203. PORTRAIT of Gen. TerrY,

204. PORTRAit of Gen. HaLLECK,

205. PORTRAIT OF GEN. WADSWORTH,

206. PEDDLER and Gen. Nelson,

207. PUMPKIN PIE FOR WICKFORD,

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230.

ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VII.,-CHRISTIAN and Sanitary COMMISSIONS, 516

ILLUMINATED Initial Letter,

231.

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517

232. PORTRAIT OF MISS BROWNLOW,

233. BEAUTIFul, but Dead,

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234. THAT IS MY BROTHER,

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209.

210.

211. PORTRAIT OF GEN. HOOKER,

TELEGRAPH STATION,

212.
213. LIEUT. -'s PERFUMED Breath,
214. PROMPT Settlement of a CLAIM,
215. FIELD CARRIAGES DISPENSED WITH,
QUESTION IN INFANTRY PRACTICE,

217. PORTRAIT OF JOHN H. MORGAN,

218. NO BUSINESS WID A GUN,

216.

219.

PORTRAIT of Gen. Beauregard,

WRITING HOME,

SIGNALLING,

FRESH PORK FOR THE EIGHTH ILLINOIS,

AFFECTING Appeal to A COMMISSARY,

CONFEREnce of Newspaper CorrespoNDENTS,

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221.

222. NELLIE, THE BRAVE BATTLE HORSE,

223. INDIAN MOUND, Chattanooga,

224. FLIGHT FROM THE SHENANDOAH,

225. AUNT CHARLOTTE, THE OLD Cook,

226. BRIDGE ACROSS PLATTE CREEK,

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228.

INFLATING THE PONTOON,

FOUR LEGged Messenger proved Disloyal,

SADDLING TO SUIT THE ROUTE,

235. TRACTS VERSUS POUND CAKE,

236.

PORTRAIT OF ALEX. H. STEPHENS,

237. ELIZABETH COMSTOCK WITH DYING SOLDIERS,

238. DALLIANCE AND TREACHERY,

239. PORTRAIT of Gov. Morgan, N. Y.,

240. AMOURS and Fancies of the Camp, .

241. SWEET SEVENTEEN OVERHAULING SECESSIONISTS,

252. GEN. LAnder and his BIBLE,

253. MISTOOK THE GUNS,

242. Castle Thunder,

243. EMBALMing-Building BEFORE RICHMOND,

244. COURT HOUSE AND HOSPITAL,

245. SERGEANT'S PROPHECY FULFILLED,

246. INCIDENT in the Battle of FREDERICKSBURG,

247. PORTRAIT OF PAULINE CUSHMAN,.

248. LIBBY PRISON,

249. LOYALTY IN VIRGINIA,

250. PORTRAIT OF MRS. GEN. Grant,
251. PORTRAIT OF GEN. TILGHMAN,

254. PORTRAIT OF GEN. R. E. LEE,
255. BODIES Laid Out,

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456

256. HEAD-QUarters of Gen. Burnside,

257. MONUMENT AT STONE RIVER,

258. PROOF against Federal Gallantry,

259. OLD HANNAH,

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269.

PORTRAIT OF GEN. BEN. MCCULLOCH,

590

270. JERRY AND Gen. Thomas' Spy Glass,

591

271. PORTRAIT of Gen. MEADE,

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272. CARVING HIS OWN HEAD-BOARD,

595

273.

WICKEDNESS OF WOMAN,

597

274. PORTRAIT OF BELL BOYD,

599

275. OLD LADIES CONVERSING ABOUT GEN. Bragg,

605

276. GEN. BUTLER AS A YOUNG LAWYER,

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277. RAILROAD DEPOT, Atlanta, Ga.,

278. ALAS, POOR SOLDIER!

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279. PORTRAIT OF GOV. ANDREw, Mass.,

280. ENJOYING NEGRO HOSPITALITY,

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281. FRANKIE Bragg,

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A YOUNG WOMAN SHOOTS A Guerrilla,

283. MAJOR B. en route wiTH THE WIDOW,

284. PORTRAIT OF GOV. CURTIN, Pa.,

A SOLDIER Mustered Out,

PORTRAIT OF GEN. Howard, .

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630

287. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VIII.-EARLY HOME AND END OF PRES. LINCOLN, 632

288. ILLUMINATED Initial LETTER,

633

289. PORTRAIT OF CHAS. SUMNER,

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290. DEATH OF THE ASSASSIN,

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291. PORTRAIT OF SECRETARY FESSENDEN,

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260. FAMILIAR SOLDIER SCENES, (HOUSEKEEPING,)

261. BURNS, The Gettysburg Hero,

262. MOSE BRYAN,

263. SOLDIERS' Graves,

264. MILITARY PRISON AT SALISBURY,

265. MISS LEE AND THE YANKEE CORPORAL,

266. PORTRAIT OF GEN. LYON,

267. WATCH KEPT BY A DOG,

268. SHERMAN'S ABSENCE OF MIND,

292. PATIENce tried too far,

293. PORTRAIT OF JEFF. DAVIS,

294. PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT Johnson,
ANDREW JOHNSON'S TAILOR SHOP,
PORTRAIT OF MRS. JEFF. Davis,

295.

