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Title: The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities
Year: 1911 ( 1910s)
Authors: Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959 Lanier, Robert S. (Robert Sampson), 1880-
Subjects: United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Pictorial works United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865
Publisher: New York : Review of Reviews Co.
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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CONFEDERATES IN THE NEWLY-CAPTURED PENSACOLA FORT—1861 FiJl of enthusiasm and military spirit, but suspecting little what trials lay before them, the Confederatevolunteers pictured here are drilling at one of the forts that had been abandoned by the Federal Govern-ment, even before the momentous shot was fired at Sumter. Fort Pickens, through the forethought of Com-mander Henry Walke, who disobeyed his orders most brilliantly and successfully, had been saved to theFederal Government. The other batteries and forts at Pensacola, however, had been handed o\-er to theConfederacy, and here we see the men in gray, early in 01, taking advantage of the gift. Note the newuniforms, the soldierly and well-fed appearance of the uien, the stores of ammunition for the great guns. 1161
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COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. WHERE THE BLOCK\DERS CAME TOO LATE Many of these soldiers pictured here were soon fighting miles away from where we see them now; a greatmany were drafted from New Orleans, from Mobile, Sa\annah. and Charleston; Florida and Georgia fur-nished their full quota to the Confederate army. This photograph was taken by Edwards, of New Orleans,who, like his confrere Lytle, succeeded in picturing many of the stirring scenes and opening tableaux of thewar; they afterward took advantage of their art and used their cameras as batteries at the command of theConfederate secret service, photographing ships and troops and guns of the Federal forces, and sendingthem to the commanding generals of their departments. Over the chase of the gun is Pensacola harbor.

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