Identifier: originalphotogra00eato (find matches)
Title: Original photographs taken on the battlefields during the Civil War of the United States
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Eaton, Edward Bailey Brady, Mathew B., ca. 1823-1896 Gardner, Alexander, 1821-1882 Miller, Francis Trevelyan, 1877-1959. Martyrs on altar of civilization
Subjects: Eaton, Edward Bailey War photography
Publisher: Hartford, Conn. : E.B. Eaton
Contributing Library: Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection
Digitizing Sponsor: The Institute of Museum and Library Services through an Indiana State Library LSTA Grant

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day—the Fourth of Julyin 1863. The camera was taken intothe wheat-field near the extreme leftof the Union line. The heroes hadbeen dead about nineteen hours. Itwill be observed that their bodies arealready much bloated by exposure to the sun. These men were killed onJuly 3. 1863. by one discharge ofcanister from a Confederate cannonwhich they were attempting to cap-ture. Tin cans were filled with smallballs about the size of marbles andwhen the cannon was fired the forceof the discharge burst open the can,and the shower of canister balls swepteverything before it. When this pho-tograph was taken a detail hadalready passed over the field, andgathered the guns and accoutrementsof the dead and wounded. Shoes,cartridge belts and canteens havebeen removed from these dead heroesas it was frequently necessary to ap-propriate them to relieve the needs ofthe living soldiers. From diamond atextreme right of picture these menare identified as belonging to thesecond division of third army corps.
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IN the conflicts within the lifetime ot men nowliving, more than three billions of dollars sterlinghave been thrown into the cannons mouth, andnearly five millions of human lives have fallen martyrs to the battlefield. In the United States of America, agovernment founded on the Brotherhood of Man, thegreatest expenditure since the beginning ot the Republichas been for bloodshed, over six billions for War,nearly two billions for navy, and about three and one-half billions for pensions—more than eleven billions outof a total of something over nineteen billions of dollars.In the last half century the population ot the world hasdoubled; its indebtedness, chiefly for war purposes, hasquadrupled. It was but eight billions fifty years ago;it is thirty-two billions today. America has never been a war-seeking nation. Its onedesire has been to live and let live. When oncearoused, however, it is the greatest fighting force on theface of the globe. It is in this peace-loving land thatcivilizatio

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