A HISTORY

THE CIVIL WAR

By

BENSON J. LOSSING, LL.D.

AND

A CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY AND RECORD

OF EVERY ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE TROOPS OF THE UNION AND OF THE CONFEDERACY

AND SHOWING THE TOTAL LOSSES AND CASUALTIES TOGETHER

WITH WAR MAPS OF LOCALITIES

COMPILED FROM

ILLUSTRATED

WITH FAC-SIMILE PHOTOGRAPHIC REPRODUCTIONS

OF THE OFFICIAL WAR PHOTOGRAPHS

TAKEN AT THE TIME BY

MATHEW B. BRADY

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND NOW IN THE POSSESSION OF THE

WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C.

FROM WHOM SPECIAL PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED TO REPRODUCE THE SAME TO ILLUSTRATE THIS WORK

FROM THE FAMOUS AND AUTHENTIC BRADY WAR PHOTOGRAPH COLLECTION THERE HAS BEEN SELECTED PORTRAITS OF THE GREAT COMMANDERS AND

LEADERS OF BOTH THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES AND NAVIES, AND MANY SCENES OF GREAT HISTORICAL INTEREST, TAKEN FIFTY

YEARS AGO AND MAKING A MARVELOUS FAC-SIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE BATTLEGROUNDS, FORTIFICATIONS, THE DEAD AND

WOUNDED, HOSPITALS, AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREATEST CONFLICT THIS COUNTRY HAS EVER KNOWN AND

FITTINGLY COMMEMORATING THE

FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GREAT NATIONAL STRUGGLE

,THE ENTIRE WORK, ISSUED IN SIXTEEN SECTIONS, WITH SIXTEEN SEPARATE COLOR PLATES OF

GREAT COMMANDERS IN ACTION AND FAMOUS BATTLE SCENES FROM THE PAINTING

OF H. A. OGDEN AND OTHER FAMOUS ARTISTS OF MILITARY SUBJECTS

NEW YORK