. L'histoire photographique de la guerre civile : des milliers de scènes photographiées 1861-65, avec le texte de beaucoup d'autorités spéciales . n, après Gettysburg, il a généralement été fait avec nos bayonets.les bêches et les axes étaient luxes à de telles périodes. Les bandes de musicétaient rares, et généralement de qualité inférieure; mais les hommes se moquaient de lui autant qu'ils le pouvaient par une insulce gay, et en chantant dans le camp et le mars. J'ai vu les hommes de la First Maryland Infantry traîner avec lassitude à travers la boue et la pluie, malheureusement engloutis par une longue marche, frapper avec greatgusto leur chanson préférée, gay et heureux. Ne le faisons pas

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. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . n, afterGettysburg, it had usually to be done with our bayonets.Spades and axes were luxuries at such times. Bands of musicwere rare, and generally of inferior quality; but the men madeup for it as far as they could by a gay insouciance, and by sing-ing in camp and on the march. I have seen the men of theFirst Maryland Infantry trudging wearily through mud andrain, sadly bedraggled by a long march, strike up with greatgusto their favorite song, Gay and Happy. So let the wide world wag as it will, Well be gay and happy still. The contrast between the sentiment of the song and theenvironment of the column was sufficiently striking. In onerespect, I think, our camps had the advantage of the Unioncamps—we had no sutlers, and we had no camp-followers. But though our camp equipage and equipment were soinferior to those of our antagonists, I do not think any experi-enced soldier, watching our marching columns of infantry orcavalry, or witnessing our brigade drills, could fail to be [1221 VY. COPYRIGHT, 1911, REVIEW OF REVIEWS CO. CONFEDERATE TYPES—GAY AND HAPPY STILL A conspicuous feature of the Southern army was its Americanism. In every camp, among the infantry, thecavalry and the artillery, the men were, with few exceptions, Americans. In spite of deprivations, the menwere light-hearted; given a few days rest and feeding, they abounded in fun and jocularity and were notedfor indulgence in a species of rough humor which found suggestion in the most trivial incidents, and wasoften present in the midst of the most tragical circumstances. In so representative a body the type variedalmost as did the individual; the home sentiment, however, pervaded the mass and was the inspiration otits patriotism—sectional, provincial, call it what you will. This was true even in the ranks of those knight-errants from beyond the border: Missourians, Kentuckian

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