. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WAITING FOR NEWS OF THE BATTLE WAR-TIME GROUPS NEAR RICHMOND AT HANOVER JUNCTION A BATTLE GROLXD FOUGHT OVER MANY TIMES These views of the station atHanover Junction, in Virginia,bring back in pietorial form theemotions of war-time, much asdo the accompanying poems ofKate Putnam Osgood and Will-iam Winter The shabby build-ing with the crowd about it, thequeer little engine drawing old-fashioned coaches, on the lastof which a man leans out from thesteps, and behind, in the chillygray atmosphere of autumn, the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . , REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WAITING FOR NEWS OF THE BATTLE WAR-TIME GROUPS NEAR RICHMOND AT HANOVER JUNCTION A BATTLE GROLXD FOUGHT OVER MANY TIMES These views of the station atHanover Junction, in Virginia,bring back in pietorial form theemotions of war-time, much asdo the accompanying poems ofKate Putnam Osgood and Will-iam Winter The shabby build-ing with the crowd about it, thequeer little engine drawing old-fashioned coaches, on the lastof which a man leans out from thesteps, and behind, in the chillygray atmosphere of autumn, thewooded Virginia hills—these de-tails make more real the menand women who suffered in thedays of 1861. On the platform,at the left, stands an old soldierwhose white beard ami vener-able face contrast with thehearty content of the man whose. hands are in the pockets of hisconspicuously checked the other end, on the steps, isa wounded officer painfully mak-ing his way with the aid of twocanes. Grouped by the doorwaystand some mothers, wives, andsweethearts, dressed in the an-cient poke-bonnets and rustlingcrinoline of fifty years ago. Somepnems in this chapter expressphases of the anguish that cameto many a fond heart in thosefour endless years. But thewomen in the picture are morefortunate than most. They caDgo to the front to be with thewounded son or brother. Thou-sands had to wait on the hillsidefarm, or in the cabin on theprairie, or near the cottage bythe live-oaks, while weeks andmonths of dread uncertaintybrought no solace to eyes thatwatched through the darknessand hearts that suffered on insilence until the news arrived.
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