. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WITHIN THE DESERTED FORT—1865 Here is the desolation inside the shattered walls of Sumter. The cele-bration of raising the flag on April 14, 1865, is now in the past. Thebenches that had been crowded with listeners eager to catch every wordof the address by Henry ^Yard Beecher are now empty. The pavilionin which he spoke is no longer gay with flags. The staff from whichOld Glory had floated to the applause of thousands stands are the shapeless ruins made by Gillmores guns. Out in thebay no ships dressed in flags are to
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . WITHIN THE DESERTED FORT—1865 Here is the desolation inside the shattered walls of Sumter. The cele-bration of raising the flag on April 14, 1865, is now in the past. Thebenches that had been crowded with listeners eager to catch every wordof the address by Henry ^Yard Beecher are now empty. The pavilionin which he spoke is no longer gay with flags. The staff from whichOld Glory had floated to the applause of thousands stands are the shapeless ruins made by Gillmores guns. Out in thebay no ships dressed in flags are to be seen. For the whole nation is inmourning. On the very evening of the flag-raising the bullet of Boothhad laid low the man through whose patience and statesmanship theSumter celebration had become possible. Trials more searching thanthose of war awaited his sorrowing people. [33S] APPENDIX SONGS OF THE WAR DAYS EDITED BY JEANNE ROBERT FOSTER. WHEN JOHNNY COMES MARCHING HOME THE MOST POPULAR WAR-TIME SONG OF THE MUSTERED-OUT MEN—THUS THEYLOOKED AS THEY MARCHED HOME FROM TRENCHES AND FORTS, FROM BLOODY BAT-TLEFIELDS, FROM HOSPITAL AND PRISON—BACK TO CITY, TOWN, AND COUNTRYSIDE [J-82] SUCCESS TO THEALABAMA THE ENGLISH MANOR HOUSE TOWHICH ADMIRAL SEMMES RE-PAIRED AFTER THE FAMOUSBATTLE—HIS CHIEF OFFICER,CAPTAIN KELL, IS STANDINGAT THE EXTREME RIGHT. In this charming photo-graph of Milbrook ManorHouse near Southampton,Eng-land, appears a scene of 1864at the quiet country-place towhich Admiral Semmes of theConfederate warship, Ala-bama, and his chief executiveofficer, Captain Kell, retiredfor rest and recuperation afterthe loss of their vessel in thebattle with the U. S. S. Kear-sarge off the coast of the right of the picture isCaptain Kell, convalescingfrom his wound in this green,shaded retreat. Exquisitelyrendered by the camera are thehoopskirts, the flowing scarfs,and the old-fashioned blousesof the women in
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