0 ITS SECRET HISTORY, RISE, PROGRESS, AND DISASTROUS FAILURE. "I know no North, no South, no East, no West: I only know my country, my NEW YORK: HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE. US 5432.5 8356,15 U.S.5432.5 1868. April 14 Gift of bhas. J. Dunbar (H.C. 1851.) Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-six, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York. Dedication. ΤΟ LIEUT. GENERAL U. S. GRANT, U.S. A., This work is respectfully dedicated, as a mark of the esteem, gratitude, and affectionate regard felt for the Commander of the Army of the United States; not only for the deliverance of the Author, but of his native State, and the whole South, from the most oppressive, grinding, and detestable military despotism of which history furnishes a record since the blessings of freedom have been understood, and the true principles of Christianity introduced. |