1866 **HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR** {380 PAGES} MASSIVE BOOK!

Description: 1866 ***POST-CIVIL WAR ERA*** {{{EXTREMELY RARE-POSSIBLY ONE OF A KIND}}} ~HARPER'S PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR~ NEW YORK ... ""MASSIVE"" BOOK LOADED WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND RELATED INFORMATION!...............................................................................................................................................................................................380 PAGES (MISSING PAGES 125 - 132) NOT ALL PAGES SHOWN BUT MOST IN SIMILAR CONDITION - ((Please see condition and description section for additional more detailed information))................................................................................................................................................................................................ (Approximate dimensions: 11 3/4" x 16 3/8" x 1 5/8"). (Weight 6.75lbs)._______________________________________________________________________________________________Preface: We have undertaken to write the History the the Great Conspiracy which finally culminated in the Great Rebellion in the United States. Our task was commenced during the agony of the great struggle, when no man could foretell its issue. We purposed at the outset to narrate events just as they occurred; to speak of living men as impartially as though they were dead; to praise no man unduly because he strove for the right, to malign man because he strove for the wrong; to anticipate, as far as we might, the sure verdict of after ages upon events in which we felt the keenest personal interest. We have based this History throughout upon authentic documents. We have made no statement which we have not believed to be true, and also substantiated by unquestioned evidence. We have drawn no deductions which we did not think warranted by the facts adduced. If our work have advanced slowly, it has been because at each step new materials came to light which demanded careful examination. The close of the war gave us access to documents before unattainable, which we yet judged essential to the proper understanding of our subject. We knew before how the war had been waged against the Confederacy, but we knew only in part how it had been waged by the Confederacy. This was to be A "Pictorial History", in which the Illustrations were to form an integral part of the text. These are confined wholly to Maps and Plans illustrating military movements; representations of actual Scenes and Incidents; and Portraits of those who have borne an important part in the events described. The form of the work was chosen in order to enable us to introduce maps and illustrations upon a large scale. We have wrought in common, each having access to all the materials, and consulting throughout upon the use to be made of them. We can now see clearly before us the labor which remains to be accomplished. We trust that within a few months, and within the compass of another volume similar to this, we shall be able to bring to a close this "history of the Great Rebellion in the United States". A. H. G. H. M. A.New York, May, 1866..............................................................................................................................................................................................Contents: 1). INTRODUCTION. 2). FORT SUMTER. 3). UPRISING OF THE NORTH. THE WAR FOR THE UNION:====================== CHAPTER I. THE UNION AND THE CONFEDERACY. CHAPTER II. EASTERN AND WESTERN VIRGINIA AND MISSOURI. CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. CHAPTER IV. THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.--BALL'S BLUFF. CHAPTER V. KENTUCKY AND MISSOURI. CHAPTER VI. NAVAL OPERATIONS. CHAPTER VII. THE POLICY OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. CHAPTER VIII. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND SLAVERY. CHAPTER IX. POLICY OF THE CONFEDERATE GOVERNMENT. CHAPTER X. EASTERN KENTUCKY.--MIDDLE CREEK AND MILL SPRING. CHAPTER XI. FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON. CHAPTER CHAPTER XII. ROANOKE AND NEWBERN. CHAPTER XIII. THE VIRGINIA AND THE MONITOR. CHAPTER XIV. THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. CHAPTER XV. BUTLER'S ADMINISTRATION AT NEW ORLEANS. CHAPTER XVI. THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI CAMPAIGN OF 1862. CHAPTER XVII. KENTUCKY, TENNESSEE, AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. CHAPTER XVIII. THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN,--I. FROM THE POTOMAC TO THE CHICKAHOMINY. CHAPTER XIX. THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.--II. ON THE SHENANDOAH AND THE CHICKAHOMINY. CHAPTER XX. THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.--III. FROM THE CHICKIHOMINY TO THE JAMES. CHAPTER XXI. THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN.--IV. THE WITHDRAWAL FROM THE PENINSULA...............................................................................................................................................................................................American Civil War Clockwise from top: Battle of GettysburgUnion Captain John Tidball'sartilleryConfederate prisonersironclad USS AtlantaRuins of Richmond, VirginiaBattle of FranklinDateApril 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865[a][1][2] (4 years, 1 month and 2 weeks)LocationUnited States, Atlantic OceanResultUnion victoryAbolition of slavery in the United StatesBeginning of the Reconstruction eraPassage of the Reconstruction AmendmentsTerritorial changesDissolution of the Confederate States of AmericaBelligerents United States Confederate StatesCommanders and leaders Abraham Lincoln X Ulysses S. Grant and others... Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee and others...Strength2,200,000[b] 698,000 (peak)[3][4]750,000–1,000,000[b][5] 360,000 (peak)[3][6]Casualties and losses110,000+ †/ (DOW)230,000+ accident/disease deaths[7][8]25,000–30,000 died in Confederate prisons[3][7]365,000+ total dead[9]282,000+ wounded[8]181,193 captured[10][c]Total: 828,000+ casualties94,000+ †/ (DOW)[7]26,000–31,000 died in Union prisons[8]290,000+ total dead137,000+ wounded436,658 captured[11][d]Total: 864,000+ casualties50,000 free civilians dead[12]80,000+ slaves dead (disease)[13]Total: 616,222[14]–1,000,000+ dead[15][16]vteTheaters of the American Civil WarEvents leading to the American Civil WarEconomicEnd of Atlantic slave tradePanic of 1857PoliticalNorthwest OrdinanceKentucky and Virginia ResolutionsMissouri CompromiseNullification crisisGag ruleTariff of 1828End of slavery in British coloniesTexas RevolutionTexas annexationMexican–American WarWilmot ProvisoNashville ConventionCompromise of 1850Fugitive Slave Act of 1850Kansas–Nebraska ActOstend ManifestoCaning of Charles SumnerLincoln–Douglas debates1860 presidential electionCrittenden CompromiseSecession of Southern statesPeace Conference of 1861Corwin AmendmentSocialNat Turner's RebellionMartyrdom of Elijah LovejoyBurning of Pennsylvania HallAmerican Slavery As It IsUncle Tom's CabinBleeding KansasThe Impending Crisis of the SouthOberlin–Wellington RescueJohn Brown's raid on Harpers FerryJudicialTrial of Reuben CrandallCommonwealth v. AvesThe Amistad affairPrigg v. PennsylvaniaRecapture of Anthony BurnsDred Scott v. SandfordVirginia v. John BrownMilitaryStar of the WestBattle of Fort SumterPresident Lincoln's 75,000 volunteersvteThis article is part of a series on theHistory of the United StatesTimeline and periodsTopicsGroupsPlacesOutlineList of yearsHistoriography Category PortalvteThe American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union[e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery would be permitted to expand into the western territories, leading to more slave states, or be prevented from doing so, which many believed would place slavery on a course of ultimate extinction.