Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization / Volume IX, Issue 420 / Title Contents
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Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization / Volume IX, Issue 420
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New York: Harper's Magazine Co, January 14, 1865
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Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization.
IX
420
NEW YORK, SATURDAY, JANUARY 14, 1865
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1865, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
ORDNANCE STORES CAPTURED WITH FORT McALLISTER — LIEUTENANT SPENCER'S HEAD-QUARTERS. — Sketched by Theodore R. Davis. — [See Page 27.]
GENERAL SHERMAN'S ARMY ENTERING SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, December 21,
SHERMAN.
What grander name than his on that fair scroll,
Where, writ in fadeless characters, shall stand
The names of those, the saviors of the land,
Recorded of bright Fame's immortal roll!
Scarce have our hearts ceased thrilling to the cry,
Which passed from lip to lip, "Atlanta's ours!"
Than comes the news that on Savannah's towers
Once more the old flag greets the broad blue sky.
Ring out from every spire, ye jubilant bells!
Ring loud and long these merry Christmas times!
Let notes of victo
perils and sufferings and wants of the army and navy. His sympathy and admiration are not of the mouth, but of the heart; and his call for a ready and cheerful response to the summons for more men is that of a man who feels what he says, and who is as sure of the patriotism of others as he is of his own.
PUBLIC GIFTS.
Many years since some worthy citizens of Philadelphia gave Commodore Decatur a massive silver wine-cooler in testimony of their admiration and respect. A few days ago some worthy
VIEW OF SALTVILLE, VIRGINIA.
GENERAL BURBRIDGE'S RAID IN SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.
General S. G. Burbridge, whose brilliant expedition into Southwestern Virginia we illustrate from sketches taken by "Porte Crayon," has been
INTERIOR VIEW OF THE SALT-WORKS.
one of the most efficient officers in our western campaigns. Our readers will remember the heroic conduct of General A. J. Smith's Division at the capture of Fort Hindman, better known as Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863. The first brigade of thi
River, and eight or nine miles north of the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad. A branch road connects it with the latter. The salt manufactured here is of the very best quality. The works have been deemed so important by the rebels that a Richmond paper lately declared the loss of Savannah an inferior consideration.
"The valley at the head of which Saltville stands," says "Porte Crayon," "contains several hundred acres of rich meadow. It is surrounded by a chain of conical hills, from 500 to
'distinguished Mediums' from a 'circle' somewhere in New England, who had persuaded poor Skipwick to 'import' them for the purpose of assisting him in his 'spiritual' experiments.
"It was all over with him, I feared. He was in the hands of the Philistines, and he was no Samson with shorn locks that would grow again.
"Finding it worse than useless to attempt dissuasion or argument with him, I contented myself with some business advice as to his retaining the ownership of house and furniture, sol
CHARGE OF THIRD BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, SIXTEENTH CORPS, AT THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, December 15, 1864. — Sketched by George H. Ellsbury. — [See Page 22.]
"BY-AND-BY."
Was the parting very bitter?
Was. the hand-clasp very tight?
Is a storm of tear-drops falling
From a face all sad and white?
Think not of it, in the future
Calmer, fairer days are nigh;
Gaze not backward, but look onward
For a sunny "by-and-by."
Were some whispered words too cherished?
Was the touch of lips too sweet?
Are two souls once linked together
Never, never more to meet?
Never here, earth's poor, vain passion
Slowly smouldering out must die,
But its ashes shall return you
S
noise nohow, and we couldn't keep 'em away from you any longer."
"Where have they gone, Mammy?"
"To Gainesville."
"Who went with them?"
"Tilly, and Tom too," she added. "But you are talking too much, honey; be quiet now, or Aunty Hamilton will find fault with Mammy."
Two days after, a tumultuous barking of the dogs announced an arrival. I listened for the sound of wheels or horses' hoofs in the carriageway; there were neither. A soft, careful tread of feet, however, away on the back piazza, sat
GENERAL S. G. BURBRIDGE.—Photographed by Webster, Louisville, Ky.— [See Page 21.]
Savannah at sunrise. Colonel Barnum's brigade was the first in town. General Sherman's loss, after he invested Savannah, was from six to eight hundred men.
We give on page 24 an illustration of General Kilpatrick's last charge at Waynesborough. There were two fights on the march from Atlanta to Savannah. One was the engagement which Wolcott had with the enemy at Griswoldville, November 22, in which the enemy was s
OUR RELEASED PRISONERS AT CHARLESTON, S. C., EXCHANGING THEIR RAGS FOR NEW CLOTHING.—[Sketched by William Waud.]
His death occasioned the most sincere regret. It occurred in Paris, under peculiarly melancholy circumstances, December 1, 1864. He died suddenly from a fit of apoplexy while at the Hotel du Louvre. The country will have occasion for self-congratulation if our next Minister to France shall be found a statesman as honorable and as judicious as was Mr. Dayton.
THE SANITARY COMMISSION D
OUT OF BONDAGE.
Others have told their stories of capture and escape—of adventures by sea and land; will you not listen to mine?
I was captured at Drury's Bluff on the 16th of May last—the day on which, advancing under cover of a heavy fog, the rebels surprised and drove in General Butler's lines, drawn menacingly around Fort Darling. General Heckman, of New Jersey, formerly my commander, was captured on the same day, and we were sent into Richmond together. It had long been my ambition to foll
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