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(RM) 609546857
THE SHIP GLAD TIDINGS, WITH A CARGO OF AMERICAN COTTON, ENTERING THE PORT OF LIVERPOOL, 1865. CREATOR: SMYTH.
The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. 'The reopening of the American cotton trade this summer has been hailed with grateful joy by many thousands of the working population of Lancashire, and cannot be regarded otherwise than as a great and happy deliverance for the cotton-manufacturing districts of England, irrespective of the results of the Northern victory in the United States, whether as putting an end to the miseries of civil war or as procuring the abolition of negro slavery. It may be presumed that it was by way of expressing congratulation and sympathy with these feelings that the owners of some of the vessels which have lately arrived with cargoes of cotton in the port of Liverpool have thought proper to give them such names as "The Glad Tidings," a ship of that name having entered the Mersey from one of the American ports not many days ago. We present an Illustration of this vessel, with another called "The Freedom," also bringing American cotton, which arrived an hour or two before. We may receive their arrival as an auspicious token of future peace and liberty for America, as well as of prosperous commercial intercourse between America and Britain'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The ship Glad Tidings, with a cargo of American cotton, entering the port of Liverpool, 1865. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609544168
THE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT...CROSSING THE PE-DEE RIVER, NORTH CAROLINA, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Last Days of the Confederate Government: the train of the Confederates crossing the Pe-Dee River, North Carolina, 1865. '...from a sketch by our special artist...[showing] the ex-President's train crossing the Pe-Dee River, in North Carolina. This was a long and tedious operation. There are usually no bridges over the swift watercourses in this part of America, and very frequently no fords. Each waggon, with its team of mules, had in this instance to be ferried across separately, and this delay, with an enemy following in the rear, was, to say the least of it, a very anxious affair. In fact, more than one alarm of the approach of the Federal cavalry was given before half the train had crossed the river, and the excitement amongst the rearguard and teamsters was excessive. The horses of the cavalry escort were made to swim the stream, being stripped of their saddles and their riders of most of their clothes. The confusion at the landing-place was enormous, as many of the frightened animals were scarcely in the water before they threw their riders and struggled to the bank, charging through the crowd of attendant cavalrymen...[However] the entire train passed safely over the Pe-Dee and many other streams while our Artist was in its company'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. The Last Days of the Confederate Government...crossing the Pe-Dee River, North Carolina, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609544006
DEDICATION OF THE MONUMENT ON THE BATTLE-FIELD OF BULL RUN, VIRGINIA, 1865. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Dedication of the Monument on the battle-field of Bull Run, Virginia, 1865. 'Two battles - that of July 21, 1861, and that of Aug. 29, 1862 - were fought between the Confederates and Federals in the plain traversed by the small river called Bull Run...A monument has I now been erected on each of the battle-fields. These monuments are of chocolate-coloured sandstone, thirty feet high...The monument on the first Bull Run field is situated on the hill in front of the memorable stone house, on the spot where the 14th Brooklyn, 1st Michigan, and 1st and 2nd Maine were most hotly engaged, and where Ricketts and Griffin lost their batteries. The shaft...bears upon its top a hundred-pound shell. On the pedestal, at each comer, is a shell of similar size...Our Illustration represents the scene at the consecration, or "dedication" as it is called in America, of these monuments. The religious exercises were conducted...by the Rev. Dr. M'Murdy, who read an appropriate service, which was followed by a hymn written for the occasion by Pierpont; a military parade by the 5th Pennsylvania heavy artillery, Colonel Gallup; and a salute by the 16th Massachusetts battery...A large party of visitors had come from Washington to be present on this occasion'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865. Dedication of the Monument on the battle-field of Bull Run, Virginia, 1865. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609543373
THE ACTION OFF CHERBOURG ON SUNDAY BETWEEN THE ALABAMA AND THE KEARSARGE: THE ALABAMA SINKING, 1864. CREATOR: SMYTH.
