Bessehl's Dream

Comment by Paul Draper on May 12, 2013 at 3:32pm

Ha!  That's quite a dream!  Gen'l Sherman sure is getting into the bones as Grant looks on.... Wish I could see the numbers above their heads better.  "M. Thiers" (No. 7) - is that the Frenchman responsible for the 19th c. fortifications around Paris?

Comment by Wes Merchant on May 12, 2013 at 5:18pm

http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/42594211?printThumbnails=true&a...

Paul here's a link to the original it's a bit clearer.

Comment by Paul Draper on May 12, 2013 at 9:09pm

Thanks, Wes.  A veritable who's who of the latter part of the 19th century.... btw in answer to my own question, no. 7 is indeed Adolphe Thiers, French president in the 1870's.  (He's the little guy playing a horn next to Longfellow...)

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