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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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The Ninth Massa-chusetts was a regimentcomposed of Irish volun-teers from the vicinity ofBoston. The Catholicchaplains were very as-siduous in their atten-tion to the ritual of theChurch, even on thetented field. Many ofthese chaplains have since risen to high positions in the Church. Archbishop Ireland was one of these splendid anddevoted men. An example f the fearless devotion of the Catholic chaplains was the actionof Father Corby, of the Irish Brigade, at the battle of Gettysburg. As the brigade was about togo into the fiercest fighting at the center of the Federal line and shot and shell were already reachingits ranks, at the solicitation of Father Corby it was halted, and knelt; standing upon a projecting rock,the brave father rendered absolution to the soldiers according to the rites of the Catholic Church.A few minutes later the brigade had plunged to the very thick of the fierce fighting at the Loop. 1100) FATHER SCULLY PREACHING TO THE NINTH MASSAC IIUSETTS REGIMENT
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SERVICE FOR THE RECRUITS AT CAMP CASS,ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, VIRGINIA, 1861 Attentive and solemn are the faces of these men new to warfare, facing dangers as yet unknown, while theylisten to Father Scullys earnest words. Not a few of the regiments in the Union armies were led by minis-ters who assisted in organizing them, and then accepted the command. When the Fiftieth New YorkEngineers were stationed in front of Petersburg, Virginia, they made a rustic place of worship, spire and all,after the model of their winter-quarters. A photograph of this soldier-built edifice is shown on page 257.The muskets and glistening bayonets of the soldiers, leaning against the fence in the foreground of thePetersburg picture, contrast vividly with the peaceful aspect of the little church—-an oasis in a desert.

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