. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . RIOT PUB CO EMPTY ^AlTLTS—THE EXCHANGE BANK, RICHMOND, 1865 The sad significance of these photographs is all too apparent. Not only the bank buildingswere in ruins, but the financial system of the entire South. All available capital had beenconsumed by the demands of the war, and a system of paper currency had destroyed creditcompletely. Worse still was the demoralization of all industry. Through large areas ofthe South all mills and factories were reduced to ashes, and everywhere the industrial systemwas turned topsy-turvy. Truly
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . RIOT PUB CO EMPTY ^AlTLTS—THE EXCHANGE BANK, RICHMOND, 1865 The sad significance of these photographs is all too apparent. Not only the bank buildingswere in ruins, but the financial system of the entire South. All available capital had beenconsumed by the demands of the war, and a system of paper currency had destroyed creditcompletely. Worse still was the demoralization of all industry. Through large areas ofthe South all mills and factories were reduced to ashes, and everywhere the industrial systemwas turned topsy-turvy. Truly the problem that confronted the South was C0P>RIGHT, 1 7A7niOT Fua, CO, WRECK OF THE GALLEGO FLOUR MILLS lEngagrmmts at tl)? (Eiutl War hanna; Screw Sloops: Brooklyn, Juniata,Mohican, Shenandoah, Ticonderoga, Tiis-carora; Screw Gun-Vessels: Kansas,Maiimee, Nyack, Peqitot, Yantic; ScrewGun-Boats: Chippewa, Huron, Seneca,Vnadilla; Double-Enders: Iosco, Macki-naw, Maratunza, Osceola, Pawtuxet, Pon-toosiic, Sassacus, Tacony; MiscellaneousVessels: Fort Jackson, Monticello, Ne-reus, Quaker City, Rhode Island, San-tiago de Cuba, Vanderbilt; Powder Ves-sel: Louisiana; Reserve: A. D. Jance,Alabama, Britannia, Cherokee, Emma,Gettysburg, Governor Buckingham, How-quah. Keystone State, Lilian, Little Ada,Moccasin, Xansemond, Tristram Shandy,IVilderness; Confed., North Carolinatroops in garrison, commanded bj Lamb, Gen. Hokes Divisionoutside. Losses: Union, 8 killed, 38wounded; Confed., 3 killed, 35 wounded,280 — Egypt Station, Miss. Union, 4th and11th 111. Cav., 7th Ind., -ith and 10thMo., 2d Wis., 2d N. J.,
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