. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . t Johnston Avould not attack that he spent thenight of the 5th of April at Savannah, some miles down theTennessee Kiver. It was Saturday night. For two weeks the Union troopshad occupied tlie undulating tableland that stretched awayfrom the river at the I^anding. There was the sound of theplashing streams overflowing from recent rains, there wererevelry and mirth around the thousand camp-fires; but therewas no sound to give warning of the coming of forty thou-sand men
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . t Johnston Avould not attack that he spent thenight of the 5th of April at Savannah, some miles down theTennessee Kiver. It was Saturday night. For two weeks the Union troopshad occupied tlie undulating tableland that stretched awayfrom the river at the I^anding. There was the sound of theplashing streams overflowing from recent rains, there wererevelry and mirth around the thousand camp-fires; but therewas no sound to give warning of the coming of forty thou-sand men, who had for two days been drawing nearer with asteady tread, and during this night were deploying aroundtlie tTuion camp, only a mile away. There was nothing toindicate that the inevitable clash of arms was but a few hoursin the futiue. At the dawn of day on Sunday, April 6th, magnificentbattle-lines, under the Confederate battle-flag, emerged fromthe woods on the neighboring hills within gunshot of the Fed-eral camps. Whether the Union army was really surprisedhas been the subject of long controversy, which we need not. BRAVE SOUTHERNERS AT SHILOH In the Southern record of the battle of Shiloh, the name of the Washington Artillery, of New Orleans, stands out in red letters. Itwas composed of the best blood of the city, the <landies of their day. Here we see the officers of the Fifth Company, in the first yearof the war while uniforms were bright, sword-belts pipe-clayed, and buttons glistening. Inder the command of Captain W. IrvingHodgson, this company made its name from the very first.
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