The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Engraving of a sketch by James Bryant of the Royal Western Yacht Club. 'One of the most interesting naval engagements that has ever taken place near our shores was that...between the Confederate cruiser Alabama, commanded by Captain Semmes, and the United States war-steamer Kearsarge, Captain Winslow...[Semmes said] "The firing now became very hot, and the enemy's shot and shell soon began to tell upon our hull, knocking down, killing, and disabling a number of men in different parts of the ship...After the lapse of about one hour and ten minutes our ship was ascertained to be in a sinking condition, the enemy's shell having exploded in our sides and between decks, opening large apertures, through which the water rushed with great rapidity...We now turned all our exertions towards saving the wounded and such of the boys of the ship as were unable to swim"...the Alabama sank, and the victory remained with the Kearsarge, which was armed with two 11-inch (120-pounder) smooth-bore columbiads, besides six 32-pounders; while the Alabama had one 7-inch bore rifled pivot-gun forward, one 8-inch smoothbore pivot-gun at the stern, and six 32-pounders'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The action off Cherbourg on Sunday between the Alabama and the Kearsarge: the Alabama sinking, 1864. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609542943
THE LATE GENERAL J. E. B. STUART, OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The late General J. E. B. Stuart, of the Army of the Confederate States, 1864. Stuart '...received his mortal wound in a cavalry skirmish with the detachment under General Sheridan at Ashland...The doctor, knowing he did not desire to be buoyed by false hopes, told him frankly that death was rapidly approaching. The General nodded and said, 'I am resigned, if it be God's will; but I would like to live to see my wife. But God's will be done.' Several times he roused up and asked if she had come. To the doctor, who sat holding his wrist and counting the weakening pulse, he remarked, 'Doctor, I suppose I am going fast now. It will soon be over...I hope I have fulfilled my destiny to my country and my duty to my God.'...The General, with a mind perfectly clear and possessed then made disposition of his staff and personal effects. To Mrs. Lee the wife of General Lee, he directed that his golden spurs be given, as a dying memento of his love and esteem for her husband. To his Staff officers he gave his horses. So particular was he in small things, even in the dying hour, that he said to one of his Staff, who was a heavy-built man, 'You had better take the larger horse; he will carry you better.' To his young son he left his glorious sword'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The late General J. E. B. Stuart, of the Army of the Confederate States, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609542378
GENERAL ROBERT EDMUND LEE, COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, 1864 CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
General Robert Edmund [sic] Lee, Commander-In-Chief of the Army of the Confederate States of America, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Minnis and Cowell, '...a faithful likeness of one of the greatest soldiers of this age. Three years' campaigns, in defence of his native State of Virginia - undertaken, doubtless, from motives of patriotism - have shown his consummate mastery of the art of war, which he had learned as an officer in the service of the formerly United States. General Lee has proved himself to possess, in high perfection, that peculiar combination of moral and intellectual qualities which fits a man for military command. Since the fighting days of Wellington and Napoleon there has been no more signal example of ability for the direction and control of a large army...Even his opponents, who would not have deemed it creditable to themselves to underrate the genius which has so long held them in check on the road from Washington to Richmond, have owned his superiority to all the successive generals of the Federal army. The biography of this eminent man will be written when his figure shall have emerged from the bewildering conflict of the civil war. His personal and professional merits will then be justly appreciated'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. General Robert Edmund Lee, Commander-In-Chief of the Army of the Confederate States of America, 1864 Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609540588
