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Title: Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 1 (of 2)

A complete and reliable history of the war from its commencement to its close ... together with a complete chronological analysis of the war

Author: Ann S. Stephens

Release date: December 6, 2023 [eBook #72340]

Language: English

Original publication: Cincinnati: James R. Hawley, 1862

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SEC. OF THE INTERIOR CALEB B. SMITH SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM H. SEWARD SEC. OF THE TREASURY SALMON P. CHASE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY GIDEON WELLES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABRAHAM LINCOLN SECRETARY OF WAR EDWIN M. STANTON ATTORNEY GENERAL EDWARD BATES VICE PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAMLIN POSTMASTER-GENERAL MONTGOMERY BLAIR
PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION BY Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS

PICTORIAL HISTORY

OF THE

WAR FOR THE UNION.

A COMPLETE AND RELIABLE

History of the War

FROM ITS

COMMENCEMENT TO ITS CLOSE:

GIVING A GRAPHIC PICTURE OF ITS ENCOUNTERS, THRILLING INCIDENTS, FRIGHTFUL SCENES, HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES, INDIVIDUAL DARING, DESPERATE CHARGES, PERSONAL ANECDOTES, ETC., GLEANED FROM EYE-WITNESSES OF, AND PARTICIPANTS IN, THE TERRIBLE SCENES DESCRIBED—A TRUTHFUL LIVING REFLEX OF ALL MATTERS OF INTEREST CONNECTED WITH THIS THE MOST GIGANTIC OF HUMAN STRUGGLES.

TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE WAR.

By MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS.
EMBELLISHED WITH OVER TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS.
TWO VOLUMES.
VOL I.
CINCINNATI:
JAMES R. HAWLEY, 164 VINE STREET,
PUBLISHER OF SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS.
1863.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862,
By JOHN G. WELLS,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
EDWARD O. JENKINS,
Printer & Stereotyper,
No. 20 North William St.