. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ely in the American Civil War. Even at that time, General Sherman expressed his beliefthat earthworks, and especially field-works, were destined toplay a conspicuous part in all future wars, since they enableda force to hold in check a superior one for a time, and timeis a valuable element in all military operations. At the beginning of the Civil War, the opinion in theNorth and South was adverse to the use of field-works, for themanual labor required to throw them up
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . ely in the American Civil War. Even at that time, General Sherman expressed his beliefthat earthworks, and especially field-works, were destined toplay a conspicuous part in all future wars, since they enableda force to hold in check a superior one for a time, and timeis a valuable element in all military operations. At the beginning of the Civil War, the opinion in theNorth and South was adverse to the use of field-works, for themanual labor required to throw them up was thought to detractfrom the dignity of a soldier. The opinion prevailed in somequarters that masked batteries were not devices of civilizedwarfare; and the epithet of dirt-diggers was applied to theadvocates of entrenchments. Expressions were heard to theeffect that the difference ought to be settled by a fair, stand-up fight, in the open. Self-preservation as a law of nature, and necessity,as the mother of invention, soon impressed themselves, however,on the officers and men confronting one another in the field- 194]. HCttY THE PIONEER PHOTOGRAPHER HELPED TO FORTIFY The lettering on the wagon curtain, Photographic- Wagon. Engineer Department, < how theproblem of preserving the visual teachings of war was solved for the Union Government. Vasl strides inphotography were being made by the pioneers Brady, Gardner, and Captain Poe. Diagrams and sketchesgave place to actual reflections of the engineering problems which were overcome. Here is the first instanceof field-photography for a war department. This photograph reveals the interior of Union Fori Steadman,in front of Petersburg, and its bomb-proof quarters in traverses. On the right is a photographic wagonof the Engineer Corps. The attendant is taking his ease in its shade. This photographic outfil was main-tained for the purpose of keeping an official record of matters of professional engineering interest, and
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