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Baltimore, Md. (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
o the continuing anxieties of the people's leader, was added immediate apprehension as to the safety of the national capital. On the 19th of April, 1861, the Massachusetts Sixth, on its way to the protection of Washington, had been attacked in Baltimore, and connections between Washington and the North were cut off. A few hundred troops represented all the forces that the nation had for the moment been able to place in position for the protection of the capital. I have stood, as thousands oich meant dread possibilities always impending. The month of July, 1863, marked the turning point of the great contest. If the Federal lines had been broken at Gettysburg, Lee would have been able, in placing his army across the highways to Baltimore and to Philadelphia, to isolate Washington from the North. The Army of the Potomac would, of course, have been reconstituted, and Lee would finally have been driven across the Potomac as he was actually compelled to retire after the decision o
Salem, Columbiana County, Ohio (Ohio, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
t ever performed. . . . The highest honors the Government can bestow on Colonel Bailey can never repay him for the service he has rendered the country. For this achievement Bailey was promoted to colonel, brevetted brigadier general, voted the thanks of Congress, and presented with a sword and a purse of $3,000 by the officers of Porter's fleet. He settled in Missouri after the war and was a formidable enemy of the Bushwhackers till he was shot by them on March 21, 1867. He was born at Salem, Ohio, April 28, 1827. Ready for her baptism This powerful gunboat, the Lafayette, though accompanying Admiral Porter on the Red River expedition, was not one of those entrapped at Alexandria. Her heavy draft precluded her being taken above the Falls. Here we see her lying above Vicksburg in the spring of 1863. She and her sister ship, the Choctaw, were side-wheel steamers altered into casemate ironclads with rams. The Lafayette had the stronger armament, carrying two 11-inch Dahlgren
Chancellorsville (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
stant and indecisive fighting without entrapping Johnston, had brought about a reaction at the North. A large party wished to end the war. Election Day was approaching. Lincoln was a presidential candidate for the second time. He had many enemies. But the news of Sherman's capture of Atlanta helped to restore confidence, and to insure the continuation of the administration pledged to a vigorous prosecution of the war. A striking war photograph of 1863: artillery regulars before Chancellorsville The introduction on page 30, Photographing the Civil War, remarks on the genius required to record such vivid action by camera in the days of 1861. The use of the instrument had not then become pastime; it was a pioneer science, requiring absolute knowledge, training, and experience. Only experts like the men that Brady trained could do such work as this. There were no lightning shutters, no automatic or universal focus. In positions of danger and at times when speed and accuracy
Maryland (Maryland, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
enough to the building to get a glimpse of the announcement on the board. The heading was, A battle is now going on in Maryland; it is hoped that General McClellan will drive Lee's army back into the Potomac. I recall to-day the curious impressi that began to overtake them after Fair Oaks in June. On Antietam were staked the Confederate hopes for the conquest of Maryland. The battle proved, however, to be the turning-point in establishing the sovereignty of the Union. Lincoln had awaitedreat Emancipator confronted General McClellan in his headquarters two weeks after Antietam had checked Lee's invasion of Maryland and had enabled the President to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Brady's camera has preserved this remarkable occa (never for himself, but only for his country and his responsibilities) was to be renewed in June, 1863, when Lee was in Maryland, and in July, 1864, at the time of Early's raid. It was during Early's hurried attack that Lincoln, visiting Fort Steve
Tunstall (Virginia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
d works of Vicksburg. A beautiful little picture recalls the sharp fight that was made, on July 2, 1863, for the possession of Little Round Fort Richardson-drill at the big guns, 1862 Officers of the fifty-fifth New York Volunteers Defenses of Washington-Camp of the first Connecticut heavy Artillery. Here we see some of the guardians of the city of Washington, which was threatened in the beginning of the war and subsequently on occasions when Lincoln, looking from the White House, could see in the distance the smoke from Confederate Camp fires. Lincoln would not consent to the withdrawal of many of the garrisons about Washington to reinforce McClellan on the Peninsula. There was little to relieve the tedium of guard duty, and the men spent their time principally at drill and in keeping their arms and accouterments spick and span. The troops in the tents and barracks were always able to present a fine appearance on review. In sharp contrast was that of their ba
