[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Note that the photographs from the time depict far fewer trees than exist today at the same general locations. I first noticed this when I visited the Fredericksburg battle site. There are more trees today than in Civil War times-in general.

[rdl6989]

True. Lookout Mountain is another example.

[constitutiongirl]

The same is true here in Richmond. I have a huge book of Matthew Brady’s photos and most of the prospects look much more bare than today. I thought that many of the trees in the cities were probably used for fuel.