. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . in thewar. I arrived in Havana Harbor the evening of the 28th, andthe next day reached Camp Columbia, southwest of Havanaabout eight miles, at Buena Vista, near Marianao, where mylast military headquarters were established, in tents, as alwaysbefore. The troops were prepared to take possession ofHavana on its surrender by the Spaniards, January i, Brooke, Lee, Ludlow, and som
. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . in thewar. I arrived in Havana Harbor the evening of the 28th, andthe next day reached Camp Columbia, southwest of Havanaabout eight miles, at Buena Vista, near Marianao, where mylast military headquarters were established, in tents, as alwaysbefore. The troops were prepared to take possession ofHavana on its surrender by the Spaniards, January i, Brooke, Lee, Ludlow, and some other ofificersattended to the ceremonial part in the surrender of the city,and it became my duty to march the Seventh Corps and othertroops in the vicinity of Havana into it for the purpose oftaking public and actual possession. I, accordingly, earlyNew Year morning, moved my command, numbering, in-fantry, cavalry, and artillery, about 9000, to and along thesea-shore, crossing the Almendares River on pontoons, near itsmouth, thence through Vedado to the foot of the Prado, op-posite Morro Castle, located east of the neck of the formal ceremonies being over (12 M.), the troops were. Occupation of Havana 293 moved up the Prado, passing Major-General Brooke and otherson the reviewing-stand at the Inglaterra Hotel, then throughprincipal streets to camp, having made a march of about eigh-teen miles, under a tropical sun, the day being excessively hotfor even that climate. The soldiers endured the march day was a memorable one. A city which had been undermonarchical rule for four hundred years witnessed the powerof freedom, represented by the host of American soldiers,under the flag of a Republic, move triumphantly throughits streets, with the avowed purpose of securing freedom to allthe people. The Spanish residents did not partake of the joy-ous feeling or participate in the wild demonstrations of theCuban inhabitants. The latter exhibited a frantic hilarity a
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