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Joseph Hooker (1814-1879) was a career U.S. Military officer who served as a major general and commander of the Union Army of the Potomac during the Civil War (1861-65). Hooker entered the Civil. The Civil War in the United States began in 1861, after decades of simmering tensions between northern and southern states over slavery, states’ rights and westward expansion. Eleven southern.

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Civil War Harper's Weekly, November 7, 1863

This WEB site allows you to read the original Harper's Weekly newspapers published during the Civil War. These papers contain incredible illustrations created by artists present at the battles. Harper's was the most read illustrated newspaper of the Civil War.

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HARPER'S WEEKLY.

THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC—GAMBLERS AT THE PROVOST MARSHAL'S HEAD-QUARTERS.—[SKETCHED BY A. R. WAUD.]

GAMBLERS IN THE ARMY.

How General Patrick deals with gambling we discover from the picture above.

Mr. Waud writes: 'Some inveterate players,

belonging to the Ninety-third New York, were provided with a table, dice, and a tin cup for a dice-box, and, under charge of a guard, were kept at their favorite amusement all day, playing for beans, with boards slung on their shoulders with

the word GAMBLER written on them. They did not seem to enjoy it, an attempt to make the most of their time and play for greenbacks being nipped in the bud. Dinner was also denied them, on the plea that gamblers have no time for meals. Much

harm, no doubt, results from gambling; but it is useless to punish the men while it is so prevalent a vice with the officers.'

Gambling has always been more or less prevalent in armies.

GAMBLERS, THIEVES, AND VAGABONDS—A SCENE INWASHINGTON.—[SEE PAGE 711.]

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