. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LEARNING NEW LESSONS—THE NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 66 The faces of tlie gnidiiates of GG, and the view below of part of the Naval Academy grounds at Annapolis, taken in I8G0, are theevidence of the peace-footing to which the institution has been restored within a year. The cadets and instructors have returned fromNewport in 1865 and resumed their old quarters, from which they had been precipitately driven by the first Confederate move onWashington. The grand veteran Cons
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . LEARNING NEW LESSONS—THE NAVAL ACADEMY CLASS OF 66 The faces of tlie gnidiiates of GG, and the view below of part of the Naval Academy grounds at Annapolis, taken in I8G0, are theevidence of the peace-footing to which the institution has been restored within a year. The cadets and instructors have returned fromNewport in 1865 and resumed their old quarters, from which they had been precipitately driven by the first Confederate move onWashington. The grand veteran Constitution, the Old Ironsides of the navy, had given her pet name to her more powerfuldescendant, and lying near the center of the picture is now relegated to the position of receiving-ship. At the end of the wharf is tiedup the Santee, on whose deck many a midshipman has paced out the sentry with wdiieh he was punished for the infringementof regulations. Between the two lies the Saratoga, now a supply-sliip. New students liad come to take the places of those wholearned the theories and practice of naval warfare wit
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