The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1886-07-22
,cape and q vivid picture ofwar. More than
twenty Thousand sfiuures are To be saan from

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,cape and aviv1d picture oiwar. More thar,
twenty thousand figures are to be seen from
the point OF observation and the whole scene
throbs with life and action. In no paint
ing which has yet been produced has the
vivid actuality OF war been SO truthfully
portrayed. Blending with the painting is
ingeniously arranged nature itself. Grow
ing trees, mother earth, n stream OF water,
a smoldering campfre and simmering pot
Of water, an actual railroad track and
other devices which are in complete har-
mony with what is portrayed on the cnn-
vas, lend such an air OF reality to the pict.
ure thatthe closest study is required to
define the line between the painted and the
actual. With all this reminder OF war, old
soldiers are carried back in memory to the
events long past. Their enthusiasm knows
no bounds. Those not familiar with war
and all its horrors, stand spell-bound and
awed. The impression is one that beggars
description. 555 S.
THE ATLANTIC CAMPAIGN. ID
The great Rebellion is clearly divided in
to characteristic positions. The great up.
rising which followed the firing upon
Fort Sumpter was the response OF the
citizens to the immediate need OF
OF til Fir government and flag: The earlier
conflicts OF the war were fought by untrain-
ed and unseasoned soldiers. By 1853 reg.
iments and commands had been many times
decimated. In 1864 veteran regiments
numbering 225 muskets, followed their tat
tered battle flag and stood by it with ten
acity never surpassed and seldom equaled.
The Atlanta campaign was ended by such
soldiers commanded by officers who had in
many instances came from the ranks ex-
changing nuskets for the sword. The Gull
mination OF the Atlanta campaign was O
a~Iou 5,nekI o.i% IL L. -
which-thnt OF the 22d OF July-is known
as the Battle OF Atlanta, among the five
distinct battles fought in the vicinity. SOL
diers and officers who participated in it re.
fer to it frequently. Confederates char.
acterize it as the bitterest fight
in their experience. The conformation OF
the battle ground and the method OF at.
tack made the battle close, frequently hand
to hand, and always desperate. Gen. Sher-
mans army was placed in position in the
form OF a great rs" reversed. The assault
OF Gen. Hood was upon the eastern lobe OF
this rs, !" the Army OF the Tennessee. The
ground occupied by it was broken and
much OF it densely wooded, affording cover
for near advance and attack, which invnri-
ably resulted in the hand to hand fighting
mentioned. The foregoing will explain per.
haps the appareaAd ifficulty OF depicting
this battle upon canvass in q manner to
enable the comprehension OF the extent OF
the line and its disposition.
Veterans, officers and soldiers. have in
yariably expressed their belief that il At.
lanta could be painted, n panorama OF i'm
surpassed interest and value would be the
result. Such g panorama has been paint
ed. In it may be seen great strategy,
military dispositions, Il Typographical
characteristics, and q conflict which equals
the memory Of participants, who upon
visiting the panorama find it possible to
locate remembered Incidents and places
and thus bringing back forgotten scenes
with a clearness which shows the desirable.
ity, Of painting q panorama which is really
a grand historical picture. Better than