296.

297. JEFF.'S CAPTURE BY The Yanks, .

298. FAMILIAR TALK WITH MR. LINCOLN,

299. JEFF. AND THE BLACKSMITH,

300.

PORTRAIT OF GEO. N. Sanders,

301. GRAND FINALE "TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN!"

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568

GENERAL CONTENTS.

PREFACE, AND PLAN OF THe Work, -

LIST OF PLATES, PORTRAITS, AND DESCRIPTIVE EMBELLISHMENTS,

PART FIRST.

PATRIOTIC, POLITICAL, CIVIL, JUDICIAL, ADMINISTRATIVE, ETC.

Pages 23-154.

PAGE.

7

11

MEMORABLE ANNALS AND REMINISCENCES OF MEN AND MEASURES IDENTIFIED

WITH THE GREAT STRUGGLE; HEROIC DEVOTION TO THE STAR-SPANGled

BANNER, VALOROUS DEFENCE OF AND DYING BLESSINGS UPON IT; DARK

AND TROUBLOUS EXPERIENCES OF UNIONISTS AND CONSPIRATORS; TESTS AND

TRIALS OF LOYALTY, NORTH AND SOUTH; FAMOUS LEGAL AND JUDICIAL INCI-

DENTS; PECULIAR INSTANCES OF ADMINISTERING AND TAKING THE OATH;

ALLEGIANCE Under Stress oF CIRCUMSTANCES; DISPOSAL OF KNOTTY CASES;

LOGIC AND LESSONS FOR SECESSIONISTS; AMUSING COLLOQUIES; FLASHES OF

RHETORIC; OFFICIAL GRAVITIES, JOKES, RAILLERY, BLUNDERS, RETORTS, BUR-
LESQUES, WITTICISMS; &C., &C.

PART SECOND.

VOLUNTEERING, DRAFTING, COMMUTING, SUBSTITUTING, DESERTING, ETC.

Pages 157-218.

NOBLE INSTANCES OF RALLYING TO THE RANKS, AND OF ENLISTMENT AMONG THE

AGED AND YOUNG; HEARINGS, LUDICROUS AND PERPLEXING, BEFORE THE

COMMISSIONERS; RAW RECRUITS AND ECCENTRIC CHARACTERS; APPLICANTS

FOR EXEMPTION; RUSES AND QUIBBLES TO ESCAPE DUTY-Strange Phe-

nomena of Nativity, Age and INFIRMITIES; Bewildered SURGEONS; LUCK-

LESS CONSCRIPTS; RARE BROKerage and BoUNTY DEALINGS; FLUSH PURSES;

HARDSHIPS AND MISERIES; SIDE-SHAKING GAIETIES, JESTS, PUNS; &C., &c.

PART THIRD.

GREAT CONFLICTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ARMY, AND ILLUSTRIOUS

EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL HEROISM IN THE RANK AND FILE, ETC.

Pages 221-348.

BRILLIANT BATTLE SCENES; MILITARY CHARACTERISTICS OF The Leading Gen-

ERALS,—their APPEARANCE, CONVERSATIONS, ORDERS, TACTICS AND BRAVERY,

WHEN CONFROnting the Enemy; Martyrs on the Gory Field; UNPARAL-

LELED FORTITUDE AND ENDURANCE; COOLNESS AND INTREPIDITY IN Danger;

BOLD MOVEMENTS OF ARTILLERY, CAVALRY, AND INFANTRY; SPLENDID

CHARGES; DESPERATE HAND-TO-HAND ENCOUNTERS; EXTRAORDINARY SHARP-

SHOOTING; MEMORIALS OF YOUTHFUL COURAGE; DEALINGS WITH BUSH-'

WHACKERS AND GUERRILLAS; CELEBRITIES AND ADVENTURES OF CAMP, PICKET,

SPY, SCOUT AND STAFF; PERIL, TERROR, PANIC, AND DISASTER; MIRTH-PRO-

VOKING SIGHTS, SCENES, WHIMS, SQUIBS, ODDITIES; &C., &C.

PART FOURTH.

NAVAL AND COMMERCIAL; SQUADRON, FLEET, STEAMER, GUNBOAT,

TRANSPORT AND PRIVATEER; THEIR CRUISES, OFFICERS,

PERFORMANCES, ETC.

Pages 351-398.

