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Samuel Calvin letters, May-August 1864
1864-05-30 Page 2
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the departure of the Governor's Greys and Union Guards from the city. We left Dubuque about 3 o,clock in the afternoon. The evening was pleasant. The sun shone brightly over our heads. The Majestic Father of Waters, whose placid surface was undisturbed and unruffled rolled beneath us. The gallant Steamboat, groaning and heaving as if in the exercise of its utmost power, yet gliding smoothly over the surface of the waters, was bearing us rapidly onward toward the land of Dixie. The scenery was grand, and in many places sublime. The bluffs on the Iowa side reared aloft their hoary heads, and concealed their rugged and disproportioned outlines by numerous cedars which adorned their sides and capped their summits; contrasting finely with the low level flat that bordered the river on the other. Numerous islands, reposing quietly on the bosom of the mighty river, added pleasing variety to the scenery. Some of the scenes are worthy of being transferred to canvass. They are subjects that might, without disgracing the artists, -- call in into exercise the pencil of a Michael Angello, or a Raphael, and if associated with some classical legend or historical event, of great interest, would find no lack of admirers, while daubers of all grades
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the departure of the Governor's Greys and Union Guards from the city. We left Dubuque about 3 o,clock in the afternoon. The evening was pleasant. The sun shone brightly over our heads. The Majestic Father of Waters, whose placid surface was undisturbed and unruffled rolled beneath us. The gallant Steamboat, groaning and heaving as if in the exercise of its utmost power, yet gliding smoothly over the surface of the waters, was bearing us rapidly onward toward the land of Dixie. The scenery was grand, and in many places sublime. The bluffs on the Iowa side reared aloft their hoary heads, and concealed their rugged and disproportioned outlines by numerous cedars which adorned their sides and capped their summits; contrasting finely with the low level flat that bordered the river on the other. Numerous islands, reposing quietly on the bosom of the mighty river, added pleasing variety to the scenery. Some of the scenes are worthy of being transferred to canvass. They are subjects that might, without disgracing the artists, -- call in into exercise the pencil of a Michael Angello, or a Raphael, and if associated with some classical legend or historical event, of great interest, would find no lack of admirers, while daubers of all grades
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