An edition of The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion (1884)

The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion

civil, military, naval and domestic

by R. M. Devens

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An edition of The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion (1884)

The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion

civil, military, naval and domestic

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Book Details

Preface, and plan of the work

List of plates, portraits, and descriptive embellishments

pt. 1. Patriotic, political, civil, judicial, administrative, etc.

pt. 2. Volunteering, drafting, commuting, substituting, deserting, etc.

pt. 3. Great conflicts and achievements of the army, and illustrious examples of individual heroism in the rank and file, etc.

pt. 4. Naval and commercial: squadron, fleet, steamer, gunboat, transport and privateer, their cruises, officers, performance, etc.

pt. 5. Military organization and equipment, discipline and drill, parade, reveille, reviews, ordnance, paroles, passes, furloughs, countersigns, fugitive hunts, etc.

pt. 6. Commissary and rations, finance and currency, the press, the mails, the telegraph, etc.

pt. 7. Domestic, moral, womanly, sanitary, affect ional, matrimonial, romantic, etc.

pt. 8. Final scenes and events in the great drama: Assassination of President Lincoln ; Ignominious doom of Jefferson Davis, etc.

List of battles, engagements, collisions, captures, surrenders, surprises, etc., on land and sea, during the rebellion (consulted in the preparation of these anecdotes)

List of the public vessels employed in the war, and consulted in the preparation of these anecdotes

Names of generals and chief naval officers, under whose command, or in whose departments the anecdotal incidents, etc., here given occurred.

Edition Notes

Includes index.

Kirkland also known as R.M. Devens.

"Published by subscription only."

"Embracing conflict in the United States: heroic, patriotic, political, romantic, humorous and tragical [sic], from the time of the memorable toast of Andrew Jackson--"The Federal Union: it must be preserved!" uttered in 1830, in presence of the original secession conspirators, to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the end of the war; with famous words and deeds of woman, sanitary and hospital scenes, prison experiences, & c."

Added t.p., engraved.

Two columns to the page.

Plates included in pagination; some illustrated by H. Fenn, or Herrick; some engraved by N. Orr & Co.

Afterwards issued under title: Reminiscences of the blue and gray '61-'65.

Bound in cloth.

Published in: Des Moines, Iowa
Other Titles: Book of anecdotes and incidents of the rebellion, Book of anecdotes of the war of the rebellion.

The Physical Object

Pagination: 705 p. :
Number of pages: 705

ID Numbers

Open Library: OL24624669M
Internet Archive: pictorialbookofa6609deve
OCLC/WorldCat: 12155163

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The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion

civil, military, naval and domestic

by R. M. Devens