The Pictorial Book of Anecdotes of the Rebellion: Or, The Funny and Pathetic Side of the War ... from the Time of the Memorable Toast of Andrew Jackson, Uttered in 1830, in the Presence of the Original Secession Conspirators, to the Assassination of President Lincoln, and the End of the War. With Famous Words and Deeds of Woman

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W.E. Allen & Company, 1887 - United States - 705 pages

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Contents

FRONTDOOR CONFABULATIONS
43
PORTRAIT OF FERNANDO WOOD
47
PORTRAIT OF C L VALLANDIGHAM
48
PAGE
49
CAROLINA UNIONIST
53
PORTRAIT OF STEPHEN A DOUGLAS
57
PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM H SEWARD
58
AND THE BROTHER SHALL DELIVER UP THE BROTHER TO DEATH
59
HARD SHELL BRETHREN
65
PORTRAIT OF GEN ROBERT ANDERSON
68
PORTRAIT OF LIEUT GEN WINFIELD SCorr
72
PORTRAIT OF COL R BARNWELL RHETT
74
PORTRAIT OF JOHN TYLER
76
PORTRAIT OF PRESTON S BROOKS
78
THE BOY FATHER TO THE MAN
80
PRESIDENTIAL FAVOR FOR EVERYBODY
86
PORTRAIT OF HOWELL Cовв
89
WHICH SIDE?
92
PORTRAIT OF MRS LINCOLN
93
ROMANTIC ADVENTURE
98
PORTRAIT OF EDMUND RUFFIN
102
REFUSING TO VOLUNTEER
106
PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON
110
SWEAR HIM C
114
WITNESSING AND DYING FOR THE TRUTH
120
PORTRAIT OF EDWARD EVERETT
121
PORTRAIT OF J C BRECKINRIDGE
125
STATING THE EXACT ALTERNATIVE
126
PORTRAIT OF MRS STEPHEN A DOUGLAS
127
PORTRAIT OF CHARLES J FAULKNER
130
INTERCEDING FOR HER FATHER
134
GODS FLAG
140
PORTRAIT OF R M T HUNTER
141
PORTRAIT OF GEN PHILIP SHERIDAN
143
LENGTH OF THE WAR
144
ACCOMMODATING HIMSELF TO CIRCUMSTANCES
152
ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART II Ho FOR THE WAR
155
ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER
157
HOW DOES HE GROW EM?
158
LOVE AND PATRIOTISM
162
IRAS WIFE AND HIS BREECHES
165
FATE OF A COWARD
168
FANNNIE AND NELLIE
170
CAREER OF FRANK HENDERSON
173
PORTRAIT OF LIEUT GEN ULYSSES S GRANT
177
HOPEFUL TACKETT
178
PORTRAIT OF JOHN LETCHER
182
PORTRAIT OF STONEWALL JACKSON
183
PORTRAIT OF COL BILLY WILSON
184
QUITE THE YOUNGEST RECRUIT
185
DRAFTING SCENE
186
FIGHTIN OBER A BONE
195
BOUNTY JUMPER CAPTURED BY A DOG
200
TENDER IN YEARS BUT PATRIOTIC 207
207
SNAKED AWAY AND DRUMMED IN
213
TENDERNESS OF THE PRESIDENT
217
ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART III BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER 73 ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER 221
221
RALLYING AROUND THE FLAG
222
PORTRAIT OF GEN GEO H THOMAS
228
IS THE COLONEL AT HOME?
230
WAR AND NAVY BUILDINGS
232
CALIFORNIA JOE
236
PORTRAIT OF GEN FELIX K ZOLLICOFFER
240
PORTRAIT OF GEN JOHN C FREMONT
242
PORTRAIT OF GEN HUMPHREY MARSHALL
246
GENERAL MEADES HEADQUARTERS
247
PORTRAIT OF GEN JUDSON KILPATRICK
250
PORTRAIT OF GEN WM W AVERILL
258
PORTRAIT OF JUDAH P BENJAMIN
263
LIEUT DAVISS TASK
267
PORTRAIT OF MAJOR ZAGONYI
268
MRS BROWNELL THE HEROINE
270
PORTRAIT OF GEN POPE
272
COURTESIES OF PICKET LIFE
273
PORTRAIT OF GEN A SIDNEY JOHNSTON
276
WON HIS WAGER
279
PORTRAIT OF GEN LONGSTREET
284
UNCOMFORTABLY WARM PLACE
286
HEADQUARTERS OF LEE GETTYSBURG
287
PREFERRED TO DIE IN THE FIELD
292
CHARACTERISTIC PLUCK
296
RAGGED TEXANS
302
REMEMBER FORT PILLOW
305
USE FOR A SHELL
306
PORTRAIT OF GEN JEFF THOMPSON
307
FATE OF TWO GERMANS
310
OWNING UP
314
PORTRAIT OF GEN PHILIP KEARNY
318
NEGRO RIFLEMAN
319
PORTRAIT OF GEN E D BAKER
320
PORTRAIT OF COL ELLSWORTH
321
BULL RUN BATTLEFIELD
323
NEUTRAL CORNFIELD
325
PORTRAIT OF GEN J E JOHNSTON
326
CLIMBING THE MOUNTAINS
328
UNION BUSHWHACKERS AND REBEL CAVALRY
329
PORTRAIT OF MAJ GEN MCPHERSON
330
PORTRAIT OF GEN BARKSDALE
332
PORTRAIT OF GEN DAVID HUNTER
334
124 UNION AND REBEL PICKETS
335
PORTRAIT OF GEN A E BURNSIDE
336
SOLDIERS CAPTURED BY A BOY 837
337
INTREPID CONDUCT
338
BOB THE SPUNKY DRUMMER BOY
339
PORTRAIT OF GEN H W SLOCUM
341
PORTRAIT OF GOV H A WISE
342
AS GOOD AS A CAPTURED GUN
343
PORTRAIT OF GEN J C PEMBERTON
344
PORTRAIT OF GEN L POLK
345
AHEAD OF HIS TROOPS
346
SURRENDER OF GEN LEE
347
PORTRAIT OF GEN G A CUSTER
348
ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART IV NAVAL SCENES AND EXPLOITS
350
ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER
351
RAKING A TRAITOR
352
NAVAL PEACEMAKER
353
PORTRAIT OF LIEUT WORDEN
355
CHARGE CHESTER CHARGE
356
PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL DUPONT
357
HALFHOURS VISIT AT ISLAND NO 10