TERRIBLE ENGAGEMENTS; SUFFERING AND DEATH FOR THE FLAG; HAVOC AND

HORRORS OF MODERN BOMBARDMENT; BLOCKADE EXPLOITS; FEATS OF SEA-

MANSHIP; FURIOUS PERSONAL COMBATS; LONG AND EXCITING CHASES;

ESCAPES, RESCUES, PRIZES; THRILLING CATASTROPHES AND TRAGEDIES, CAP-

TURES, SINKINGS AND SURRENDERS; AWKWARD LANDSMEN, RAW MARINES,

JOLLY VETERANS, AND TREACHEROUS PILOTS; JACK AFLOAT AND ASHORE;

FREAKS, DROLLERIES, HAPS AND MISHAPS, AMONG THE LOYAL TARPAULINS

AND BLUE JACKETS; &C., &c.

PART FIFTH.

MILITARY ORGANIZATION AND EQUIPMENT, DISCIPLINE AND DRILL,

PARADE, REVEILLE, REVIEWS, ORDNANCE, PAROLES, PASSES,

FURLOUGHS, COUNTERSIGNS, FUGITIVE HUNTS, ETC.

Pages 401-440.

MUSTERING-IN; SPLENDID SPECIMENS OF SOLDIERLY MOVEMENT; DEXTEROUS

HANDLING OF ARMS; EVOLUTIONS, COMICAL AND PIQUANT; QUEER DILEMMAS ;

UNCOUTH SUBJECTS AND VERDANT VICTIMS, WHITE AND BLACK; GROTESQUE

PERFORMANCES; NOVEL TERMS AND PHRASEOLOGY; BIVOUAC SIGHTS; TASKS

AND PLEASANTRIES; MISTAKES, JOCULARITIES, FACETIE; &c., &c.

PART SIXTH.

COMMISSARY AND RATIONS, FINANCE AND CURRENCY, THE PRESS, THE

MAILS, THE TELEGRAPH, ETC.

Pages 443-514.

UNCLE SAM'S SUPPLIES; SUBSISTENCE UNDER DIFFICULTIES; 'HARD-TACK' AND

MULE BEEF LEGENDS; FORAGING RAIDS; DISLOYAL FOWLS AND CONTRA-

BAND DAINTIES; IMPROMPTU CONFISCATIONS IN A SMALL WAY; DIALOGUES

WITH THE QUARTERMASTER; SHAMEFUL IMPOSITIONS; SCRIP AND CURRENCY

VARIETIES; UNIQUE BANKING OPERATIONS; COLLECTION EXCURSIONS AT THE
SOUTH, CHIVALRIC REPUDIATION; TRICKS, ARTIFICE, AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
OF EDITORS, REPORTERS AND CORRESPONDENTS; INCIDENTS OF THE MAIL ;
TELEGRAPHIC ODDS AND ENDS, MISCELLANIES, NOVELTIES, FINESSE; &C., &C.

PART SEVENTH.

DOMESTIC, MORAL, WOMANLY, SANITARY, AFFECTIONAL, MATRIMONIAL,

ROMANTIC, ETC.

Pages 517-630.

EXHIBITION OF PERSONAL TRAITS,-BENEVOLENCE, GENEROSITY, COURTESY,

MAGNANIMITY, &C.; ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE HOME AFFECTIONS AND HOUSE-

HOLD ATTACHMENTS; FEMALE SOLDIERS; REGIMENTAL PETS; MARRIAGES IN

CAMP; NOBLE WORDS AND DEEDS OF LOYAL WOMEN; RANCOR AND CRIMI-

NALITIES OF FEMALE SECESSIONISTS; HOSPITAL PATIENTS; MINISTRATIONS TO

THE SICK AND WOUNDED; BOGUS INVALIDS; PARTINGS, REUNIONS, BEREAVE-

MENTS, AND BURIALS; TOUCHING DEATH-BED SCENES,-LAST WORDS, MEMEN-

TOES, KEEPSAKES AND SOUVENIRS; PRISON CONTACTS, COMPANIONS, AND HOR-

RORS; SAYINGS AND DOINGS OF CHAPLAINS; GENIALITIES, CARRICATURES,

PATHOS, FANCIES AND REALITIES; &C., &C.

PART EIGHTH.

FINAL SCENES AND EVENTS IN THE GREAT DRAMA; ASSASSINATION OF

PRESIDENT LINCOLN; IGNOMINIOUS DOOM OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, ETC.

Pages 633-660.

THE MOST STRIKING OCCURRENCES RELATING TO THE ASSASSINATION CONSPIR-

ACY, THE TRAGEDY, THE ACTORS AND THEIR DOOM; REMARKABLE PASSAGES

AND CONVERSATIONS IN MR. LINCOLN'S PRESIDENTIAL LIFE,-MEMORIAL INCI-

DENTS OF HIS Death and of a NATION'S MOURNING; CAPTURE AND CUSTODY

OF JEFFERSON DAVIS,-HIS SAYINGS AND DOINGS, PERSONAL BEARING AMONG

HIS CAPTORS, AND IGNOMINIOUS FATE; INTERESTING REMINISCENCES IN THE

CAREER OF ANDREW JOHNSON; &C., &C.