THE ALABAMA DESTROYING THE TEXAN STAR, OR MARTABAN, IN THE MALACCA STRAITS..., 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Alabama destroying the Texan Star, or Martaban, in the Malacca Straits - the Kwan-Tung, Chinese war-steamer, in the distance, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Commander Allen Young, R.N. who '...observed the Confederate man-of-war Alabama...[showing] foreign colours...At five in the afternoon the Kwan-Tung again came suddenly upon the Alabama, which, having captured a barque, was then in the act of destroying her. This barque, which proved to be the Texan Star, alias the Martaban, bound to Singapore with a rice cargo, was then lying in the position which our Engraving represents; her sails were clewed up, her anchor was down in about fifteen fathoms water, and the fire was breaking out at both ends. The crew having been removed, the Alabama cut the barque's boat adrift and steamed away at full speed...until midnight, when she was seen suddenly to alter her course towards Malacca, where it appears she landed the captured crew. The Texan Star when last seen was one mass of flame fore and aft, her masts had fallen by the board, and, while fast burning to the water's edge, she cast through the intense darkness of the night a brilliant gleam of light, at once a beacon to the navigator and a warning to all Federal ships in those waters'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The Alabama destroying the Texan Star, or Martaban, in the Malacca Straits..., 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609487290
THE COTTON FAMINE: DISTRIBUTING TICKETS FOR BREAD, SOUP, MEAT, MEAL, COAL ETC, MANCHESTER, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: distributing tickets for bread, soup, meat, meal, coal etc, at the office of a district provident society, Manchester, 1862. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Starving Lancashire textile workers queue for food and fuel. 'The soup-kitchen of the Society of Friends at the lower end of Mosley-street...was opened on the 8th of April, and has been in constant operation since...[View of] the antechamber to the kitchen, which is shown below. Here the distribution commences at eight o'clock, and a number of the Friends personally superintend the operation. A large proportion of tickets in exchange for which it is given are purchased by the various relief societies of the town for gratuitous distribution, as part of their relief, in addition to bread and meat. The arrangements are very complete. At present 1000 gallons a day can he made, and that quantity could be largely increased at a small outlay. The actual quantity delivered last week was 17,246 quarts, and the previous week 16,884. In addition to the amount sunk every week, the soup-committee have made considerable grants in soup-tickets to the Provident Society, the City Mission, Ragged School, and other public bodies'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: distributing tickets for bread, soup, meat, meal, coal etc, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485855
THE WAR IN AMERICA: THE FEDERAL STEAMER CHESAPEAKE, SEIZED BY CONFEDERATES..., 1864. CREATOR: SMYTH.
The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates, landing crew and passengers off Musquash Harbour, Bay of Fundy, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Charles C. Ward. '...when about twenty miles N.N.E. of Cape Cod, [the Chesapeake, Captain Willet] was seized by a party of Confederates...The second engineer, who was in charge of the engine at the time, was shot dead and his body thrown overboard. The first engineer was wounded by a ball in the chin, and was kept on board to work the engine...After the crew had been overpowered, the vessel was taken charge of by the Confederates; the captain, officers, and crew were placed in irons, and the passengers, some six or eight in number, on promising not to interfere, were allowed their liberty. The Confederates numbered sixteen persons, and were commanded by a Lieutenant Braine, reputed to hold a commission in the Confederate service...the Chesapeake arrived off Musquash Harbour, where she was boarded by a person, said to be a Confederate officer, who assumed the command of the steamer...We learn by the last mail that the three pirates captured on board the Chesapeake were taken from the authorities by the mob whilst being landed at Halifax, and set free'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The War in America: the Federal steamer Chesapeake, seized by Confederates..., 1864. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485455
