This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1887 Edition.

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1887. Volume One of Four. This is the first of a four part series on the Civil War compiled from actual reproductions of articles from Century Magazine, a contemporary periodical of the era that contains authentic source material on the War Between the States. From Sumter to Shiloh tells the dramatic story of the first twelve months of conflict. The reader is given an incomparable view of the initial events of the war in exciting, authoritative articles written by such eminent military leaders as Ulysses S. Grant, Lew Wallace, G.T. Beauregard, Abner Doubleday, John C. Fremont, Don Carlos Buell, and A.E. Burnside, among others. Accompanying these eyewitness accounts are over four hundred illustrations, including steel engravings, maps, rare photographs, portraits, prints, and on-the-spot battle sketches, which bring once more to life all the storm and stress of combat. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417944994, 1417945001, 141794501X.

1887. Volume Three of Four. This is the third volume of a four part series on the Civil War compiled from actual reproductions of articles from Century Magazine, a contemporary periodical of the era that contains authentic source material on the War Between the States. Retreat from Gettysburg begins with Bragg's invasion of Kentucky and ending with the Chattanooga campaign and presents accounts by General James Longstreet of the Battle of Fredericksburg and the Gettysburg campaign, by General Ulysses S. Grant of the Vicksburg campaign, as well as many other eyewitness reports by high-ranking Union and Confederate officers. Cumberland Gap, Chancellorsville, Port Hudson, Murfreesboro, Chickamauga-names that ring with the sound of war-are given their place in military history. Accompanying these accounts are hundreds of drawings, steel engravings, and maps. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing. Other volumes in this set are ISBN(s): 1417944986, 1417944994, 141794501X.