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The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Preface 1: Photographing the Civil War (search)
ain Street, Baton Rouge, in 1864, when in the employ of the Confederate Secret Service Lytle trained his camera upon the Federal army which occupied Baton Rouge. It was indeed dangerous work, as discovery of his purpose would have visited upon the photographer the fate of a spy. Lytle would steal secretly up the Observation Tower, which had been built on the ruins of the capitol, and often exposed to rifle shots from the Federals, would with flag or lantern signal to the Confederates at Scott's Bluff, whence the news was relayed to New Orleans, and provision made for smuggling the precious prints through the lines. Like Brady, Lytle obtained his photographic supplies from Anthony & Company of New York; but unlike Cook of Charleston, he did not have to depend upon contraband traffic to secure them, but got them passed on the orders to trade issued quite freely in the West by the Federal Government. Brady, after Bull Run The gallery of a Confederate Secret-service photographer,
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), The Confederate Secret service (search)
er, who sent pictorial evidence of the Federal occupation in secrecy to the Southern leaders. The industrious and accommodating photographer, who was willing to photograph batteries, regiments, camps, headquarters, fortifications, every detail, in fact, of the Union army, did not limit himself to sending this exact knowledge through to the Confederate Secret Service. With flag and lantern he used to signal from the observation tower on the top of the ruins of the Baton Rouge capitol to Scott's Bluff, whence the messages were relayed to the Confederates at New Orleans. Here is pictured the wreckage of private houses torn down by Colonel Halbert E. Paine, in order that the Federal batteries might command the approaches to the town and prevent a surprise. In August, 1862, General Butler, fearing an attack on New Orleans, had decided to concentrate all the forces in his department there and ordered Colonel Paine to bring troops from Baton Rouge. The capital of Louisiana accordingly w
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Index (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), S (search)
IX., 68, 69, 70, 71. Scott, G. W., II., 69. Scott, R. K., X., 237. Scott, R. N., I., 104. Scott, R. U., VI., 121. Scott, S., VIII., 237. Scott, T. A.: VI., 24; VIII., 344, 356. Scott, T. M.: III., 340; X., 271. Scott, W.: I., 144, 150, 165 seq., 174; IV., 50; V., 18 seq., 80 seq., 92; VII., 56, 347; gathers a few guns in Washington, D. C., VIII., 70; IX., 285; X., 56, 164, 165. Scott, Mrs. W., X., 165. Scott, W. C., I., 366. Scott's Bluff, Va., I., 44; VIII., 297. Scott's Run, fight at, IX., 65. Scouting: IV., 192-196; development of, during the war, IV., 192; mental qualities necessary for, as well as physical courage and endurance, IV., 192; value of, to Union cause appreciated by Sheridan, IV., 194. Scouts: Confederate under Coopwood (Texas), I., 352; IV., 186; Confederate officers as, IV., 194; loyal inhabitants of border states in the capacity of, IV., 194; Union, employment of, after the Shenandoah