. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . ing 11,830,000 owned but 500,000 slaves, and werecounted as exorcising but little influence in thecouncils of tho Government, and woro classed inround numbers as follows; 0,800,000 small slave-holders, non-slaveholders, mechanics and laboringmen ; 1,000,000 known in those regions by theno of poor white trash, scatte
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . ing 11,830,000 owned but 500,000 slaves, and werecounted as exorcising but little influence in thecouncils of tho Government, and woro classed inround numbers as follows; 0,800,000 small slave-holders, non-slaveholders, mechanics and laboringmen ; 1,000,000 known in those regions by theno of poor white trash, scatteredthose States ; 4,000,000 of slaves. The production of the great staple of cotton,regarded by them as King, was in the hands ofless than 100,000 men. President Lincoln, in his first annual Messageto Congress assembled in extra session, July 5th,IS61, describes this condition of the bod3-politicof tho Southern States, and the subtlety of theconspirators in leading the masses to support theirplans, in these words (wo quote from Ilnymonds Life of Lincoln, page 103) : It might seem atfirot thought to be of little difference whether thepresent movement at tho South bo called secessionor rebellion. Tho movers, however, well under-stood the difference. At the beginning they knew. EEOEPTION AT CHARLESTON, B. O., OP THE NETS OF THE .LECTION OF LDJOOLN AND HAMLIN, NOVEMBER, 18W.
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