The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . One of the proudest days of the nation—May ii, 1865—here lives again. Thetrue greatness of the American people wasnot displayed till the close of the citizen from the walks of humble lifehad during the contest become a veteransoldier, equal in courage and fightingcapacity to the best drilled infantry ofMarlborough, Frederick the Great, orNapoleon. But it remained to be seenwhether he would return peacefully to theoccupations of peace. European nationsm
The Civil War through the camera : hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times, together with Elson's new history . One of the proudest days of the nation—May ii, 1865—here lives again. Thetrue greatness of the American people wasnot displayed till the close of the citizen from the walks of humble lifehad during the contest become a veteransoldier, equal in courage and fightingcapacity to the best drilled infantry ofMarlborough, Frederick the Great, orNapoleon. But it remained to be seenwhether he would return peacefully to theoccupations of peace. European nationsmade dark predictions. Would nearly amillion men, they asked, one of themightiest military organizations evertrained in war, quietly lay aside this re-sistless power and disappear into the un-noted walks of civil life? Europe withits standing armies thought not. Europewas mistaken. The disbanded veteranslent the effectiveness of military order anddiscipline to the industrial and commercialdevelopment of the land they had cometo love with an increased devotion. Thepictures are of Shermans troops marching. THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIERS—THE GRAND REVIEW llllMMllii^ •JCttX E^S& (i&is&A m ^^**m if jflf iJMp»i wflfi r* £BwSbhi jg**» fe JftJ down Pennsylvania Avenue. The horse-men in the lead are General Francis and his staff, and the infantry inflashing new uniforms are part of theSeventeenth Corps in the Army of Ten-nessee. Little over a year before, theyhad started with Sherman on his series ofbattles and flanking marches in the strug-gle for Atlanta. They had taken a con-spicuous and important part in the battleof July 2L2d east of Atlanta, receiving andfinally repulsing attacks in both front andrear. They had marched with Shermanto the sea and participated in the captureof Savannah. They had joined in thecampaign through the Carolinas, part ofthe time leading the advance and tearingup many miles of railway track, and oper-ating on the extreme right after the battle
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