. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ves a cliar idea of the magnitude of the preparations at the Federalarmy base thirteen days before tlie battle opened around Murfreesboro, at which point Rragg was threatening Xashville. Roseeranscouhl not move forward to attack him without supplies, and the river steamers which played so important a part in all the military )operations in the West were luirrying \ip the Cumberland heavily h)aded with the numitions and sustenance that made possible the Icoming battles
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ves a cliar idea of the magnitude of the preparations at the Federalarmy base thirteen days before tlie battle opened around Murfreesboro, at which point Rragg was threatening Xashville. Roseeranscouhl not move forward to attack him without supplies, and the river steamers which played so important a part in all the military )operations in the West were luirrying \ip the Cumberland heavily h)aded with the numitions and sustenance that made possible the Icoming battles. The first boat completely visible in the picture at the riglit is the Mercury, a famous Ohio River packet at the time. \Next to her lies the Lizzie Martin, and thi-n the Palestine, another Ohio racer. She has a hole .stove in her prow just above the Jwatcr-lin<, and the ships carpenter in his yawl is busily repairing it. C onfederate batteries constantly menaced the Federal transports Jas tliey plii-d up and down the rixers. The renowned Tom Napier (sometimes scared and captured a vessel with his dummy wooden guns. |. -jOnitio SUPPLY STEAMERS M! ^JifASHVILLE, DECEMBER, 186-2 •■f Beyond the Palestine lie the Reveillie, the Irene, the Belle Peoria (a famous Mississippi boat from St. Louis), and lasi .the Rob Roy —all discharging their tons of freight, paid for by the Government at war-time prices. On the snow-covered wharf arepiled barrels of whiskey (the standard brand familiariy known as Cincinnati rot-gut, distilled for the Govemmcnfs own use), wliilethe roustabouts are rolling ashore barrels of sugar and hogsheads of molasses to be with the coffee which weary soldiers are tobrew for themselves in the field. There are thousands of barrels of flour still to be unloaded. In symmetrical piles lie myriad boxeseach stencilled Pilot bread from U. S. Government Bakery, Evansville. Ind. Many an old Confederate knew the taste of this Iiard-tack and had to depend upon
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