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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... half the population were Copperheads, and that they had no souls. It is pleasantly situated on the swells of a fine undulating country, drained by the head-waters of the Monocacy. It has no especial natural advantages; owing its ...
... half the population were Copperheads, and that they had no souls. It is pleasantly situated on the swells of a fine undulating country, drained by the head-waters of the Monocacy. It has no especial natural advantages; owing its ...
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... half a mile west of Middletown, where the fighting began on that memorable Sunday, September 14th, 1862, could be seen half hidden and far away below. There our troops came up with the rear-guard of the invading army. Driven back from ...
... half a mile west of Middletown, where the fighting began on that memorable Sunday, September 14th, 1862, could be seen half hidden and far away below. There our troops came up with the rear-guard of the invading army. Driven back from ...
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... half imbedded in the furrows . This man was ploughing over graves ! Adjoining the field was the historic cornfield . I walked to the edge of it , and waited there for the man to turn his long slow furrow down that way . I sat upon the ...
... half imbedded in the furrows . This man was ploughing over graves ! Adjoining the field was the historic cornfield . I walked to the edge of it , and waited there for the man to turn his long slow furrow down that way . I sat upon the ...
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... half regretting that I could not carry it away with me . My first shuddering aversion to the grim relic was soon past . I felt a strange curiosity to know who had been its hapless owner , carrying it safely through twenty or more years ...
... half regretting that I could not carry it away with me . My first shuddering aversion to the grim relic was soon past . I felt a strange curiosity to know who had been its hapless owner , carrying it safely through twenty or more years ...
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... Half a mile below the bridge the creek makes a bold turn to the right, and doubles back upon itself, forming a loop, then sweeps away to the south, between a wooded hill on the west and a magnificent growth of willows massing their ...
... Half a mile below the bridge the creek makes a bold turn to the right, and doubles back upon itself, forming a loop, then sweeps away to the south, between a wooded hill on the west and a magnificent growth of willows massing their ...
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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