Pictorial history of the war for the Union, volume 1 (of 2)

by Ann S. Stephens

1863.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1862,

By JOHN G. WELLS,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

EDWARD O. JENKINS,

Printer & Stereotyper,

No. 20 North William St.

INTRODUCTION.

The most difficult tusk, perhaps, known to literature, is to write a history of events as they transpire—to arrange facts before the hand of time has given them just position and importance. In writing a history of the Civil War which is now raging in the land—the most gigantic and stupendous rebellion yet known to the world—the magnitude of the task, and the difficulties that present themselves, challenge a degree of moral courage almost equal to that physical bravery which has been so conspicuous in the war. But if an honest intention to be just—a thorough desire for truth, and a determination to discard all personal prejudices, can produce a faithful history, this work has a right to claim acceptance.