. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . error. There was no such thing as a general staff, nocentral organization to do the planning of campaigns, such asnow exists. The commanders of Eastern and Western armiesoften went their own gait without any effective was not luitil Grant practically came to supreme militarycommand that complete coordination was possible. Four I^nionist objectives, however, were clear. Thegreatly disaffected border states which had not joined the Con-federacy must be secured and the loyal parts of Airginia andTennessee defended; the
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . error. There was no such thing as a general staff, nocentral organization to do the planning of campaigns, such asnow exists. The commanders of Eastern and Western armiesoften went their own gait without any effective was not luitil Grant practically came to supreme militarycommand that complete coordination was possible. Four I^nionist objectives, however, were clear. Thegreatly disaffected border states which had not joined the Con-federacy must be secured and the loyal parts of Airginia andTennessee defended; the southern ports blockaded; the greatriver which divided the Confederacy into an east and westbrought under Federal control, and the army which defendedRichmond overcome. At the end of two years all but the lastof these objectives had been secured, but it was nearly twoyears more before the gallant Army of Northern Airginia suc-cumbed thiough the general misery wrought in the Confed-eracy by the sealing of its ])orts and the consequent inability of .^ ^ ^ ^-^. C(?p>jnuht by Review of Reviews Co. MISSISSIPPIS FIGHTING REGIMENT In this lonjj-lost Confederate photograph we see vividly the simple accoutrements which characterizedmany of the Southern regiments during the war. These men of Company B of the Ninth Mississippienlisted as the Home Guards of Marshall County, and were mustered into the State ser\ice at Holly Springs,February 16, 1861. Their checked trousers and workday shirts are tyi)ical of the sim|)le equipment eachman furnished for himself. The boots worn by Colonel Barry, at the right, were good enough for theaverage Confederate soldier to go through fire to obtain later on in the war. Lacking in the regalia of war-fare, the Ninth Mississip])i made a glorious record for itself in Chalmers Brigade at Shiloh, where itlost its gallant Colonel, William A. Rankin. Never, said General Bragg, were troops and commandermore worthy of each other and their State. the Southerner
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