. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ith an efficient fighting force, and to ignorethe waste of blood and treasure pending the conversion of oneinto the other. Naturally, the evolving of an army from this crude person-nel, and its organization into an effective body capable of beinghandled in the field, were matters requiring time and muchconsideration of the peculiar conditions of the situation—aproblem further complicated by the fact that an overwhelm-ing proportion of the officers of the force were quite as de-void of any military experience as the men they command
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ith an efficient fighting force, and to ignorethe waste of blood and treasure pending the conversion of oneinto the other. Naturally, the evolving of an army from this crude person-nel, and its organization into an effective body capable of beinghandled in the field, were matters requiring time and muchconsideration of the peculiar conditions of the situation—aproblem further complicated by the fact that an overwhelm-ing proportion of the officers of the force were quite as de-void of any military experience as the men they commanded,or of any right appreciation of their shortcomings in thisregard—all were untrained. The political aspect had to betaken into account—the popular sentiment underlying andsustaining the enterprise. A very large percentage of theforce, amounting to a majority perhaps, had been but littlein sympathy with secession in the beginning; had only given intheir adherence to the movement when actually at the parting [144] 1 »*ii in mmJim WW/ §/// <wm w WM. A LIEUTENANT OF THE FOURTH GEORGIA, IN 1861 The ornateness of the uniform of Lieutenant R. A. Mizell, Company A, Fourth Georgia Regiment, wouldbe sufficient proof that his ambrotype was taken early in the war. The epaulets, the towering shako, andthe three rows of buttons are all more indicative of pomp and glory than of actual work. Two years later,even the buttons became so rare that the soldiers of the Army of Northern Virginia were driven to sewone or two tough berries on their tunics to serve as fastenings. The war career of this hopeful and earnest-looking young soldier was traced through a clue afforded by the letters S. R. visible on his shako. Thissuggested Southern Rifles, which was found to be the original title of Company A, Fourth GeorgiaRegiment. From its muster roll it was learned that Robert A. Mizell enlisted as a private April 26, was promoted to second-lieutenant in April, 1862. He was wounded in
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