Pictorial History of the Civil War in the United States of AmericaSupreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes claimed that historian Benson J. Lossing did more than any other man to make history interesting and popular. Lossing wrote his comprehensive three-volume history of the Civil War at a time when the facts were still fresh. Originally published in 1866, Volume One covers the period from the political conventions held in the spring of 1860 to midsummer 1861 and the Battle of Bull Run. Lossing accompanies his narratives of marches, battles, and sieges with maps and plans, includes biographical sketches of the prominent people from both sides of the conflict, and illustrates his history with hundreds of drawings and engravings by the author and others. |
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... military experts , who are more competent for the task . I gladly availed myself of the labors of others with pen and pencil , who kindly permitted me to make use of unpublished ma- terials - such as drawings , photographs , diaries ...
... military experts , who are more competent for the task . I gladly availed myself of the labors of others with pen and pencil , who kindly permitted me to make use of unpublished ma- terials - such as drawings , photographs , diaries ...
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... Military Preparations to that End , 310 . -Floating Battery at Charleston , 312. - Trying Position of Major Anderson - Anderson expected to leave Fort Sumter - His Appeals to his Government , 314. - Communication with Charleston cut off ...
... Military Preparations to that End , 310 . -Floating Battery at Charleston , 312. - Trying Position of Major Anderson - Anderson expected to leave Fort Sumter - His Appeals to his Government , 314. - Communication with Charleston cut off ...
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... Military and Civil Officers , 404. - Union Organizations in St. Louis , 466. - An Insurgent Camp at St. Louis , 467. - Capture of Camp Jackson , 465.— General Harney , 169. — An Armistice agreed upon - Generals Lyon and Price , 470 ...
... Military and Civil Officers , 404. - Union Organizations in St. Louis , 466. - An Insurgent Camp at St. Louis , 467. - Capture of Camp Jackson , 465.— General Harney , 169. — An Armistice agreed upon - Generals Lyon and Price , 470 ...
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... ( MILITARY ) ACADEMY CHARLESTON $ 3 . SAND - BAG BATTERY AT FORT MOULTRIE $ 4 . OLD CUSTOM HOUSE IN CHARLESTON $ 5 . INITIAL LETTER • $ 6 . PORTRAIT OF JOIN B. FLOYD ST . PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH HOLT AT . SS . RESIDENCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ...
... ( MILITARY ) ACADEMY CHARLESTON $ 3 . SAND - BAG BATTERY AT FORT MOULTRIE $ 4 . OLD CUSTOM HOUSE IN CHARLESTON $ 5 . INITIAL LETTER • $ 6 . PORTRAIT OF JOIN B. FLOYD ST . PORTRAIT OF JOSEPH HOLT AT . SS . RESIDENCE OF SOUTH CAROLINA ...
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... military force of the Common- wealth " in a position to be used at the shortest notice , and with the great- est efficiency . " He also recommended the immediate acceptance of ten thousand volunteers , to be officered and drilled , and ...
... military force of the Common- wealth " in a position to be used at the shortest notice , and with the great- est efficiency . " He also recommended the immediate acceptance of ten thousand volunteers , to be officered and drilled , and ...
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