THE CIVIL WAR THROUGH THE CAMERA
Hundreds of Vivid Photographs
Actually Taken in Civil War Times
Sixteen Reproductions in Color of Famous War Paintings
The New Text History By HENRY W. ELSON
Professor of History, Ohio University
A Complete Illustrated History of the CIVIL WAR
CONTENTS
Records of The War Between the States
Bull Run—The Volunteers Face Fire
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Shiloh—The First Grand Battle
The Fight for Richmond
The Shenandoah Valley
The Seven Days’ Battles
Cedar Mountain
Second Battle of Bull Run
Antietam, or Sharpsburg
Stone’s River, or Murfreesboro
Fredericksburg—Disaster for a New Union Leader
Chancellorsville and Jackson’s Flanking March
Vicksburg and Port Hudson
The Battle of Gettysburg—The High-Water Mark of The Civil War
Chickamauga—The Bloodiest Conflict in the West
The Battles on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
The Battle in The Wilderness
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Cold Harbor
To Atlanta
The Last Conflicts in The Shenandoah
The Investment of Petersburg
Sherman’s Final Campaigns
The Last Invasion of Tennessee
The Siege and Fall of Petersburg
Appomattox
RECORDS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES By Marcus J. Wright, Brigadier-General, C. S. A.
Agent of the United States War Department for the Collection of Military Records
The war which was carried on in the United States in 1861-5, called “The War of the Rebellion,” “The Civil War,” “The War of Secession,” and “The War Between the States,” was one of the greatest conflicts of ancient or modern times. Official reports show that 2,865,028 men were mustered into the service of the United States. The report of Provost-Marshal General Fry shows that of these 61,362 were killed in battle, 34,773 died of wounds, 183,287 died of disease, 306 were accidentally killed, and 267 were executed by sentence. The Adjutant-General made a report February 7, 1869, showing the total number of deaths to be 303,504.
The Confederate forces are estimated from 600,000 to 1,000,000 men, and ever since the conclusion of the war there has been no little controversy as to the total number of troops involved. The losses in the Confederate army have never been officially reported, but the United States War Department, which has been assiduously engaged in the collection of all records of both armies, has many Confederate muster-rolls on which the casualties are recorded. The tabulation of these rolls shows that 52,954 Confederate soldiers were killed in action, 21,570 died of wounds, and 59,297 died of disease. This does not include the missing muster-rolls, so that to these figures a substantial percentage must be added. Differences in methods of reporting the strength of commands, the absence of adequate field-records and the destruction of those actually made are responsible for considerable lack of information as to the strength and losses of the Confederate army. Therefore, the matter is involved in considerable controversy and never will be settled satisfactorily; for there is no probability that further data on this subject will be forthcoming.
The immensity and extent of our great Civil War are shown by the fact that there were fought 2,261 battles and engagements, which took place in the following named States: In New York, 1; Pennsylvania, 9; Maryland, 30; District of Columbia, 1; West Virginia, 80; Virginia, 519; North Carolina, 85; South Carolina, 60; Georgia, 108; Florida, 32; Alabama, 78; Mississippi, 186; Louisiana, 118; Texas, 14; Arkansas, 167; Tennessee, 298; Kentucky, 138; Ohio, 3; Indiana, 4; Illinois, 1; Missouri, 244; Minnesota, 6; California, 6; Kansas, 7; Oregon, 4; Nevada, 2; Washington Territory, 1; Utah, 1; New Mexico, 19; Nebraska, 2; Colorado, 4; Indian Territory, 17; Dakota, 11; Arizona, 4; and Idaho, 1.
It soon became evident that the official record of the War of 1861-5 must be compiled for the purposes of Government administration, as well as in the interest of history, and this work was projected
Hundreds of Vivid Photographs
Actually Taken in Civil War Times
Sixteen Reproductions in Color of Famous War Paintings
The New Text History By HENRY W. ELSON
Professor of History, Ohio University
A Complete Illustrated History of the CIVIL WAR
CONTENTS
Records of The War Between the States
Bull Run—The Volunteers Face Fire
Fort Henry and Fort Donelson
Shiloh—The First Grand Battle
The Fight for Richmond
The Shenandoah Valley
The Seven Days’ Battles
Cedar Mountain
Second Battle of Bull Run
Antietam, or Sharpsburg
Stone’s River, or Murfreesboro
Fredericksburg—Disaster for a New Union Leader
Chancellorsville and Jackson’s Flanking March
Vicksburg and Port Hudson
The Battle of Gettysburg—The High-Water Mark of The Civil War
Chickamauga—The Bloodiest Conflict in the West
The Battles on Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge
The Battle in The Wilderness
The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
Cold Harbor
To Atlanta
The Last Conflicts in The Shenandoah
The Investment of Petersburg
Sherman’s Final Campaigns
The Last Invasion of Tennessee
The Siege and Fall of Petersburg
Appomattox
RECORDS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES By Marcus J. Wright, Brigadier-General, C. S. A.
Agent of the United States War Department for the Collection of Military Records
The war which was carried on in the United States in 1861-5, called “The War of the Rebellion,” “The Civil War,” “The War of Secession,” and “The War Between the States,” was one of the greatest conflicts of ancient or modern times. Official reports show that 2,865,028 men were mustered into the service of the United States. The report of Provost-Marshal General Fry shows that of these 61,362 were killed in battle, 34,773 died of wounds, 183,287 died of disease, 306 were accidentally killed, and 267 were executed by sentence. The Adjutant-General made a report February 7, 1869, showing the total number of deaths to be 303,504.
The Confederate forces are estimated from 600,000 to 1,000,000 men, and ever since the conclusion of the war there has been no little controversy as to the total number of troops involved. The losses in the Confederate army have never been officially reported, but the United States War Department, which has been assiduously engaged in the collection of all records of both armies, has many Confederate muster-rolls on which the casualties are recorded. The tabulation of these rolls shows that 52,954 Confederate soldiers were killed in action, 21,570 died of wounds, and 59,297 died of disease. This does not include the missing muster-rolls, so that to these figures a substantial percentage must be added. Differences in methods of reporting the strength of commands, the absence of adequate field-records and the destruction of those actually made are responsible for considerable lack of information as to the strength and losses of the Confederate army. Therefore, the matter is involved in considerable controversy and never will be settled satisfactorily; for there is no probability that further data on this subject will be forthcoming.
The immensity and extent of our great Civil War are shown by the fact that there were fought 2,261 battles and engagements, which took place in the following named States: In New York, 1; Pennsylvania, 9; Maryland, 30; District of Columbia, 1; West Virginia, 80; Virginia, 519; North Carolina, 85; South Carolina, 60; Georgia, 108; Florida, 32; Alabama, 78; Mississippi, 186; Louisiana, 118; Texas, 14; Arkansas, 167; Tennessee, 298; Kentucky, 138; Ohio, 3; Indiana, 4; Illinois, 1; Missouri, 244; Minnesota, 6; California, 6; Kansas, 7; Oregon, 4; Nevada, 2; Washington Territory, 1; Utah, 1; New Mexico, 19; Nebraska, 2; Colorado, 4; Indian Territory, 17; Dakota, 11; Arizona, 4; and Idaho, 1.
It soon became evident that the official record of the War of 1861-5 must be compiled for the purposes of Government administration, as well as in the interest of history, and this work was projected