[17]Decades of political controversy over slavery were brought to a head by the victory in the 1860 U.S. presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, who opposed slavery's expansion into the western territories. Seven southern slave states responded to Lincoln's victory by seceding from the United States and forming the Confederacy. The Confederacy seized U.S. forts and other federal assets within their borders. The war began when on April 12, 1861, Confederate troops fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Harbor. A wave of enthusiasm for war swept over both North and South, as recruitment soared. The states in the undecided border region had to choose sides, although Kentucky declared it was neutral. Four more southern states seceded after the war began and, led by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, the Confederacy asserted control over about a third of the U.S. population in eleven states. Four years of intense combat, mostly in the South, ensued.During 1861–1862 in the Western Theater, the Union made significant permanent gains—though in the Eastern Theater the conflict was inconclusive. The abolition of slavery became a Union war goal on January 1, 1863, when Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which declared all slaves in rebel states to be free, which applied to more than 3.5 million of the 4 million enslaved people in the country. To the west, the Union first destroyed the Confederacy's river navy by the summer of 1862, then much of its western armies, and seized New Orleans. The successful 1863 Union siege of Vicksburg split the Confederacy in two at the Mississippi River, while Confederate General Robert E. Lee's incursion north failed at the Battle of Gettysburg. Western successes led to General Ulysses S. Grant's command of all Union armies in 1864. Inflicting an ever-tightening naval blockade of Confederate ports, the Union marshaled resources and manpower to attack the Confederacy from all directions. This led to the fall of Atlanta in 1864 to Union General William Tecumseh Sherman, followed by his March to the Sea. The last significant battles raged around the ten-month Siege of Petersburg, gateway to the Confederate capital of Richmond. The Confederates abandoned Richmond, and on April 9, 1865, Lee surrendered to Grant following the Battle of Appomattox Court House, setting in motion the end of the war. Lincoln lived to see this victory but on April 14, he was assassinated.Appomattox is often referred to symbolically as the end of the war, although arguably there are several different dates for the war's conclusion. Lee's surrender to Grant set off a wave of Confederate surrenders—the last military department of the Confederacy, the Department of the Trans-Mississippi disbanded on May 26. By the end of the war, much of the South's infrastructure was destroyed. The Confederacy collapsed, slavery was abolished, and four million enslaved black people were freed. The war-torn nation then entered the Reconstruction era in an attempt to rebuild the country, bring the former Confederate states back into the United States, and grant civil rights to freed slaves.The Civil War is one of the most extensively studied and written about episodes in U.S. history. It remains the subject of cultural and historiographical debate. The myth of the Lost Cause of the Confederacy is often the subject of critical analysis. The American Civil War was among the first wars to use industrial warfare. Railroads, the telegraph, steamships, the ironclad warship, and mass-produced weapons were all widely used during the war. In total, the war left between 620,000 and 750,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties, making the Civil War the deadliest military conflict in American history.[f] The technology and brutality of the Civil War foreshadowed the coming World Wars.Causes of secessionMain articles: Origins of the American Civil War and Timeline of events leading to the American Civil WarStatus of the states, 1861 Slave states that seceded before April 15, 1861 Slave states that seceded after April 15, 1861 Border Southern states that permitted slavery but did not secede (both KY and MO had dual competing Confederate and Unionist governments) Union states that banned slavery TerritoriesThe reasons for the Southern states' decisions to secede have been historically controversial, but most scholars today identify preserving slavery as the central reason for their decision to secede.[18] Several of the seceding states' secession documents designate slavery as a motive for their departure.[17] Although some scholars have offered additional reasons for the war,[19] slavery was the central source of escalating political tensions in the 1850s.[20] The Republican Party was determined to prevent any spread of slavery to the territories, which, after they were admitted as free states, would give the free states greater representation in Congress and the Electoral College. Many Southern leaders had threatened secession if the Republican candidate, Lincoln, won the 1860 election. After Lincoln won, many Southern leaders felt that disunion was their only option, fearing that the loss of representation would hamper their ability to enact pro-slavery laws and policies.[21][22] In his second inaugural address, Lincoln said that: slaves constituted a peculiar and powerful interest. All knew that this interest was, somehow, the cause of the war. To strengthen, perpetuate, and extend this interest was the object for which the insurgents would rend the Union, even by war; while the government claimed no right to do more than to restrict the territorial enlargement of it.[23] _______________________________________________________________________________________________ We strive to find rare and unusual vintage pieces to match up with your special collection. Returns are readily accepted if the item(s) is the same as described. 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