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A Panorama of the Great Civil War

As represented in Story, Anecdote, Adventure, and

the Romance of Reality

WRITTEN BY

CELEBRITIES OF BOTH SIDES: THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CREATED THE
GREATEST EPOCH OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY.

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N UNPREJUDICED representation of the issues that
divided our country, as told in the personal recollections
of those who participated in the campaigns, marches,
sufferings, anecdotes, and instances of dauntless
heroism which glorified and ennobled this gigantic
struggle for the supremacy of the Union.

Gorgeously Illustrated

with about 250 superb illustrations from photographs
and drawings accurately picturing the

scenes described

Copyright, C. R. GRAHAM, 1896.

VETERAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

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N presenting this volume to the public two important characteristics are worthy of special notice: The first is, that every article contained in it was written or the matter furnished by the living actors and witnesses of the events related, and that in no other form can these historical treasures be obtained. The second is, that the truth only, without bitterness or malice, finds place upon its pages; that no word or expression is used that could not with propriety be read by a Northern or a Southern veteran, or to the children of either. Perhaps nothing could better express the sentiment of fairness and fraternity that pervades Tales of the Civil War as Told by the Veterans, than the following extracts from the writings of the editor:

"Americans are unlike other people. The manliness which characterizes the American citizen is indigenous to the Land of Liberty; it is confined to no class or condition; it is as widespread as our native golden-rod. The dignity, courage, and magnanimity which are the prominent qualities of American manliness, do not combine in the general character of any other nation. Elsewhere, those qualities are confined to the favored by birth, education, or fortune; with us they are inherent.

"The American is tenacious of his rights, real or imagined, to a degree unknown outside of the United States; he is a sovereign conscious of his sovereignty; therefore, it is always safe to appeal to his manliness. Patriotism is the child of manliness, and we are the most patriotic nation on the earth. Whatever the differences may be that exist in the minds of the people concerning questions of political economy, on the subject of patriotism they are unanimous. This glorious truth may disconcert the plans of demagogues and business politicians; it may deprive them of well-worn texts and inflammatory data, but so sure as the heavens dome Columbia, so sure is this a solid United States.

"Sectional wants and local traditions exert their influences in every commonwealth; the right to think and lawfully express opinion is the essence of liberty; let no man attempt to suppress that right.

"The war of the sixties is over; but the price of its lesson was the blood and treasure it cost. The men of the North and the men of the South each thought differently; but the bravest and most sincere expressed their opinions on the battlefield, and in their glorious record the world recognizes the unparalleled valor of the American soldier. Grant, Lee, Sherman, Jackson were Americans, and it is to our country's glory that their valor is known throughout the world; for of such heroes is our land peopled from sea to sea. How noble, then, the motive that would bind in fraternal bonds the loyal veteran war riors of our land! And such is the sentiment that fills the heart of every true American. How beautiful, if every veteran, whether a Union or a Confederate soldier, would wear a

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