. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . •S B a -3 ^ V c o a o M =5 :5. FOOD FOR POWDER Give a glance at these seventeen men, who, for some reason that we cannot tell, have chosen to stand before the camera and be taken. Note one thing first—there is not one smiling face nor one look of the holiday soldier about tliis little group. Able, grim,stern-hearted veterans—their faces show it. Among them all there is not a single merrj-maker. These men have faced deathoften, they have seen their comrades die. They have looked across the sights of their muskets at the ragged men i
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . •S B a -3 ^ V c o a o M =5 :5. FOOD FOR POWDER Give a glance at these seventeen men, who, for some reason that we cannot tell, have chosen to stand before the camera and be taken. Note one thing first—there is not one smiling face nor one look of the holiday soldier about tliis little group. Able, grim,stern-hearted veterans—their faces show it. Among them all there is not a single merrj-maker. These men have faced deathoften, they have seen their comrades die. They have looked across the sights of their muskets at the ragged men in gray, andpeered through the enveloping smoke to see if their shots have told. These are not the machine-made soldiers of the Europeanarmies. They are the development of the time and hour. The influence of emigration is plainly shown. Here is a Scotchman—
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