. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . healthy exotic that, when transplanted, adapted itself to the newsoil with surprising vigor—being cheated of his sleep, and forced to put up with the irregularities of camp life was not such a shockfor him as for the to bed with the chickens and up with the lark countryman. This is no assuming of facts—it is the result ofexperience and record. But here are men of city, farm, and backwoods who have become case-hardened to the rugged life. f ■ ■•• - -it ^_^ , 1 i^ t ^^^%m ^••^5^ ■.V--*:- •^^^_.^ - - ^^ ^^^^^bk;. PATRIOT PUB. CO. Thus
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . healthy exotic that, when transplanted, adapted itself to the newsoil with surprising vigor—being cheated of his sleep, and forced to put up with the irregularities of camp life was not such a shockfor him as for the to bed with the chickens and up with the lark countryman. This is no assuming of facts—it is the result ofexperience and record. But here are men of city, farm, and backwoods who have become case-hardened to the rugged life. f ■ ■•• - -it ^_^ , 1 i^ t ^^^%m ^••^5^ ■.V--*:- •^^^_.^ - - ^^ ^^^^^bk;. PATRIOT PUB. CO. Thus we see Petersljiirg as,with a powerful ghiss, itmight have been seen fromthe north bank of the Ap-pomattox, looking soutliover the ruined town inApril, 1865. As the rail-road center south of Rich-mond, it was. at the out-break of the war. one of thelargest cities of was Grant who first util-ized its importance in lead-ing up to the capture of thecapital. Although all mis-siles apparently evince a PETERSBURG THE BESIEGED CITY. SI lective intelligence, attimes in any bombardmentthere arc naturally objectswliich give range to thegunners and become targetsfor their aim. Chimneysand smokestacks, and, alas!in some cases, steeples,were picked out betweenthe sights before the lan-j-ard was pulled. In Peters-burg the churches sufferedleast, but buildings such asthe mill and the gas-house,with its SO-toot stack, werecrumbled into ruins. THE RUINED MILL
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