. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . b^^-^-a. COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. A MILITIA COMPANY IN LOUISIANA AT DRILLBEFORE ITS ARMORY 1861 During its half-century of oblivion, damage eame to this unique photograph of a militiacompany in Louisiana hopefully drilling in front of its armory as the war began. In manysections, the notions of the hastily organized companies in regard to military disciplineand etiquette were crude in the extreme. A certain Yirginia regiment, for the first timein its ser
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . b^^-^-a. COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. A MILITIA COMPANY IN LOUISIANA AT DRILLBEFORE ITS ARMORY 1861 During its half-century of oblivion, damage eame to this unique photograph of a militiacompany in Louisiana hopefully drilling in front of its armory as the war began. In manysections, the notions of the hastily organized companies in regard to military disciplineand etiquette were crude in the extreme. A certain Yirginia regiment, for the first timein its service, held a dress-parade. At the stage of the ceremony when the first-sergeants ofthe respective companies announce the result of the evening roll-call, one reported thus:All present in the Rifles, except Captain Jones, who is not feeling well this evening, buthopes to be feeling better to-morrow. Of like tenor was the response of a militia field-officerin the late autumn of 1861, when challenged by a sentry who demanded: Who comesthere? We kem from over the river, gwine the grand rounds, was the response of himwho presumptuously
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