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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 18, 1912)
7 C H i. C 3 C 3 .iiiii.il miiiwiim SI II-.:. A 1 I 1 i J I J M Ii 1 ,1 1 - fn ' J. alllgfeajaa 3. . E DID. it ever occur to you that millions of, people the women, children and other stay-at-homes North of the Potomac and West of the Mississippi never saw an enemy, hadn't even the faintest idea what the South looked like, or the slightest notion where the battles of the Civil War took place? They saw their sons and brothers and husbands go forth into a world unknown and unseen, and come back wounded or never come back. They never saw the places where their menfolks went they never saw an enemy. But, now, for the first time, everybody can see just where their comrades, their friends, their loved ones fought and died and bled for their country, and how they looked and how they fared after they had marched away into the dim beyond which meant nothing to them but terrifying dreams and imaginings. . It seems too good to be true, yet a photograph of every important event, every im portant scene, of that memorable conflict between the North and the South is yours almost for the asking. Just cut out the War Souvenir Coupon which appears regularly in this paper and present it at our office with 10 cents and you can secure any section of the Long-Lost War Ptioftograplis ' v. - Copyright, 1911, Rvlai f Review. Co. - . 8POTSYLVANIA COURf HOUSE And quaint, old vlll.ge-pump around which .urged the Uoa of the two armies from V May 8th W 12th, 1864, , v These actual photographs of the Civil War, just discovered and offered to readers of this paper, with a legend under each one, telling where and when it was taken and what was happening at the time, open up a set of surprises to all Americans who live north of Mason and Dixon's line. , t The war raged during .four years up and down the Potomac, along the Southern coastand down the Mis sissippi, penetrating at rare intervals into Maryland and Pennsylvania; In the latter years, batdes were fought and sieges conducted in "Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia arid the Carolines.' ; But in the North there was no indication of the.fire and flame that .were sweeping, through the South. Business was in progress just as usual. The stores were open and factories working. Men had marched away, but there were quite enough left to carry on our tranquil every-day life, , ' . Of the real truth of that "Crimson Drama" the, war of brother against brothcrT-litrie or nothing was known until now. You owe it to yourself, you owe it to your children; to let them learn about every battle fought in the Civil War, to learn what the Civil War meantin fact, what all war means, i And the only way is to secure the real records of the war The Original Brady War Photographs. A Story of Human Interest In SECTION 1 1 NOW READY Every Photograph f These pictures of Brady's make the most vivid,' fascinating:, trae history of the CiviJ "War that ever has been or ever can be compiled. They show every intimate and little known phase of the great war; every homely incident is revealed; they roll back the pages of time fifty years and over. " ' ""'' ' ; Corporal Jamea Tanner says: "The photographs are absorbingly interesting", not only to those of us who were on the'stage of action at the time, but it seems to me they ought to .be more so to the young people of today, for they put the .drejid reality .pf.war't before their eyes as no word painting can possibly do." ; In the last half century the men who fought under the Stars and ' Stripes or the Stars and ' Bars, have grown old and many of them have died. The torn-up battlefields are covered with- the. white bloom of cotton and swaying grace of wheat. The old ships have gone to the bottom cf the sea or to' the junk heap. The guns have rusted, the fortifications have rotted away, the ruined cities have come back to more vigorous life; even the bitter feelings that caused brother to fight brother have faded away. But these photographs of Brady's, eye-witnesses of the four years' drama, are here illustrating . ''TheCivnWar Through the Camera" In Sixteen Superb Sections fr One Each Week for Coupon and If you haven't started collecting the series of Brady War Pictures, begin right away. Cut out the War Souvenir Coupon, which appears regularly, and brinjj or-send it to this office with 10 cents to cover 'jaecessary expenses such as cost of material, handling, clerk hire, etc., and get any single copy; there are no other conditions whatever. We have secured exclusive rights for our territory to distribute these long lost Brady War Pictures, illustrating Elson's History of he Civil War, and take this method of placing the full set of 16 sections in reach of every home, no matter how limited the means. Contains a Complete Thrilling Narrative of the Bloody Angle at Spotsylvania BETTER TO READ THAN A NOVEL The battle of the "angle" is said "to have been the most awful in duration and intensity in modern times. Battle-line after battle-line, bravely obeying orders, was annihilated. The intrerichments were shivered and shattered, trunks of trees carved into split brooms. Some times the contestants came so close together that their muskets met, muzzle to muzzle, and their flags almost intertwined with each other as they waved ia the breeze. v 1 ; Many vivid and picturesque descriptions of the fighting at the angle have been written, some by eye-witnesses, others by able historians, but no printed page can convey to the mind the realities of that terrible conflict. The opposing forces fought like demons for twenty hours. Over the intrenchments they shot, stabbed and slashed at each other with the fury of fiends fresh from hell. In the terrible musket fire trees, a foot and a half in diameter, were cut down, and still the contestants held on, the Con federates unable to drive the Federals, the Federals unable to drive the Confederates. , . The pity of it ajl was manifested by the shocking scene on that bat tlefield the next day. Piles of