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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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hless soldieryof Grant and Lee. Three years had they marched and maneu-vered, fenced and fought—three tremendous years—and nowit seemed as though every man realized that this would be thefinal struggle, that the question of the supremacy of the Unionor of the South was to be settled forever. Beautiful and bright had been the colors that flutteredover each proud battalion as it took the road for Manassas—gay and vivid the uniforms of the foreign legions and theZouaves, spick and span the blue battalions, all with gleamingbelts and brasses, many with white gloves, and some even withwhite gaiters. In spite of the clerical cut of his uniform, theaverage officer had a soldierly look about him, enhanced by atrimly buttoned coat well set off by the crimson sash. Thosewere the days of the dandy, encouraged by the example ofmany a general like McClellan, Porter, Phil Kearny, andHooker, who believed in fine accouterments and j>litterin- ( 226 ) IP I//I//////A f/A v/m- -■, K^,
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COPYRIGHT, 1911, HOOKER—HANDSOME IN PERSON AND EQUIPMENT General Joseph Hooker, whose photograph appears above, was one of many able generals, such as McClellan,Porter, Phil Kearny, and others, who believed in fine accouterments and glittering trappings. Theseleaders used the costliest of housings and horse equipments, and expected their staff officers to follow suit.The latter were nothing loth; much money was spent at the outset of the war in giving the army as trigand smart an appearance as a European host. But there were no military roads in the United States,and the pageantry of a European army is not adapted to the swamps and morasses, the mountain heights,and rocky roads over which the war was fought. By the end of the second year the red sash which set offthe trimly buttoned coat had turned to purple or disappeared entirely, and in many instances the coat wasgone as well. The costly shoulder-straps of gold embroidery had given place to metal substitutes, and thehundred-dolla

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