. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . S CQ ^ ■s M o OJ rt tip (i, ^ C3 ■^ aIs o a ^ .a >> -«; j3 .— o j<i X f^r r^ CO .^ -O ri =*- K o ^ > ^ s to 14-1 iz; 53 ^ -^ ^V. ^ ^ ^. THE BREAD-LINE AT liATOX ROUtiE This picture was jiisl at the cliisr of the war in 1865. It is a remarkable and interesting picture. The Verandah House, thebuilding shown on tlu lift, is where (ieneral W. T. Sherman stopped in 1859, when he was Superintendent of the Louisiana Seminaryof Learning and Military Academj. The group of colored people lining the sidewalk are waiting fo
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . S CQ ^ ■s M o OJ rt tip (i, ^ C3 ■^ aIs o a ^ .a >> -«; j3 .— o j<i X f^r r^ CO .^ -O ri =*- K o ^ > ^ s to 14-1 iz; 53 ^ -^ ^V. ^ ^ ^. THE BREAD-LINE AT liATOX ROUtiE This picture was jiisl at the cliisr of the war in 1865. It is a remarkable and interesting picture. The Verandah House, thebuilding shown on tlu lift, is where (ieneral W. T. Sherman stopped in 1859, when he was Superintendent of the Louisiana Seminaryof Learning and Military Academj. The group of colored people lining the sidewalk are waiting for their issue of rations. The skillof Lytle, the photographer, is shown by the fact that the man walking is hardly blurred and the mules ears in the foreground mighthave been taken by an instantaneous shutter. The view below shows the home of the Union soldiers who remained in Baton Rouge fromits occupation on May li, \H(H. Brigadier-General Thomas Williams had been assigned from Butlers force at New Orleans to assistFarragut to clear the Mississippi. \^illianis headquarters was Baton Rouge, but during most of May, June, and July he was in thevicinity of Vicksburg operating in conjunction with Farragiit
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