THE WAR IN AMERICA: THE CONFEDERATES QUITTING BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS..., 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas, on hearing of the approach of Federal transports, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. A. G. Wedge. 'The town of Brownsville lies on the Texan bank of the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo) del Norte, about two miles from Matamoras, a town of some note in Mexico, on the south side of the river. Although built almost entirely of wood, Brownsville has a neat and bright appearance. There was a considerable Confederate garrison at this place; but the inhabitants, having, on Monday, Nov. 2, 1863, received information of the arrival of a fleet of Federal transports off Brazos, Santiago, began immediately to evacuate the town; and for two days every means of transit across the Rio Grande was crowded to excess with goods, furniture, cotton, and baggage; while upon both banks were piled in confused heaps bedding, cotton bales, luggage, vehicles, and merchandise of every description. About three o'clock p.m. on Tuesday, the 3rd December., the military authorities retreated, after burning the garrison buildings, the cotton, and all public stores they were not able to remove. On the 6th December the Federals, under command of General Banks, took quiet possession of the place'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The War in America: the Confederates quitting Brownsville, Texas..., 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609485365
THE SUSPECTED CONFEDERATE CRUISER PAMPERO SEIZED AT GLASGOW, 1864. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The suspected Confederate cruiser Pampero seized at Glasgow, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by Mr. Hugh Aird. 'This vessel...has created a good deal of interest, owing to a suspicion being pretty generally entertained that it was intended to make her a consort to the Alabama, Georgia, and Florida...the Emancipation Society at Glasgow addressed a memorial to Earl Russell...praying for an investigation into the matter. To this Earl Russell replied that the attention of her Majesty's Government had already been directed to this vessel. No interference with the vessel took place beyond posting customs officers near her berth and moving from Greenock the gun-boat Goldfinch, one of the tenders to her Majesty's ship Hogue, stationed there, and placing her on the opposite side of the harbour to the Pampero. Recently, the Lord Advocate of Scotland instructed the customs authorities to detain her, and she is now in charge of a gang of bluejackets. The Pampero is a handsome steamer of 1000 tons...with direct-acting engines of 200-horse power. She is finely sparred, and her main and fore masts, of iron, are capable of spreading a large area of canvas. Her funnel is telescopic. She has lifting screw, and patent reefing topsails'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The suspected Confederate cruiser Pampero seized at Glasgow, 1864. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484965
THE COTTON FAMINE: WORKING MEN'S DINING-HALL, GAYTHORN COOKING-DEPOT, MANCHESTER, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Meals for unemployed Lancashire mill workers. 'Before the present trying times there was felt to be a great want of dining-places for the working classes of Manchester, and the distress has increased the want twentyfold...The food provided [here] is both good and cheap, and is dispensed at cost price. The rooms have been fitted up with very great care for the comfort and convenience of the working classes...The principal room will seat 300 at a time, and arrangements will admit of providing three times that number with three meals during the day. The breakfast commences at eight a.m...A cup of milk may be had for ½d.; and a bowl of porridge, a cup of coffee, a cup of tea, and bread and butter, each for 1d. For dinner, which is brought on the table from twelve at noon to three p.m., there is supplied a bowl of broth, a bowl of soup, plate of potatoes, bread and cheese, the charge for each being 1d.; for 2d. a plate of cold beef may be had...For one penny a cup of coffee or tea is provided, and bread and butter may be had at the same price...On one day twelve hundred persons, mostly working men, were served with dinner between twelve and two o'clock'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: working men's dining-hall, Gaythorn cooking-depot, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484940
THE WAR IN AMERICA: FORT LAFAYETTE, THE FEDERAL BASTILLE FOR POLITICAL PRISONERS, 1862. CREATOR: SMYTH.
