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Illustration Credits
Architect of the U.S. Capitol: [4]-5, [50]-51; Art Commission of the City of New York: [6]; William A. Bake: cover, [52]-53, [55], [56]-57, [58], [59], [61], [62]; Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: [36] (Dahlgren), [41] (Shaw), [49]; Civil War Times Illustrated: [14]-15; Collection of City Hall, Charleston, S.C.: [12]; Fort Sumter National Monument: [16], [26] (Chesnut), [37], [44]-45; Harper’s Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion: [19], [20]-21, [22], [23], [25], [35], [38] (Seymour); Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York: [30]-31 (painting); National Park Service: [18] (Floyd), [26], [27], [28], [29], [30]-31 (flags), [34], [36] (Gillmore), [38] (Rhett), [40]-41 (battle scene), [42], [46], [48], [51] (inset); L. Kenneth Townsend: [8]-9.
National Park Service
U.S. Department of the Interior
As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has responsibility for most of our nationally owned public lands and natural resources. This includes fostering the wisest use of our land and water resources, protecting our fish and wildlife, preserving the environmental and cultural values of our national parks and historical places, and providing for the enjoyment of life through outdoor recreation. The Department assesses our energy and mineral resources and works to assure that their development is in the best interest of all our people. The Department also has a major responsibility for American Indian reservation communities and for people who live in island territories under U.S. administration.