. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . is volume,the scholarly ajjpreciation by Admiral Chadwick of the essen-tial part played by the navies in the war, while the battles at seaand on inland waters are described by Mr. Barnes with a vivid-ness possible only to a naval historian to whom the sea and itssailors long have been objects of sympathetic study. The photograpliic record of the great American conflict Prrfarr is particularly striking in this volume. Never before has therebeen assembled such a pictori
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . is volume,the scholarly ajjpreciation by Admiral Chadwick of the essen-tial part played by the navies in the war, while the battles at seaand on inland waters are described by Mr. Barnes with a vivid-ness possible only to a naval historian to whom the sea and itssailors long have been objects of sympathetic study. The photograpliic record of the great American conflict Prrfarr is particularly striking in this volume. Never before has therebeen assembled such a pictorial and actual record of fleets andsailors, Union and Confedei-ate. The stately frigate with wallsof live-oak, the newly born ironclad, the swift blockade-runner,the commerce-destroying cruiser, which left its indelible markon the American merchant marine no less than on internationallaw, and last, but not least, the actors in scenes of the greatnaval drama appear on the pages that follow, in an illustrated catalogue of the ships that even Homer in his stately Iliadcould have envied. [12] INTRODUCTION BY FRENCH E. CHADWICK. THE VALUE OF DISCIPLINE—PRACTICE ON THE MENDOTA THOUGH LAMENTABLY UNPREPAKED FOR WAR IN 61, THE FEDERAL NAVY BY 18G4 SET ANEX,\MPLE OF CONSTANT ARDUOUS TRAINING AND DRILL, EVEN DURING LULLS IN THE ACTUALFIGHTING SUCH AS WHEN THIS PHOTOGRAPH WAS TAKEN, ON THE JAMES RIVER IN 1804
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