The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. 'The traveller to America who enters the beautiful harbour of New York...will observe, on the right hand in passing the channel known as "The Narrows," a solitary fort on an island at some distance from the shore...Our Engraving is taken from the water, near Staten Island...For the last fifteen months Fort Lafayette (like its sister forts in the harbours of Boston and Baltimore) [had] been filled with political prisoners...On the 27th of November, little more than three weeks after the triumphs of the Democrats in New York, it took the opportunity of "Thanksgiving," which is annually celebrated throughout the North on that day...to order the liberation of all political prisoners in Forts Lafayette, Warren, MacHenry, and Delaware. On that morning the gloomy gates wore opened and the prisoners were set free without stipulation or condition. Fort Lafayette at present contains only its customary garrison for the defence of the channel, and it is to be hoped will never again be employed for any less legitimate purpose...The fort is not of great value as a means of defence, having been almost superseded in utility by Fort Hamilton...'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The War in America: Fort Lafayette, the Federal Bastille for political prisoners, 1862. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484930
THE WAR IN AMERICA: RECRUITING IN NEW YORK: THE IRISH ZOUAVES, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Scene at a recruiting-office at Mozart Hall, Broadway. 'The Federal Government...was compelled to have recourse to the system of high bounty-money to foreigners...to fill up the depleted ranks of...[the] army...[They] offered 100 dollars bounty-money to each recruit, and, this sum not being sufficient to provide the first batch of 300,000 men that Mr. Lincoln demanded during the summer, and the second 300,000 that he demanded under the penalty of a conscription,...the corporations of the various cities in the north...doubled and trebled the offer of the Government, and in some places actually raised the bounties to 500 and 600 dollars. The results were a large enrolment of Irishmen and Germans, to whom the bounty-money was the attraction rather than love of the cause, and many of whom had been rebels in their own country before they took up arms to fight rebellion in the land of their adoption. The most favourite of the regiments thus raised among the foreign recruits wore the Zouaves, in imitation of those of Paris, and composed of a similar class of people, to whom the brilliant and picturesque costume was almost as much an inducement to enlist as the ready money'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The War in America: recruiting in New York: the Irish Zouaves, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484740
THE COTTON FAMINE: OPERATIVES WAITING FOR THEIR BREAKFAST IN MR. CHAPMAN'S COURTYARD..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard, Mottram, near Manchester, 1862. Unemployed mill workers. Engraving of a photograph by Mr. Gothard. 'The distress in the cotton-manufacturing districts is not all evil. Like everything else in the world, it has its light as well as its dark side. The silver lining to this cloud is, of course, the vast amount of self-sacrificing charity which it has been the means of bringing to light, and which makes one's heart leap with joy in the midst of its sorrow for the distressed operatives. Look, for example, at the scene...frequently presented in the courtyard of Mr. John Chapman, M.P. for Great Grimsby...Operatives from the cotton-mills of Broadbottom, Stockport, Hatfield, and other places are continually paying visits to and enjoying the beneficence of this gentleman. Twice a week - namely, on Tuesdays and Fridays - some hundreds of them gather here to receive their breakfast, which is given without limitation; and, in addition, hundreds of females obtain, every Friday, relief for their families, which is given to them in the shape of flour, bread, clothing, &c. It is estimated that from 700 to 1000 are the recipients weekly of Mr. and Mrs. Chapman's beneficence'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: operatives waiting for their breakfast in Mr. Chapman's courtyard..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609484485
THE TOWN AND PORT OF NASSAU, NEW PROVIDENCE, BAHAMA ISLANDS, 1864. CREATOR: MASON JACKSON.
The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by an officer of the 1st West India Regiment. 'The Bahama Islands...derive a certain political importance from their position, more especially since the blockade of the Southern States by the Federal Army. The port...being at no great distance from the coast of Florida, and commanding the nearest entrance to the navigation of the Gulf of Mexico; with an easy run, moreover, to Bermuda...or to Wilmington, South Carolina...has become a great entrepôt for the blockade-breaking trade...The large gate in the foreground is the entrance to the grounds of Government House. The cathedral is in the centre...The two long buildings seen beyond the cottages in the foreground are the barracks. The harbour is very spacious, and formed by the long strip of rocky ground called "Hog Island"...There is also a dock, in which a "blockader" is seen undergoing repair. The vessel beyond the cathedral tower is the Lizzie...Another blockade-runner is just crossing the bar and coming into port with colours flying, denoting a successful run...it is a common thing to see the steamers come into the port of Nassau with their masts shot away or their hulls pierced by shot'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. The town and port of Nassau, New Providence, Bahama Islands, 1864. Creator: Mason Jackson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483980
THE COTTON FAMINE: SHOP FOR MILL-HANDS AT MR. BIRLEY'S MILL, MANCHESTER, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: shop for mill-hands at Mr. Birley's mill, Manchester, 1862. Charity for unemployed Lancashire textiles workers. 'Mr. Birley...is affording a noble example of what a right-minded man, with ample means, may do in such a crisis as the present. He is at present maintaining the whole of his people, 1000 in number. They receive from 2s. to 5s. each. The mill is silent, and the machinery is stationary; but some rooms are set apart and warmed for the boys, women, and girls who attend, to learn to read, sew, and knit, under competent teachers. I found there fifty boys and 150 women and girls, who get a dinner every day. The relief is afforded in money or tickets for provisions, and the greatest consideration is observed for the people...The shop shown is also in the mill, and it is always open, so that, with the minimum tickets issued on the weekly relief account, anything can be obtained when wanted. The store contained fine sweet bread, baked on the premises; tea, soap, coffee, bacon, rice, pepper, and seconds flour and meal. Something like thirty sacks of flour and half a ton of bacon melt away from this store every week...Such acts as these should leave an indelible impression on the mill-hands'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: shop for mill-hands at Mr. Birley's mill, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483900
BURNING OF THE UNITED STATES' MAIL-STEAMER ROANOKE, OFF ST. GEORGE'S, BERMUDA..., 1864. CREATOR: SMYTH.
