Die Jungs von '61; oder, vier Jahre kämpfende persönliche Beobachtung mit der Armee und Marine, von der ersten Schlacht von Bull bis zum Fall von Richmond. Das Haus eines Caterer, der für die Charlestonier prächtige Abendessen serviert hatte. Er war ein Mulatto und verstand seine Kunst gut; Denn wenn er die Knappheit der Bestimmungen in der Stadt nicht aufrecht erhielt, konnte er eine hervorragende Unterhaltung bieten, legte sich mit Konserven ab, die in England aufgestellt worden waren, und hatte die Blockade durchgemacht. Es wurden Empfindungen und Reden angeboten, die in anderen Tagen als Brandstiftung bezeichnet worden wären. Fiv

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The boys of '61; or, Four years of fightingPersonal observation with the army and navy, from the first battle of Bull run to the fall of Richmond . the house of a caterer who for-merly had provided sumptuous dinners for the Charlestonians.He was a mulatto, and well understood his art; for, notwith-standing the scarcity of provisions in the city, he was able toprovide an excellent entertainment, set off with canned fruits, which had been put up in England, and had run the gauntletof the blockade. Sentiments were offered and speeches made, which in otherdays would have been called incendiary. Five years before ifthey had been uttered there the speakers would have made theacquaintance of Judge Lynch, and been treated to a gratuitouscoat of tar and feathers, or received some such chivalric atten-tion, if they had not dangled from a lamp-post or the nearesttree. Lloyds Concert Band, colored musicians, were in at-endance, and Hail Columbia, the Star-Spangled Banner, lnd Yankee Doodle — songs which had not been heard for ars in that city, — were sung with enthusiasm. To standea, re, with open doors and windows, and speak freely without. 1865.] CHARLESTON. 481 fear of mob violence, was worth all the precious boon hadcost, — to feel that our words, our actions, our thoughts even, were not subject to the misinterpretation of irresponsible in-quisitors, — that we were not under Venetian espionage, butin free America, answerable to God alone for our thoughts, and to no man for our actions, so long as they did not in-fringe the rights of others. Henceforth there shall be free speech in Charleston. Aparty of twenty gentlemen began the new era on the 22d ofFebruary, and to me it will ever be a pleasant reflection that1 was one of the privileged number. Whilo dining we heard the sound of drums and a chorusof voices. Looking down the broad avenue we saw a columnof troops advancing with steady step and even ranks. It wasnearly sunset, and their bayonets were gleaming in the levelr

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• bookauthorcoffinch
• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1880
• bookyear1884