. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . alestine lie the Reveillie, the Irene, the Belle Peoria (a famous Mississippi boat from St. Louis), and lasi .the Rob Roy —all discharging their tons of freight, paid for by the Government at war-time prices. On the snow-covered wharf arepiled barrels of whiskey (the standard brand familiariy known as Cincinnati rot-gut, distilled for the Govemmcnfs own use), wliilethe roustabouts are rolling ashore barrels of sugar and hogsheads of molasses to be with the coff
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . alestine lie the Reveillie, the Irene, the Belle Peoria (a famous Mississippi boat from St. Louis), and lasi .the Rob Roy —all discharging their tons of freight, paid for by the Government at war-time prices. On the snow-covered wharf arepiled barrels of whiskey (the standard brand familiariy known as Cincinnati rot-gut, distilled for the Govemmcnfs own use), wliilethe roustabouts are rolling ashore barrels of sugar and hogsheads of molasses to be with the coffee which weary soldiers are tobrew for themselves in the field. There are thousands of barrels of flour still to be unloaded. In symmetrical piles lie myriad boxeseach stencilled Pilot bread from U. S. Government Bakery, Evansville. Ind. Many an old Confederate knew the taste of this Iiard-tack and had to depend upon capturing a supply of it to stay his hunger. Confederate prisoners in their confinement watched manysuch scenes as this, wondering what newcomers would be added to their numbers during the ensuing CONFEDERATES WHO FOUGHT THE GUNS AT STONES RIVER The Washington Artillery, mustered in at New Orleans, was one of the crack military organizations of the Confederacy. In this rarepicture a Confederate photographer has caught a jolly group of them, confident and care-free, whiling away the hours in photograph was taken the year before the battle of Stones River. Ere that conflict the youngsters had received their baptismof fire at Shiloh and had acquitted themselves like men. Their gallant force was attached to Andersons First Brigade and then toGeneral Samuel Joness Corps, of Hraggs army. At the battle of Stones River they fought in Breckinridges division of HardeesCorps. It was they who made the daring rush to plant their batteries on the hill, and suffered so severely from the galling fire of
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