Burning of the United States' mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda, on the 9th of October, 1864. Engraving from a sketch by one of the passengers. 'The captain and crew were surprised by a party of ten men...under the command of Lieutenant Braine, who went through the ship dressed in a naval uniform, exclaiming, "In the name of the Confederate States of America, I demand the surrender of this vessel as a lawful prize," and calling upon Captain Drew, the commander of the Roanoke, to surrender as a prisoner of war. The announcement was immediately followed by the discharge of several pistols, with which the attacking party were armed...Some of the officers of the Roanoke were put in irons for a few hours during the night, but the passengers were treated with the utmost civility and friendship. When the vessel arrived off Bermuda, it was Lieutenant Braine's purpose to bring her into the port of St. George's, lay in a stock of provisions and coals, then parole and land the passengers, officers, and crew, and take the vessel to Wilmington; but, it having been found impossible to take the vessel into the British port, the only thing he could do was to burn the Roanoke'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864. Burning of the United States' mail-steamer Roanoke, off St. George's, Bermuda..., 1864. Creator: Smyth. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483425
MAJOR-GENERAL "STONEWALL" JACKSON, OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Major-General "Stonewall" Jackson, of the Confederate Army, 1862. '...a Portrait of the famous Confederate officer General Thomas Jefferson Jackson, better known as "Stonewall" Jackson. He won this cognomen at Bull Run by promising Beauregard that his brigade should stand like a stone wall before the enemy, and well the promise was kept...He graduated at West Point in 1846, and in the following year accompanied Magruder's battery to Mexico. At Contreras and Churubusco he distinguished himself so highly on the field that he was breveted Captain for gallantry. At Chapultepec he again won laurels, and was breveted Major for gallant and meritorious conduct...At the outbreak of the rebellion Major Jackson was one of those Southerners who were greatly embarrassed to discover the true line of their duty. He had married a Northern wife, was an honourable and conscientious man, and long hesitated what course to pursue. It is stated that his father-in-law, a Northern clergyman, visited him and urged him to remain faithful to his country and his flag. They spent several hours in prayer together, and Jackson confessed that the struggle was sore. But, finally..."I must go with Virginia! " he cried, and plunged headlong into the vortex'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Major-General "Stonewall" Jackson, of the Confederate Army, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483290
THE COTTON FAMINE: PROVISION-SHOP...MANCHESTER AND SALFORD PROVIDENT SOCIETY, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: provision-shop where goods are obtained for tickets issued by the Manchester and Salford Provident Society, 1862. Unemployment in Lancashire. 'Tickets for relief, according to the quantities ordered, are delivered by the secretary to the visitors, who carry them to the houses of the recipients, who are thus regularly revisited once a week. The number of cases, persons, and quantities of relief are added up, and the secretary of each ward reports the totals to the general committee at the next meeting, with the equivalent sum of money which he requires for the ensuing week. Relief from the general fund is at present granted only in the shape of bread, soup, coffee, and clothes. The number of visitors is 120. Their services are entirely gratuitous...they consist of the higher class of operatives, tradesmen, and mill overlookers, and are, therefore, men possessed of a good knowledge of the claimants of charity. The objects contemplated by the committee in the application of the funds are to assist those who are struggling to keep themselves from becoming paupers or who have no claim on the parish without being removed, and to afford additional relief beyond the parish allowance in cases which seem to require it'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: provision-shop...Manchester and Salford Provident Society, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483242