358
LIGHTHOUSE AT FORT MORGAN
361
BEFORE VICKSBURG
362
PLEASANT HOAX ALL ROUND
363
WRECK OF THE MONITOR
364
PORTRAIT OF CAPT J A WINSLOW
365
PORTRAIT OF ADMIRAL A H FOOTE
367
BLUEJACKET ON HIS MULE
368
LIEUT CUSHINGS GREAT EXPLOIT
371
FLEET OF GUNBOATS IN THE JAMES RIVER
390
FARRAGUT LASHED TO THE MAST
391
GUNBOAT KANSAS
394
WILLING TO PART WITH HIS OTHER LEG
397
ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART V VARIETIES OF THE WAR
399
ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER
401
MARK TIME
402
SENTRYS ENCOUNTER WITH A REGULAR
403
HALTING EFFECT OF THE ARDENT
404
PORTRAIT OF SECRETARY CHASE
405
COL OWENS SQUAD DRILL
407
PORTRAIT OF GEN MCCLELLAN
410
PORTRAIT OF GEN ROSECRANS
411
PORTRAIT OF GEN J C DAVIS
413
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN NELSON AND DAVIS
414
PORTRAIT OF GEN MсСоок
417
COL GAZLEY DOING GUARD DUTY
418
PORTRAIT OF J C ELY
424
PORTRAIT OF GEN HARDEE
427
GEN BUTLERS HEADQUARTERS
429
WHARS DAT NIGGER
430
BELLIGERENT WORK
433
MILITARY ETIQUETTE
435
ORDERS ON THE BATTLEFIELD
439
PORTRAIT OF GEN N P BANKS
440
ILLUSTRATED PLATE FOR PART VI COLORED SOLDIERS
441
ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER
443
SWAMP ANGEL
444
WICKED JOKE UPON A POSTMASTER
446
RELAY HOUSE
447
ARMY KITCHEN
448
MILKING THE COW
451
SERGEANT DAVISS TENDER BEEF
453
PORTRAIT OF GEN TERRY
456
PORTRAIT OF GEN HALLECK
457
PORTRAIT OF GEN WADSWORTH
458
PEDDLER AND GEN NELSON
459
PUMPKIN PIE FOR WICKFORD
463
FRESH PORK FOR THE EIGHTH ILLINOIS
466
AFFECTING APPEAL TO A COMMISSARY
473
CONFERENCE OF NEWSPAPER CORRESPONDENTS
476
PORTRAIT OF GEN HOOKER
477
LIEUT S PERFUMED BREATH
478
PROMPT SETTLEMENT OF A CLAIM
482
FIELD CARRIAGES DISPENSED WITH
485
QUESTION IN INFANTRY PRACTICE
488
PORTRAIT OF JOHN H MORGAN
489
NO BUSINESS WID A GUN
490
PORTRAIT OF GEN BEAUREGARD
491
WRITING HOME
495
SIGNALLING
500
NELLIE THE BRAVE BATTLE HORSE
501
INDIAN MOUND CHATTANOOGA
503
FLIGHT FROM THE SHENANDOAH
506
225 AUNT CHARLOTTE THE OLD COOK
507
BRIDGE ACROSS PLATTE CREEK
509
INFLATING THE PONTOON
510
FOUR LEGGED MESSENGER PROVED DISLOYAL
511
SADDLING TO SUIT THE ROUTE
513
ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VII CHRISTIAN AND SANITARY COMMISSIONS
516
ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER
517
BEAUTIFUL BUT DEAD
518
THAT IS MY BROTHER
519
TRACTS VERSUS POUND CAKE
522
PORTRAIT OF ALEX H STEPHENS
523
ELIZABETH COMSTOCK WITH DYING SOLDIERS
526
DALLIANCE AND TREACHERY
532
PORTRAIT OF GOV MORGAN N Y
534
AMOURS AND FANCIES OF THE CAMP
536
SWEET SEVENTEEN OVERHAULING SECESSIONISTS
541
EMBALMINGBUILDING BEFORE RICHMOND
544
COURT HOUSE AND HOSPITAL
546
SERGEANTS PROPHECY FULFILLED
547
PORTRAIT OF PAULINE CUSHMAN
549
LIBBY PRISON
551
LOYALTY IN VIRGINIA
552
PORTRAIT OF MRS GEN GRANT
554
PORTRAIT OF GEN TILGHMAN
557
GEN LANDER AND HIS BIBLE
558
MISTOOK THE GUNS
561
PORTRAIT OF GEN R E LEE
562
BODIES LAID OUT
563
MONUMENT AT STONE RIVER
568
PROOF AGAINST FEDERAL GALLANTRY
569
OLD HANNAH
574
FAMILIAR SOLDIER SCENES HOUSEKEEPING
575
BURNS THE GETTYSBURG HERO
577
MOSE BRYAN
578
SOLDIERS GRAVES
579
MILITARY PRISON AT SALISBURY
581
MISS LEE AND THE YANKEE CORPORAL
582
PORTRAIT OF GEN LYON
586
WATCH KEPT BY A DOG
587
SHERMANS ABSENCE OF MIND
590
JERRY AND GEN THOMAS SPY GLASS
591
PORTRAIT OF GEN MEADE
594
CARVING HIS OWN HEADBOARD
595
WICKEDNESS OF WOMAN
597
PORTRAIT OF BELL BOYD 509
605
GEN BUTLER AS A YOUNG LAWYER
607
RAILROAD DEPOT ATLANTA GA
608
ALAS POOR SOLDIER
609
PORTRAIT OF GOV ANDREW MASS
611
ENJOYING NEGRO HOSPITALITY
613
FRANKIE BRAGG
614
A YOUNG WOMAN SHOOTS A GUERRILLA
617
MAJOR B EN ROUTE WITH THE WIDOW
624
PORTRAIT OF GOV CURTIN PA
628
A SOLDIER MUSTERED OUT
629
PORTRAIT OF GEN HOWARD
630
ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VIII EARLY HOME AND END OF PRES LINCOLN
632
ILLUMINATED INITIAL LETTER
633
PORTRAIT OF CHAS SUMNER
636
DEATH OF THE ASSASSIN
639
PORTRAIT OF SECRETARY FESSENDEN
640
PATIENCE TRIED TOO FAR
641
PORTRAIT OF JEFF DAVIS
642
PORTRAIT OF PRESIDENT JOHNSON
643
ANDREW JOHNSONS TAILOR SHOP
646
PORTRAIT OF MRS JEFF DAVIS
649
JEFF S CAPTURE BY THE YANKS
650
FAMILIAR TALK WITH MR LINCOLN
652
JEFF AND THE BLACKSMITH
656
PORTRAIT OF GEO N SANDERS
657
GRAND FINALE TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
660
LIST OF BATTLES ENGAGEMENTS COLLISIONS CAPTURES SURRENDERS SUR
661
LIST OF THE PUBLIC VESSELS EMPLOYED IN THE WAR AND CONSULTED
681
INDEX TO THE LEADING ANECDOTES
691

