. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . I . i£WS CO. AFTER ALL ONE COUNTRY Here in Charleston, under the sunlight ! ;i cloudless April day, resl the Parrott guns that from MorrisIsland pulverized the walls of Sumter, thai hurled shot and shell across the bay—now silent, after of shade from the live-oak leaves fall upon the polished barrels thai for eighteen months had roaredupon the distant foe. Now the silence is broken only by the rustle of the foliage above. Below, the daisiesare beginning to
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . I . i£WS CO. AFTER ALL ONE COUNTRY Here in Charleston, under the sunlight ! ;i cloudless April day, resl the Parrott guns that from MorrisIsland pulverized the walls of Sumter, thai hurled shot and shell across the bay—now silent, after of shade from the live-oak leaves fall upon the polished barrels thai for eighteen months had roaredupon the distant foe. Now the silence is broken only by the rustle of the foliage above. Below, the daisiesare beginning to hide the newly springing grass. The Stars and Stripes draped above the nearest gun-carriage is once more the flag of the whole American people. Peace has indeed come, and all over theland thanksgiving is ascending like an incense from hearts that have known the anguish of endless separa-tion and the bitterness of unavailing sorrow- thanksgiving, too, for the issue of the conflict, which deter-mined that America should forever wear the coronal of freedom and lead in the vanguard of human Ml liimull taken long before the days of nn>\ ing-pieture films, tins series of photographs preserves the progression of the celebration onApril 14, 1865- the fourth anniversary of the evacuation of Sumter. The evening before, the news of Lees surrender had reached(harleston and made the occasion one of national thanksgiving. The city was gay with Bags; patriotic bands filled the air with nami Dahlgrens Seel opened the day with the full national salute of twi nty-one guns from everj ship in the harbor. In Fcrt Sumti r theReverend Matthias Harris, who had helped to raise the flag over the fort, four years before, opened the services with prayer. I>r. RichardS. Stuns read that ever-beautiful passage beginning: When the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion, we w< re like them that dream.
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