Entered according to act of Congress hD) 1985 by Johnson Fry & Co. in the Sterks offes of the district court for the southern aleshquar da Alonzo Chappel NATIONAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION, Civil, Military and Nabal. FOUNDED ON OFFICIAL AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS. BY EVERT A. DUYCKINCK, Author of “ National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans," " Cyclopedia of American Literature,” Etc. Illustrated with Highly-Finished Steel Engravings. INCLUDING BATTLE SCENES BY SEA AND LAND, AND FULL-LENGTH PORTRAITS OF NAVAL AND BY ALONZO CHAPPEL AND THOMAS NAST. IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOLUME II. NEW YORK: JOHNSON, FRY AND COMPANY 27 BEEKMAN STREET. Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861, BY JOHNSON, FRY & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York, CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. CHAPTER. PAGE XLI.—THE UPPER POTOMAC AND BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF, VA., OCTOBER 21, 1861 .. 43 XLVII.-OPINIONS OF LEADING ENGLISHMEN ON THE REBELLION XLVIII.—GENERAL HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1861.. 160 XLIX. AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA. MESSAGE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, ETC. NOVEMBER- |