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Chapter 1: A PICTURE OF THE DESOLATED STATES; and the work of RESTORATION. 1865–1868
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A traveler records journeys through southern states shortly after the Civil War, visiting battlefields, towns, farms, and camps to document physical devastation, relief efforts, and local opinions. The narrative combines scene-by-scene descriptions of Gettysburg, Antietam, Harper’s Ferry, burned towns, and mountain passes with verbatim conversations, eyewitness anecdotes, and reflections on military and civil consequences. Emphasizing on-the-spot notes and representative interviews, he portrays damaged landscapes, displaced inhabitants, varied loyalties, and contested policies for restoration, aiming for literal fidelity rather than embellishment and presenting facts and voices to illuminate the challenges of rebuilding society and law after the conflict.

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Title: A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868

Author: J. T. Trowbridge

Release date: July 16, 2017 [eBook #55127]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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A
PICTURE
OF THE
DESOLATED
STATES;
and the work of
RESTORATION.
1865–1868

BY J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
AUTHOR OF “NEIGHBOR JACKWOOD,” “CUDJO’S CAVE,” ETC.
HARTFORD, CONN.
PUBLISHED BY L. STEBBINS.
1868.
Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1868,
By L. STEBBINS,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Connecticut.