. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND Wherever soldiers congregate there are sure to be found sharpers and thieves. In the ranks of both armies were men who would notbehave. In his report of November 12, 1870, the Federal surgeon-general states that 103 men died of homicide and there were 121military executions during the Civil War. The sentry in this photograph standing in the shade of the doorway of the provost-mar-shals headquarters, Department of t
. The Photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . PROVOST-MARSHALS OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND Wherever soldiers congregate there are sure to be found sharpers and thieves. In the ranks of both armies were men who would notbehave. In his report of November 12, 1870, the Federal surgeon-general states that 103 men died of homicide and there were 121military executions during the Civil War. The sentry in this photograph standing in the shade of the doorway of the provost-mar-shals headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, gives a hint of the mailed hand that was necessary to govern the soldiery. Infront of the house two ropes are stretched between two posts. Here the guard tied its horses when it clattered up with a prisoner.
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