. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ^ COPiR&MT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVltwS CO. PROVOST-!VIARSH.\LS OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND Wherever soldiers congregate there are sure to be found sharpers and thieves. In the ranks of botli armies were men who wouki notIjehave. In his report of November 12. 1870, the Federal surgeon-general states that 10;5 men died of homicide and there were 121military executions during the Civil War. The sentry in this photograph standing in the shade of the doorway of th
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ^ COPiR&MT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVltwS CO. PROVOST-!VIARSH.\LS OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND Wherever soldiers congregate there are sure to be found sharpers and thieves. In the ranks of botli armies were men who wouki notIjehave. In his report of November 12. 1870, the Federal surgeon-general states that 10;5 men died of homicide and there were 121military executions during the Civil War. The sentry in this photograph standing in the shade of the doorway of the provost-mar-shals headquarters. Department of the Cumberland, gives a hint of the mailed hand that was necessary to govern the soldiery. Infront of the house two ropes are stretched between two posts. Here the guard tied its horses when it clattered up with a prisoner. o That some of the sviflPerin in Southern prisons nii^Iit havebeen prevented if men of greater energy had been charged withthe care of prisoners, is doubtless true. The ahnost su])erhumanefforts requisite for success were not always made, and for thisthe f
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