Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-30

Dy MAJ. ROBERT Anderson, Isl United
States Artillery. On April IA. 1863. Brevet
| Maj. Gen. Anderson raised the same flag
and planted it upon the ruins of Fort
Sumter. when it was saluted by 100 guns
and by a national salute from every
fort and battery that fired upon Fort
Sumter. The storm flag, the one to
the right, was part of the complement
| of the fort at the time of the lombard
ment and evacuation. These. flags re-
| manned in the possession of the late
Brig. and Brevet Maj. Gen Robert An
derson.' U. S. Army. up to the time of
his death and were returned to the War
| Department by his daughters in ac-
cordance with the express direction of
their mother, the widow of Gen. Ander-
son."
In another glass case to the left Of
the room is the flag which enveloped
the coffin containing the body of Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln on the journey
from Washington, D. c., to Springfield
ILL.,. in April. 1865. On the walls there
are oil paintings of Grant. Sherman.
Sheridan. Secretary of War Stanton
and a number of his successors of
recent years, and on stands are marble
busts Of Grant, Stanton. Sheridan and
Fitzpatrick and Kilpatricks sword.
During the G. A. r. encampment there
are displayed in the reception room
few lay figures dressed in different
others will be those of a first sergeant
of artillery. a first sergeant of cavalry.
a private OF infantry in heavy march
ing order, an Irish zouave, a Baxter
zouave and an Ellsworth zouave. There
also will be a number Of rifles, muskets
and carbines, as well as pistols and
revolvers, recovered from battlef1elds
of the civil war. The special exhibit
for the encampment also includes Il
few specimens of sabers. swords. KNAPP
sacks, canteens and other soldiers
equipments that were used during the
civil war.
Fourteen Volumes of Photos.
An interesting feature of the exhibit
will be fourteen volumes of photo
graphs, both of individuals and scenes.
pertaining to the civil war period
These photographs were made from the
plates of the famous Brady collection
of war photographs which was pur-
chased by Congress about forty years
ago at a cost of $27,S40. and is now
deposited in the library at the Army
War College. There are also six vol
umes of photographs made by the
quartermaster's department during the
civil war and illustrating some of the
activities of that department in those
strenuous days.
With the other articles on exhibit
ton is shadow case containing a sec
ton of a log taken from Gen Grants
cabin built by his own hands in 1854
shortly after his resignation from the
army. the logs. which he hewed from
the forest on the land owned by him
furnishing the only material at his
command. The cabin. which he called
"Hardscrabble House. was located on
the old Ridge road, nine miles south
west of St Louis, Mo.
There are also maps of the battle
fields of Antietam, Atlanta campaign,
Bull run (first. Chattanooga, Chica-
manga with legend). Franklin. Fred
ericksburg. Gettysburg. Petersburg and
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of and the Wilderness, together with
Topographic maps of Appomattox Court
house. Charlottesville and Harpers
Ferry.
Other maps show the campaign of
Gen. Grant in central Virginia and
marches of the forces under his COM
mand in 1896 and of the army of the
Cumberland, under command of Maj.
Gen. Thomas, and also marches of the
forces under command of MAJ Gen.
Sherman in 1896.
Shows Chain of Forts.
There is another map showing the To-
cations of the chain of forts around
Washington and the military roads
connecting them. These fortifications
were constructed for the defense of the
National Capital during the civil war
In Chief Clerk Scofields office. ad-
are photographs of the north and west
fronts of the old War Department
building 186D in which many memo
rable conferences were held between
President Lincoln and Secretary STAN
| ton; a Photographic reproduction of
Taylor's painting of the grand re-
view Of 1865, which shows the line of
! the veterans as it wheeled into 18th
street from Pennsylvania avenue. near
| the south front of the Treasury build
! ing; also a photograph that was taken
at the time of President Lincoln's visit
| to Gen. Mcclellan at Antietam Gath
cred around the President and Gen.
Mcclellan are Capt. Richard N. Bat
| chelder, Gen. Andrew A Humphreys
| Gen. Lewis c. Hunt, Capt. Locke. Gen
! George b. Mcclellan, Gen. George W.
| Morell. Gen. FitZ John Porter, Gen
| Sackett, Gen. SweitZer,' Gen. Alexander
| s. Webb.
In the collection of oil portraits of ex-
| Secretaries Of War are portraits of Gen.
| John NJ Schofield, Gen. John A. Raw
| Inns, Gen. William NJ. Belknap, Col.
| Redfield Proctor and Gen. Russell A.
| Alger, each of whom served as Secre-
tary of War for longer or shorter
period.
| In the National Museum.
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