. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . Beven thousand dollars,to be dispensed, under the direction of the Gov- Major-general John E. Wool, second in com-mand to Lien tenant-general W infield Scott, Gen-crnl-in-cbief, United States Army, Arttn-11!a- was at Troy, N. Y. Ho at once, asCommander of the Eastern Department, whichincluded the territory east of t
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . Beven thousand dollars,to be dispensed, under the direction of the Gov- Major-general John E. Wool, second in com-mand to Lien tenant-general W infield Scott, Gen-crnl-in-cbief, United States Army, Arttn-11!a- was at Troy, N. Y. Ho at once, asCommander of the Eastern Department, whichincluded the territory east of the Mississippi River,took the active control of the troops being raisedand poured into the City of New York, and, mak-ing his headquarters at tho St. Nicholas Hotel, is-sued orders to have all troops forwarded. Lie,likewise, made requisitions for arms, subsistenceand transportation, aud actively co-operated withthe Union Defense Committee of New York City,of which General John A. Dix was chairman. The crisis demanded immediate action, andGeneral Wool assumed extraordinary authority,justified only by the exigency in view of the impos-sibility of communication with Washington, NewJersey was asking for transportation for her regi-ments, now equipped by voluntary contributions,. THE BODIES OP BBS KILLED AT BALTIMORE RECEIVED UY THE CITIZENS OP LOWELL. temporarily deposited in the vaults of KingsChapel. On the 6th of May, those of Ladd andWhitney were removed to Lowell. The day wasdark and stormy. All tho mills were stoppedrunning, the stores were closed, and all businesswas suspended. The bodies were received by agreat concourse of citizens and six military com-panies just organized for the war, and escorted toHuntingdon Hall, which was draped in black. The funeral services were held iu the Rev. W. R. Clark, of the Methodist Church,preached an impressive sermon before the authori-ties of the city and the people, and then the twobodies were placed in a vault in the Lowell C
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