dead lay around, the veritable "Hell's Hole" on both sides of the intrenchments, four layers deep in some places, shattered and torn by bullets and hoofs and clubbed muskets, while beneath the layers of dead there could be seen the quivering limbs of those who still lived. Special Notice " The series naturally begins with Bull Run, that first , great encoun ter of armed troops of the North and South. If you have-not received this Section, or any of the others that follow it, cut out the coupon this week and we'll supply you with either or all of the first twelve sections for 1 Oc each and the one coupon. - The world has heard of- the heroes of the Trojan War as sung by Homer; of the brave deeds df brave men in the Revolutionary War; but Gen. Gordon, C. S. A., says that the most splendid exhibition of individ ual heroism and personal daring was that of the men who, on the battle field of Spotsylvania, faced for so long a period and at so short a range the flaming rifles, as they heralded the decree of death, while they stood in the freshly spilt blood of their comrades. Besides the complete account of the battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Section 12 also contains the story of ..... , , Grant's Attack and Repulse at Cold Harbor Which Cost 10,000 Men in Twenty Minutes . . , This is the conflict of which Gen. Grant says: '"It is the only battle I ever fought that I would not fight over again under the circumstances." Don't fail to secure this great section and read the story of these two battles that, when the sun set on the-last day, the only fruits oi the struggle was some 30,000 dead and wounded Union soldiers. The War-Time Photographs In Thk show the country over which these bloody conflicts took place and the actors in the great struggle. All of the pictures are unusually rare and interesting and are further realized by a detailed and authentic descrip tion ot scenes and persons represented. Some of the photographs are: General GrantBefore the WUderneai Campaign General Grant Just After this Struggle Generals Meade and Sedgwick Taken Just Before General Sedg-' wick's Death f . Spotsylvania CourthouseWhere Grant Wanted to "Fight It Out a If It Take. All Summer" , Spotsylvania Battlefield "Bloody Angle" and Beverly House The Dead at Spotsylvania The Redoubt at Taylor's Bridge that Lee Let Go ; : A Woman Nurse at Fredericksburg Croisbg the North Anna River by Pontoon Bridges Breastworks on the Field of Cold Harbor City Point on the James River The Busiest Place in Dixie and .. many more, including y A Colored Frontispiece "The Battle of Spotsylvania" Ready for Framing -V. Tb ri of Brmir War Tleturm naturally begin la Saotlon 1 with th battle of Bull Ran, that ' Aral treat ancountar of armed troopi of tba North and South. If you havao't aacarad thi Section or any of the othera that lollovr it, cut out thla coupon and we will aupply you with either or ail the flrit twelve action tor 10c aacb aa4 tba one coupoo. WA3fc80UVOtllt; SAVE THIS COUPON IT HELPS YOU GET The Civil War Through the Camera Containing ..' Brady Famous Civil War Photographs tFuUUhti y Pmrmlulon mf th, V. S. Wmr Dmmrtmml) And Professor Ebon's Newly Written History of th Civil War iVearn for cowboy husband 'Wearr of Eaatern Life, Glrla Sfgfli for the Vanfshtna; Platna- Tha virile aplrit ot the west, aa typified in tba cowboy, has become familiar to eastern people during the last two year through the agency of the 6-cent motion picture how. One cf the results of the exhibition of "wild west" scenes ha been to excite the admiration ot numtrless eastern girls for the reckless, daredevil cowboys, as shown In the pictures. Desire to have cowboys for husbands' has become so much of a fad that a; first class matrimonial agency furnishing cowboys exclusively would doubtless do a thriving business. 80 far, the United States postoffic In Denver is the most popular haven of the lovesick eastern glri who wants to brave the frontier and live on the plains among the 'cattle with a boy who can throw a lasso and round up a herd. ., ' Postmaster Joseph H. Harrison of Den ver received several letter last week from "down east" gtrla who declare that Ufa will be a boresome blank without a owboy for a husband. ' Miis Ethel Wrlghtman of 132 Chestnut street, Rochester, N. Y., is willing to go to work In the west for the possible chance of meeting up with some nice, genteel cowboy. "Can you place me and my sister at work in the. westT" she wrote Postmaster Harrison. "We are tired of city life. Please give my address to1 some ' nice oowboy. If fcta ' wishes I wtll vend bin) my plcturta - That the businesslike postmaster did not "fall for" all the sentiment that might be read Into the Empire state girl's letter is evidenced by his answer, which is as follows; "Dear Madam Replying to your letter In which you request that it be handed to some nice cowboy, permit me to say that cowboys are the same as other boys. Perhaps they appeal to you and your sister because you have seen them in at tractive form, on the atage or in moving picture. ' . 8orne axe .good and some ar bad,' jviat liae ins boya you Jutoir, ' 1 "It Is unsafe and very hazardous for a girl to make the - acquaintance of un known boys, whether they work with cow or other animals, or whether they are on ranches or working in shops or factories. , "If you are living at home, your par ents and Immediate friends should be your best counsellors. In any event, however, you should . overcome your de sire to wander into strange and unknown communities or take up with strange men, b they young or l'Ctaivr The ftnarrrl Over the Laundrr. The family laundry had just been re turned, and the usual struggle to Iden tify their respective belongings was on. "That's my shirt!" insisted the elder brother, who worked In a printing estab lishment. "I can tell it by that Ink spot." "Pshaw!" exclaimed . the younger brother, who worked In a lumber yard. "I suppose, in order to be mine, it would have to have slivers In it." Judge. Earning" Hia Fee. Alphonso L. 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