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CONTENTS OF VOL. IV.

BOOK EIGHTH.

FROM THE INAUGURATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN TO THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG.

"On to Richmond!" Paterson's course..

23 General McDowell and the Grand Army.

25 Numbers on the field, losses, etc...