. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 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
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . 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 SOUTHERN BOYS IN BATTLE Cipynglif hy Revitw of liivicws Co. Here we see plainly shown the extreme youth of some of the enlisted men of the Washington .Artillery of New Orleans. Not one ofthe lads here pictured is within a year of his majority. We hardly realize how young the fighters on both sides were; only their facesand the records can show it. At Shiloh, with .Andersons brigade of brave fighters, these young cannoneers answered to the was first in the second line of battle at the beginning. Before the action was twenty minutes old he was at the front; andwith the advance, galloping over the rough ground, came the Washington Artillery. ppl
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