. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT FORTRESS MONROE. TO feed the millions of fighting men in both armies during the years 1S61 to 1865,was an enigma equalled only by the problem of ammunition. After the diets of hard-tack on the long marches there is no memory dearer to the heart of the old veteranthan a good, old-fashioned square meal from the log-cabin kitchen in the is a typical scene of one of these winter camps. They were substantially built of logs,chinked in with mud and provided on one end with a gen
. Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States . PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN AT FORTRESS MONROE. TO feed the millions of fighting men in both armies during the years 1S61 to 1865,was an enigma equalled only by the problem of ammunition. After the diets of hard-tack on the long marches there is no memory dearer to the heart of the old veteranthan a good, old-fashioned square meal from the log-cabin kitchen in the is a typical scene of one of these winter camps. They were substantially built of logs,chinked in with mud and provided on one end with a generous mud chimney and most palatial afforded a door and a window. Roaring fires burned on the the arrival of the soldiers, knapsacks and traps were unpacked. The canteen was hungon its proper peg. The musket found its place on the wall. The old frying pan and tin cupwere hung near the fire. There was to be a real old home feast. The soldiers crowdedaround the sutlers tent dickering over canned goods and other luxuries which cost perhaps ahalf-months pay. The log settlement was all astir. Smoke iss
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