A HISTORY
OF
THE CIVIL WAR
1861-65
AND THE CAUSES THAT LED UP TO THE GREAT CONFLICT
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
THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE WAR DEPARTMENT
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
THE WAR MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION
1912
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