. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. CHARLESTONS FAMOUS ZOUAVE CADETS DRILLING AT CASTLE PINCKNEY. COPfRIGMT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO REMAINS OF THE ( IRCLLAR ClirUCII AND SECESSION H.^LL,WHERE SOUTH CAROLINA DECIDED TO LEA\E THE UNION Prodigies of talent, audacity, intrepidity, andperseverance were exhibited in the attack, as inthe defense of the city, which will assign to thesiege of Charleston an exceptional place in mili-tary annals. Thus spoke the expert of theFr


. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . COPYRIGHT, 1911. REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. CHARLESTONS FAMOUS ZOUAVE CADETS DRILLING AT CASTLE PINCKNEY. COPfRIGMT, 1911, PATRIOT PUB. CO REMAINS OF THE ( IRCLLAR ClirUCII AND SECESSION H.^LL,WHERE SOUTH CAROLINA DECIDED TO LEA\E THE UNION Prodigies of talent, audacity, intrepidity, andperseverance were exhibited in the attack, as inthe defense of the city, which will assign to thesiege of Charleston an exceptional place in mili-tary annals. Thus spoke the expert of theFrench Journal of iliUtunj Science in 18C5, onlya few months after this attack and defense hadpassed into history. Charleston was nevercaptured. It was evacuated oidy after Sher-mans advance tlirough the heart of South Caro-lina had done what over five hundred and fifty-seven days of continuous attack and siege bythe Federal armj- and na\y could not do—•make it untenable. When, on the night ofFebruary 17, 1805, Captain H. Ilugucnin, lan-tern in hand, made his last silent rounds of thedeserted fort and took the little boat for shore,there ended the four years defense of Fort Sum-ter, a feat of war unsurpassed in ancient


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