United States (United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
as thousands of visitors have stood, in Lincoln's old study, the windows of which overlook the Potomac; and I have had recalled to mind the vision of his tall figure and sad face as he stood looking across the river where the picket lines of the Virginia troops could be traced by the smoke, and dreading from morning to morning the approach of these troops over the Long Bridge. There must have come to Lincoln during these anxious days the dread that he was to be the last President of the United States, and that the torch, representing the life of the nation, that had been transmitted The Commander-in-chief Here the gaunt figure of the Great Emancipator confronted General McClellan in his headquarters two weeks after Antietam had checked Lee's invasion of Maryland and had enabled the President to issue the Emancipation Proclamation. Brady's camera has preserved this remarkable occasion, the last time that these two men met each other. We spent some time on the battlefield and c
Jacksboro (Texas, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
Preface 2; the photographic record as history George Haven Putnam, Adjutant and Brevet Major 176th New York Volunteer Infantry With the defenders of Washington in 1862; the sally-port at Fort Richardson History brought again into the present tense : Confederate earthworks before Atlanta, 1864 The value of The photographic record as history is emphasized in the contribution from Mr. George Haven Putnam on page 60. This photograph of a dramatic scene was taken on a July day afPotomac, the troops of General Grant were placing the Stars and Stripes over the well-defended works of Vicksburg. A beautiful little picture recalls the sharp fight that was made, on July 2, 1863, for the possession of Little Round Fort Richardson-drill at the big guns, 1862 Officers of the fifty-fifth New York Volunteers Defenses of Washington-Camp of the first Connecticut heavy Artillery. Here we see some of the guardians of the city of Washington, which was threatened i
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
ged won a signal triumph over the self-same opponents at Gettysburg. ‘Tis fifty years since. The words recall the ope great contest. If the Federal lines had been broken at Gettysburg, Lee would have been able, in placing his army across thatalogue of the ships. Little Round Top — the key to Gettysburg. A slaughter pen at Gettysburg. On this rocky slope Gettysburg. On this rocky slope of Little Round Top, Longstreet's men fought with the Federals in the second day's conflict, July 2, 1863. From boulder to id shot and shell during the thickest of the fighting at Gettysburg. The camera was planted on Little Round Top, and througard over the valley toward and beyond the little town of Gettysburg. Across the plain in the middle distance, over the Fedeest passage for the water, was Where Reynolds fell at Gettysburg. At this spot Major-General John F. Reynolds met his by Lee's forces is visible in the distance. The town of Gettysburg lies one mile beyond. General Reynolds' troops, advanci
Atlanta (Georgia, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
ort Richardson History brought again into the present tense : Confederate earthworks before Atlanta, 1864 The value of The photographic record as history is emphasized in the contribution fromr the photographer's own heart — clear and sunny. The Fort is at the end of Peach Tree Street, Atlanta, to the north of the city. Sherman had just taken possession, and the man at the left is a cavgged through miles and miles of muddy roads. The delays Sherman had met with in his advance on Atlanta resulting in constant and indecisive fighting without entrapping Johnston, had brought about a tial candidate for the second time. He had many enemies. But the news of Sherman's capture of Atlanta helped to restore confidence, and to insure the continuation of the administration pledged to araphs. A view of Fort McAllister recalls a closing incident of Sherman's dramatic march from Atlanta to the sea. The veterans had for weeks been tramping, with an occasional interval of fighting,
Fulton (Kansas, United States) (search for this): chapter 2.5
dramatic scenes of the years of war; and even to those who are not veterans, those who have grown up in years of peace and to whom the campaigns of half a century back are but historic pages or dim stories, even to them must come, in looking at these pictures of campaigns, these vivid episodes of life and death, a clearer realization than could be secured in any other way of what the four years struggle meant for their fathers and their grandfathers. The fine views of Fort Stevens and Fort Lincoln recall the several periods in which, to the continuing anxieties of the people's leader, was added immediate apprehension as to the safety of the national capital. On the 19th of April, 1861, the Massachusetts Sixth, on its way to the protection of Washington, had been attacked in Baltimore, and connections between Washington and the North were cut off. A few hundred troops represented all the forces that the nation had for the moment been able to place in position for the protection of
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