign of 1861, andwere fairly proficient in ordinary marching movements andhandling torchsticks in semi-military fashion, which proved ofadvantage to them in entering upon a soldiers life. Usually for a few weeks before taking the field, the embryosoldiers lay in camps of instruction. Probably in every regi-ment were some veterans who had seen service in the Mexican [1801 \r\. COPYRIGHT. 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. A TIME-STAINED PHOTOGRAPH OF THE FIFTIES OFFICERS AND NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS COMPANY P, EIGHTH NEW YORK These officers of the Eighth New York are garbed in the same uniforms that they wore to the Mexican and the hotly contested political campaign of 1861 served as the two great drill-masters of the Federalrecruits at the outset of the war. A few of them were indifferently drilled through their connection withregiments of militia, but these were but a sprinkling in the great mass that thronged from the farms, theworkshops, and the schools. Most of these had marched as members of the uniformed clubs in the excitingpolitical campaign of 1861, and were fairly proficient in ordinary movements and in handling torch-sticksinstead of rifles. Probably in every quota there were some men who had seen service in the Mexi
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