. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . HOME ON ITKLOUGH—ABOARD THE ARMY TRANSPORT After McClellans Peninsula campaign in 1802, thousands of Northern soldiers were debilitated by swamp miasma. It was necessarythat all the men who had been attacked by typhoid and various forms cf intermittent fever should be taken from the environment ofthe Virginia camps to their homes in the North for recuperation. The photograph is that of a transport on the River James carryinga number of these furloughed men, most of wh
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . HOME ON ITKLOUGH—ABOARD THE ARMY TRANSPORT After McClellans Peninsula campaign in 1802, thousands of Northern soldiers were debilitated by swamp miasma. It was necessarythat all the men who had been attacked by typhoid and various forms cf intermittent fever should be taken from the environment ofthe Virginia camps to their homes in the North for recuperation. The photograph is that of a transport on the River James carryinga number of these furloughed men, most of whom had become convalescent in the hospitals and so were able to make the homewardjourney. The lower photograph shows a transport steamer crowded with troops for Grants concentration of the army at City REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO ■ZM \f#5 f\ r\ ^~\ for such an undertaking. A wholly new military establishmenthad to he created. The supply departments of the old armyorganization were fitted for the work of provisioning andequipping a dozen regiments; they were suddenly called uponto provide for a thousand. The fact that department and bu-reau chiefs rose to the situation and responded to these newand unprecedented demands is usually regarded quite as amatter of course. Every American schoolboy knows the names of themen who led the armies, whether to victory or to defeat, butwho saw that the soldiers were clothed and fed? Hundreds offaithful officers were engaged in that duty throughout the fourweary years of war; without their services the battles thatbrought enduring fame to victorious generals could never havebeen fought, much less Avon. The feats that these men per-formed were largely unknown to the public and even to thearmies themselves. Frequently in the face of appalling dif-ficultie
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