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Title: The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Leslie, Frank, 1821-1880 Mottelay, Paul Fleury, b. 1841, ed Campbell-Copeland, T. (Thomas), ed Beath, Robert B. (Robert Burns), 1839-1914 Vandervoort, Paul. History of the Grand Army of the Republic Avery, I. W. (Isaac Wheeler), 1837-1897. History of the Confederate Veterans' Association Davis, A. P. History of the Sons of Veterans Merrill, Frank P. History of the Sons of Veterans
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy Confederate States of America. Army Confederate States of America. Navy Grand Army of the Republic United Confederate Veterans Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Publisher: New York Atlanta : Stanley Bradley Pub. Co.
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: State of Indiana through the Indiana State Library

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EJTElliUK OF THE ilORTAK BATTERY STANTON, TYBEE ISLAND, SHOWING THE OPERATION OF Ill; TII(RTEEN-INCH MORTAK DiJttlNG THE BOUJaKDMISNT OF FORI PULASO, APRIL h-u, 1863. ag2 THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR. f, \ /jl
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THE SOLDIER IN OUR CIVIL WAR. *93 CAPTURE \jV NEW ORLEANS. Afl boom as General Butler had carried out theordcre which the Secretary of War h:ul given himafter the surrender of Fort Hatrerns, to raise,ni-iii, uniform and erjuip a volunteer force espe-cially for serried In Southern waters, lie was askedto suggest the best place of rendezvous for an ex-pedition against Mobile. Ho named Ship Island,located off tbo Mississippi const, between LukeBorgno and Mobile Bay, and his suggestion wasadopted, as Ship Island proved to be within strik-ing distance of every important locality of tboGulf of Mexico. In the mouth of December, 1S61, General J.TV. Phelps was sent to the island in the steam-ship Constitution, with the advance of Butlerstroops, which wore duly landed. The Constitutionthen returned to embark the remainder, and hadalready taken 2,01(0 more men, who were to honccoriij-aiiicd by General Butler himself, when thelatter received a Government message directinghim to disembark the men,

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