Battles and Leaders of the Civil War.
THE CENTURY WAR BOOK.
IMPORTANT FEATURES OF THE “PEOPLES PICTORIAL EDITION.
Gettysburg.
KERSHAW, who com m ail (Led Kershaw’s Confederate brigade; GEN. E. M. LAW, wlio commanded a cavS?/5$$?UEÌn-ÌÌcw!f RÌciÌ^U^TtoK QEN• ,MB0DEN־	a confederate
Vicksburg.
?״L-.O'.'i1 8“W GEN■ GR,A^T -commander of the besieging armies ; the Confederate side, by COL. LOCKETT, chief engineer of the defenses of Vicksburg.
Chickamauga.
The Confederate side, describing the great attack, by GEN. D. H. HILL, commanding a Confederate JSiP? LÌ5&X?110? sl(ie> bi’GEN. OPDYCKE, who was Colonel of the 125th Ohio in the battle, by GEN. FULLERTON who was Gen. Granger’s chief-of-staff, and by GEN. THURSTON, who was oil Gen. lvicuooK s stair.
Chattanooga.
c7iiQi^fk׳ilR^rÌT’-COÌI,nia3n^in^ tlie Union Army ; the assault on Missionary Ridge described by GEN. FULLERTON, Union, and by GEN. BRAXTON BRAGG, Confederate.
Operations on the Atlantic Coast.
The Burnsito expedition, described by GEN. BURNSIDE ; the attack on Charleston, by GEN. QUINCY A. GILLMORE : T ort Fisher, by CAPT. SELFRIDGE, commanding a naval division ; the Confederate Albemarle, by her builder, Gilbert Elliott, with the thrilling story of the destruction of the Albemarle, by COMMANDER CUSHING, wlio led the expedition to sink the ram.
The Wilderness.
׳W, Uci°ooS.i?.e>Tj.55N• G,RW'■ ‘AY ALEXANDER S. WEBB, GEN. MARTIN McMAHON, GEN. WM. FARRAR SMITH, and others; the Confederate side, by GEN. E. M. LAW, Geo. Cary Eggleston, and others.
Sherman’s March.
a־.S״Y.t,.?I’tiileTy /TN• SHERMAN, with articles by GEN. O. O. HOWARD and GEN. HENRY W. SLOCUM ; tbe Confederate side, by GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON, who opposed Sherman’s march to Atlanta, and others.
Sheridan in the Shenandoah.
The Union side, by GEN. WESLEY MERRITT; the Confederate side, by GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY.
Petersburg.
By MAJOR POWELL, who describes the Battle of the Crater; GEN. HENRY G. THOMAS, and others.
The Fight Between the “Alabama” and the “ Kearsarge.”
A great story of this famous tight, related by THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE “ ALABAMA ” and by THE SURGEON OF THE “ KEARSARGE.”
Five Forks and Appomattox.
S,^9LN'Ji0RACE PORTER,־of Gen. Grant’s staff, with articles on the fall of Richmond by a CONFEDERATE CAPTAIN, and the occupation by A MEMBER OF GEN. WEITZEL’S STAFF: with an article on “The Last Days of the Confederacy,” by the Confederate GEN. DUKE, and the story of the grand review in Washington, by GEN. SLOCUM.
In addition to the battles and campaigns described above, there are papers on many other important engagements, such as the Battle of Mobile Bay, the Pea Ridge’Cainpaign, by Gen. Sigel, famous cavalry raids described by their leaders, Hood’s invasion of Tennessee, numerous articles by privates on both sides describing the life in the ranks, etc., etc.
Fort Sumter.
The Union side, by GEN. DOUBLEDAY, Executive Officer of the Fort, and by a sergeant of, tbe garrison; tbe Confederate side, by HEN. STEPHEN D. LEE, Aide-de-Camp to Gen. Beauregard, the Confederate Commander, who besieged Fort Sumter.
Bull Run.
The Union side, by GEN. FRY of the staff of Gen. McDowell, commanding the Union forces, and by Walt Whitman tbe poet, who describes the return of the retreating troops to Washington as seen by him while nursing in the hospital; the Confederate side,by GEN. BEAUREGARD, commanding tlie Confederate Army of the Potomac, and by GEN. IMBODEN, commanding a battery of artillery.
Fort Donelson.
Graphically described by GEN. LEW WALLACE, author of “Ben Hur,” etc., commanding the Third Division of the Union forces.
Shiloh.
By GEN. GRANT, tlie Union Commander, supplemented by an article by GEN. BUELL! the Con-tederate side described by COL. WM. PRESTON JOHNSTON, son of tbe Confederate Commander, Albert Sidney Johnston, killed at Shiloh —the second day’s fighting described by GEN. BEAUREGARD, who took command after the death of Gen. Johnston.
Fight Between the “Monitor” and the “ Merrimac.”
By a LIEUTENANT ON THE “ MERRIMAC ” and by THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE “MONITOR.” Capt. Ericsson tells how the “Monitor” was invented, and a survivor of the crew describes her loss in a storm off Hatteras.
Peninsular Campaign.
. ■v GEN. GEORGE B. M’CLELLAN, who commanded the Union Army, with a Supplementary article by PHILIPPE COMTE de PARIS, of Gen. McClellan’s staff, and articles on tbe various battles of the campaign — Seven Pines, Hanover Court House, Gaines’ Mill, Malvern Hill, The Seven Have’ Fighting, by generals on both sides, including F1TZ-JOHN PORTER, LONGSTREET, D. H. HILL, GUSTA-VUS W. SMITH, and JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.
The Capture of New Orleans.
The Union side, by ADMIRAL PORTER, who commanded the mortar fleet, and by COMMANDER BARTLETT, and CAPTAIN KAUTZ; tbe Confederate side, by CAPT. BEVERLEY CANNON, and by George W. Cable, the famous novelist, who was a lad in New Orleans at the time of the capture.
The Second Battle of Bull Run.
By GEN. JOHN POPE, Union Commander; the Confederate side by GEN. LONGSTREET, and GEN. TALIAFERRO.
Antietam.
The Union side, byGEN. M’CLELLAN, with notes by GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER, the story of the battle as seen froni the ranks by a private, and an army correspondent’s account of it by Charles Carleton Coffin ; the Confederate side, by GEN. LONGSTREET, who commanded the right and center, and “A Southern Woman’s Recollections of Antietam.”
From Corinth to Murfreesboro’.
Including the Battle of luka, by GEN. HAMILTON ; the Battle of Corinth, by GEN. ROSECRANS; Murtreesboro’, by GEN. CRITTENDEN, commanding tbe left wing; the Confederate side by COL. UR-QUHART, of Gen. Bragg’s staff.	,	,
Fredericksburg.
The Union side, by GEN. COUCH, commanding the Second Corps, and byGEN. AMES and GEN. REYNOLDS; the Confederate side, by GEN. M’LAWS and other Confederate officers.
Chancellorsville.
The Union side, by GEN. PLEASONTON, commanding the cavalry, by GEN. HOWARD, commanding the Eleventh Corps, and by LIEUT.-COL. JACKSON, of Gen. Newton’s staff; the Confederate side, with special reference to the death of Stonewall Jackson, described by the REV. JAMES POWER SMITH, Stonewall Jackson’s aide=de=camp.
A Superb Popular Edition of the world-famous “Century War Book,” including all the most striking features of that great work, with the connecting material condensed for popular reading. Including, also, all the -important illustrations.
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Copyright, 1884, 188,7, 1888, i8q4, by The Century Cn	'
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