question in ethics, readily to be answered in the affirmative, whether the recital of those ghastly scenes of blood and death, which necessarily constitute the substance of every war and of all war literature, and which are read of with such avidity, can be considered any more congenial to a correct taste and moral sensibility, than the merely verbal attestations, however imprecatory, by which they were accompanied. As showing the extent and variety of matter contained in this volume, the simple statement will suffice, that the accompanying list of Battles, Engagements, Collisions, etc., etc., consulted in the preparation of these anecdotes, numbers several thousand; -of Generals and Naval Commanders, and of Public Vessels, many hundred ;—each list reflecting a multitude of pleasing, spicy, unique, and startling events. Besides these, there is presented a classified outline of the topical contents or special subjects pertaining to each of the Eight Parts, and a most copious Index to the leading anecdotes is placed at the close. Of the mechanical appearance of this book, the names, enterprise and liberality, of the eminent Publishers, will at once be accepted as vouchers that nothing in the typographical and illustrative art has been omitted by them, to gratify the eye, and to render the publication one in every way deserving universal patronage. The numerous ILLUSTRATIVE ENGRAVINGS, executed in the highest style of beauty and without regard to cost, by the most skillful artists in the country, which are here presented, constitute a feature of embellishment in no other instance attempted in books of this kind. They are of themselves alone worth the full price of the volume. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PLATES, PORTRAITS, AND DESCRIPTIVE EMBELLISHMENTS. Designed and Engraved Expressly for this Work, by N. Orr & Co., New York. 1. LIEUT.-GEN. GRANT AND HIS BRAVE SOLDIERS, 2. EMBLEMATIC TITLE-PAGE,-BATTLE AND CORPS' FLAGS,-Printed in Colors, . 3. DEDICATORY Vignette, 4. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART I.-THE AMERICAN FLAG TRIUMPHANT! 15. PORTRAIT OF Fernando WOOD, 16. PORTRAIT OF C. L. VALLANDIGHAM, 18. PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS, 19. PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM H SEWARD, 20. AND THE Brother shall Deliver up the BROTHER TO DEATH, 22. PORTRAIT OF GEN. ROBERT ANDERSON, ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART III.-BOMBARDMENt of Fort Sumter, 73. ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER, 79. OLD CAPITOL PRISON, WASHINGTON, 81. PORTRAIT OF GEN. FELIX K. ZOLLICOFFER, PORTRAIT OF GEN. JOHN C. FREMONT, GOING IN QUEST OF SATISFACTION, 84. PORTRAIT OF GEN. HUMPHREY MARSHALL, GENERAL MEADE'S HEAD-QUARTERS, 90. Too BIG NOT TO BE A SOLDIER, PORTRAIT OF GEN. GEO. H. THOMAS, 118. PORTRAIT OF GEN. J. E. JOHNSTON, 120. UNION BUSHWHACKERS And Rebel CavalRY, 121. PORTRAIT of Maj.-Gen. MCPHERSON, 122. PORTRAIT of Gen. Barksdale, PORTRAIt of Gen. David Hunter, 125. PORTRAIT OF GEN. A. E. BURNSIDE, 126. SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY A BOY, 129. BOB, THE SPUNKY DRUMMER BOY, 130. PORTRAIT OF GEN. H. W. SLOCUM, 131. PORTRAIT OF Gov. H. A. WISE, 132. CAPT. TILDEN'S LUCKY ESCAPE, 133. As Good as a Captured Gun, 134. PORTRAIT OF GEN. J. C. PEMBERTON, 135. PORTRAIT OF GEN. L. POLK, 138. PORTRAIT OF GEN. G. A. CUSTER, 139. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART IV.,-NAVAL SCENES AND EXPLOITS, 140. ILLUMINATED Initial Letter, 143. PORTRAIT OF LIEUT. WORDEN, 144. "CHARGE! CHESTER, CHARGE! 145. PORTRAIt of Admiral Dupont, 172. PORTRAIT OF GEN. SHERMAN, 173. SENTRY'S ENCOUNTER WITH A REGULAR, 177. PORTRAIT OF GEN. MCCLellan, 178. PORTRAIT OF GEN. ROSECRANS, 179. PORTRAIT or GEN. J. C. Davis, 192. PORTRAIT OF GEN. N. P. BANKS, 193. ILLUSTRATED PLATE FOR PART VI.,-COLORED SOLDIERS, 194. ILLUMINated Initial LETTER, |
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