THE COTTON FAMINE: THE SEWING-CLASS AT THE MANCHESTER...PROVIDENT SOCIETY'S ROOMS, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester and Salford Provident Society's rooms, 1862. Unemployed Lancashire textiles workers. 'I visited one school or sewing-class of this kind at the Phoenix Mill, St. Jude's parish, where 160 women and girls above sixteen years of age received 2s. 6d. a week, the relief committee adding 1s. 2d., or at least so much as brought the sum total to 3s. 4d...The sewing-school here contains 152 young women, who read, write, and work by turns. The needles are employed for the most part on the new material; but the inmates are also allowed to mend their own clothes. The ladies who manage the class have arranged to give the girls a meal at noon for 1d...The girls work five days a week...each district has its sewing-classes, giving employment to 500 or 700 girls, who receive 3s. 4d., a penny dinner, and some elementary teaching...These classes are generally held in the mills: they are perfectly unsectarian; the spirit that pervades them is excellent; and the young women recognise with lively gratitude the efforts which are being made for their comfort and instruction...they had been accustomed to receive from 7s. to 12s. a week, and were doing their best to make the most of the present scanty pittance'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: the sewing-class at the Manchester...Provident Society's rooms, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483190
THE COTTON FAMINE: GROUP OF MILL OPERATIVES AT MANCHESTER, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Lancashire Textile workers. 'The Carder's business is to see that machinery is kept in perfect working order...The Jack Tenter is a girl whose duty consists in taking charge of the roving frames...The business of the Hand-mule Spinner is to take the cotton rovings from the Carder and Jack Tenter, and make a thread so fine as scarcely to be seen by the naked eye, as well as threads so coarse it would require a great effort of strength to break them. The Throstle Spinner looks after throstle-frames, which produce warp-threads. She has an assistant, called the Throstle Doffer, a little girl or boy...The duty of Half-timers is to clean the machinery...that of the Power-loom Weaver consists in taking the warp and weft from the spinners and making them into cloth. The Hot-water Woman is one who provides the mill-hands with jugs and hot water for their breakfasts and dinners. The duty of the Knockers-up is to awake the factory operatives in the morning: they receive 2d. a week from each hand they knock up. The Overlooker to Self-acting Mules is one who superintends the machinery of that department...The Power-loom Overlooker superintends the machinery of the power-loom department'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: group of mill operatives at Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 609483180
THE COTTON FAMINE: THE SOCIETY OF FRIENDS' SOUP-KITCHEN...LOWER MOSELEY-STREET, MANCHESTER, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Cotton Famine: the Society of Friends' soup-kitchen, Ball-street, Lower Moseley-street, Manchester, 1862. Unemployed Lancashire textiles workers queue for food. 'Preparing the soup; The Maze; the distribution...The soup-kitchen...was opened on the 8th of April, and has been in constant operation since...The soup made [in the boiling-house] is of excellent quality, containing 70lb. of beef, 50lb. of barley, 65lb. of peas to the hundred gallons, besides vegetables and seasoning. It is sold at one penny a quart, being less than the cost of the material, without calculating expenses of labour or plant...the maze...[is] the antechamber to the kitchen...the distribution commences at eight o'clock, and a number of the Friends personally superintend the operation...At present 1000 gallons [of soup] a day can be made, and that quantity could be largely increased at a small outlay. The actual quantity delivered last week was 17,246 quarts, and the previous week 16,884. In addition to the amount sunk every week, the soup-committee have made considerable grants in soup-tickets to the Provident Society, the City Mission, Ragged School, and other public bodies'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Cotton Famine: the Society of Friends' soup-kitchen...Lower Moseley-street, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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