A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868"A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868" is a book about the consequences of the Civil War in the United States. The author, who traveled around the post-war country and interviewed the representatives of the opposite forces, accentuates the ruination the land suffered from war actions. |
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... citizens worked night and day in the pleasant month of June, 1863, throwing up, as it were, a dike against the tide of invasion. These defences were of no practical value. They were unfinished when the Rebels appeared in force in the ...
... citizens worked night and day in the pleasant month of June, 1863, throwing up, as it were, a dike against the tide of invasion. These defences were of no practical value. They were unfinished when the Rebels appeared in force in the ...
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... citizens call it the “Di'mond,”) I inquired the way to the battle-ground. “You are on it now,” said the landlord, with proud satisfaction,—for it is not every man that lives, much less keeps a tavern, on the field of a world-famous ...
... citizens call it the “Di'mond,”) I inquired the way to the battle-ground. “You are on it now,” said the landlord, with proud satisfaction,—for it is not every man that lives, much less keeps a tavern, on the field of a world-famous ...
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... citizen, and his subsequent sufferings from wounds, naturally called out a great deal of sympathy, and caused him to be looked upon as a hero. But a hero, like a prophet, has not all honor in his own country. There is a wide-spread ...
... citizen, and his subsequent sufferings from wounds, naturally called out a great deal of sympathy, and caused him to be looked upon as a hero. But a hero, like a prophet, has not all honor in his own country. There is a wide-spread ...
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... citizens to glean . Many of the poorer people did a thriving business picking up these missiles of death , and selling them to dealers ; two of whom alone sent to Baltimore fifty tons of lead collected in this way from the battle ...
... citizens to glean . Many of the poorer people did a thriving business picking up these missiles of death , and selling them to dealers ; two of whom alone sent to Baltimore fifty tons of lead collected in this way from the battle ...
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... Citizens were told that if they would give their money their houses would be spared. The money was in many instances promptly given, when their houses were as promptly fired. Such a wail of women and children, fleeing for life from ...
... Citizens were told that if they would give their money their houses would be spared. The money was in many instances promptly given, when their houses were as promptly fired. Such a wail of women and children, fleeing for life from ...
Contents
A NIGHT IN A TENNESSEE FARMHOUSE | |
THE FIELD OF SHILOH | |
WAITING FOR THE TRAIN AT MIDNIGHT | |
FROM CORINTH TO MEMPHIS | |
FREEDMENS SCHOOLS AND THE FREEDMENS BUREAU | |
DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI | |
IN AND ABOUT VICKSBURG | |
FREE LABOR IN MISSISSIPPI | |
A VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON | |
STATE PRIDE | |
THE FIELD OF FREDERICKSBURG | |
TO CHANCELLORSVILLE | |
THE WILDERNESS | |
SPOTTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE | |
THE FIELD OF SPOTTSYLVANIA | |
ON TO RICHMOND | |
THE BURNT DISTRICT | |
LIBBY CASTLE THUNDER AND BELLE ISLE | |
FEEDING THE DESTITUTE | |
THE UNION MEN OF RICHMOND | |
MARKETS AND FARMING | |
IN AND AROUND RICHMOND | |
PEOPLE AND POLITICS | |
FORTIFICATIONS DUTCH GAP FAIR OAKS | |
IN AND ABOUT PETERSBURG | |
JAMES RIVER AND FORTRESS MONROE | |
ABOUT HAMPTON | |
A GENERAL VIEW OF VIRGINIA | |
THE SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA | |
EAST TENNESSEE FARMERS | |
IN AND ABOUT CHATTANOOGA | |
LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN | |
THE SOLDIERS CEMETERY | |
MISSION RIDGE AND CHICKAMAUGA | |
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO MURFREESBORO | |
STONE RIVER | |
THE HEART OF TENNESSEE | |
BY RAILROAD TO CORINTH | |
ON HORSEBACK FROM CORINTH | |
ZEEK | |
ZEEKS FAMILY | |
A RECONSTRUCTED STATE | |
A FEW WORDS ABOUT COTTON | |
DAVISS BEND GRAND GULF NATCHEZ | |
THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI | |
THE CRESCENT CITY | |
POLITICS FREE LABOR AND SUGAR | |
THE BATTLE OF MOBILE | |
MOBILE | |
ALABAMA PLANTERS | |
WILSONS RAID | |
IN AND ABOUT ATLANTA | |
DOWN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA | |
ANDERSONVILLE | |
SHERMAN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA | |
PLANTATION GLIMPSES | |
POLITICS AND FREE LABOR IN GEORGIA | |
SHERMAN IN EASTERN GEORGIA | |
A GLANCE AT SAVANNAH | |
CHARLESTON AND THE | |
A VISIT TO FORT SUMTER | |
A PRISON AND A PRISONER | |
THE SEA ISLANDS | |
A VISIT TO JAMES ISLAND | |
SHERMAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA | |
THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA | |
THE RIDE TO WINNSBORO | |
A GLIMPSE OF THE OLD NORTH STATE | |
CONCLUSIONS | |
A Picture of the Desolated States | |
RECONSTRUCTION | |
THE WORK OF RESTORATION | |
VOTES OF STATE LEGISLATURES ON THE FOURTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT | |
SOCIAL CONDITION | |
IMPEACHMENT | |
APPENDIX SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF GENERAL U S GRANT | |
HON SCHUYLER COLFAX | |
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