. Field, fort and fleet; being a series of brilliant and authentic sketches of the most notable battles of the late civil war . the lawless andwas given up to plunder. It made no difference to them to whomthe property belonged, and when the plunder of private shops andhouses was finished, they turned upon tJie Confederate governmentstores and stole and destroyed to the extent of two or three milliondollars. Many citizens defended their property witli rifles in their hands,and many of the half-drunken, half-crazed plunderers fought amongthemselves, and thus it occurred that more tlian a score o
. Field, fort and fleet; being a series of brilliant and authentic sketches of the most notable battles of the late civil war . the lawless andwas given up to plunder. It made no difference to them to whomthe property belonged, and when the plunder of private shops andhouses was finished, they turned upon tJie Confederate governmentstores and stole and destroyed to the extent of two or three milliondollars. Many citizens defended their property witli rifles in their hands,and many of the half-drunken, half-crazed plunderers fought amongthemselves, and thus it occurred that more tlian a score of dead werelying in the streets when the Federal advance rode in. The firstmove was to rescue the city from the mob, and as almost every manshowed fight and was determined to hold on to what he had got, theorders to the cavalry were to ride them down and use the sabre. Inhalf an hour after they began work the streets were cleared and thecity quiet. Plad their coming been delayed two hours more, the citywould have been given up to the flames, as preparations weremaking in half a dozen localities to stait destructive CJf ^trii of an %
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