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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes
Year: 1911 (1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: War photography
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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before he brought himself and his best saddle-horse intothe field. It was in this arm of the service peculiarly that the South-erner, at the outset, held a long lead in advance of his adver-sary. As has been already stated, there were many organizedbodies of horse in existence before the beginning of hostilities,and finer cavalry material has rarely, if ever, been assembled.The service had naturally tended to attract, for the most part,young men of wealth, leisure, and intelligence, forming aspecies of corps delite, and the equine part of the force couldboast the best blood of Virginia and Kentucky stables. A fewbattlefields served to make good all deficiencies of equipment,so that by the time the war was well under way there was nodistinction between the ojmosing forces in this respect: arms,saddlery, accouterment, down to blankets, haversacks, andcanteens—all bore the stamp of some United States arsenal— requisition on the spot, without process of Ordnance or s MB ,JP «£ m ,#
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SUPPER WITH SOLDIERS OF THE NINTH MISSISSIPPI—1801 Ignorance of military conventionalities was of course the rule among Confederate volunteers of 61. In the matter of meals especiallymany amusing instances arose. There was the reply of a soldier of Dreuxs Louisiana battalion of Magruders division, when thatforce was holding the lines of Yorktown. Prince John, who was noted for putting on side, had bespoken dinner for himself andstaff at a nearby farmhouse. Meanwhile the full private put in a petition to be fed. The good lady of the house, who was no re-specter of official rank, so long as one wore a gray jacket, and confident of the abundance of her provision, readily acceded to his request.When the somewhat belated staff entered the dining-room, the general was scandalized to find a bob-tail private already putting awaythe good cheer upon which he considered he held a prior claim. This dinner was engaged, sir, he said haughtily, in his peculiarlisp. Thats all right, rejoined the pr

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