Old, conservative merchants looked aghast, nobody was in their offices, and the agony depicted on the faces of men who crowded the streets made one feel as if Gettysburg had been lost and that the rebels were marching down Broadway.
Boutwell vividly illustrates the panic and distress among merchants during a financial crisis, comparing it to a historical battle.
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