Volume 12 — Introductory material
Reading edition
THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY.
BY E. BENJAMIN ANDREWS, LL.D.
Birth, lineage, personal appearance, and early career.
A Virginian, he joins his State and the South in secession.
His seven days' fighting against McClellan; forces the latter to raise the siege of Richmond.
"Stonewall" Jackson and his efficient fighting machine.
Wins at Antietam and Fredericksburg.
Outmanoeuvres Hooker at Chancellorsville.
Successes at Gettysburg and at the second battle of Bull Run.
Grant changes the fortune of war for the North.
Confederate dearth of necessaries and "dear money".
Lee's retreat and capitulation at Appomattox.
His personal characteristics.
Skill shown in his military career.
His manoeuvring tactics and masterful strategy.
High name among the great captains of history.
Gains of his leadership, in spite of "a lost cause".
Latter days, and presidency of Washington College, Lexington, Va.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
VOLUME XII
Sherman's March to the Sea
After the painting by F.O.C. Darley
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James Monroe
After the painting by Gilbert Stuart, City Hall, New York
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Andrew Jackson
After a photograph from life
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Henry Clay
From a daguerreotype
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Martin Van Buren
From a daguerreotype
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Daniel Webster
After a drawing from a daguerreotype
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John C. Calhoun
From a daguerreotype
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James K. Polk
From a daguerreotype
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Abraham Lincoln
After an unretouched negative from life, found in 1870
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General George B. McClellan
After a photograph from life in the possession of the War Department, Washington, D.C.
Ulysses S. Grant
After the painting by Chappel
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Assassination of President Lincoln
After the drawing by Fr. Roeber
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Robert E. Lee
From a photograph
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