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Page 545 - Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings hast thou ordained strength because of thine enemies, that thou mightest still the enemy and the avenger.
Page 576 - Dear Madam : I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who • have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming.
Page 653 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free and the executive government of the united states including the military and naval authority thereof will recognize and maintain the freedom of such persons and will do no act or acts to repress such persons...
Page 394 - Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving: and show ourselves glad in him with psalms. For the LORD is a great God: and a great King above all gods. In his hand are all the corners of the earth: and the strength of the hills is his also. The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands prepared the dry land.
Page 653 - That on the first day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all persons held as slaves within any state, or designated part of a state, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward and forever free...
Page 92 - England would topple headlong and carry the whole civilized world with her, save the South. No, you dare not make war on cotton. No power on earth dares to make war upon it. Cotton is King.
Page 652 - Mr. President, I approve of the proclamation, but I question the expediency of its issue at this juncture. The depression of the public mind, consequent upon our repeated reverses, is so great that I fear the effect of so important a step. It may be viewed as the last measure of an exhausted government, a cry for help; the government stretching forth its hands to Ethiopia, instead of Ethiopia stretching forth her hands to the government.
Page 652 - Things had gone on from bad to worse until I felt that we had reached the end of our rope on the plan of operations we had been pursuing ; that we had about played our last card, and must change our tactics or lose the game. I now determined upon the adoption of the emancipation policy ; and without consultation with or the knowledge of the Cabinet, I prepared the original draft of the proclamation, and, after much anxious thought, called a Cabinet meeting upon the subject.
Page 598 - Be strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them : for the LORD thy God, he it is that doth go with thee ; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
Page 601 - Whoso findeth a wife, findeth a good thing, and obtaineth favor of the LORD.

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