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The Civil War Through The Camera - 1912 CD ROM
This is a complete history of the American civil war, with hundreds of vivid photographs actually taken in Civil War times.
This book was created by Henry H. Elson, copyright 1912, and published by Patriot Publishing Co., Springfield, Mass.
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You will gain a whole new perspective of history, and events, by reading antiquarian history books.
The style, and the prose, and the drama, of a book created in a distant, and bygone era, lends a perspective that is lost in modern works. Antiquarian
works are also a reflection of the times in which they were written. Popular topics, such as the American Civil War, were never so alive as when written about in the early 1900's.
Ideal for the Civil War Buff, students, teachers, scholars, and History Buffs.
To order a copy, visit our web site by clicking here.
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This is a large volume consisting of approximately 250 pages of text, and 495 photographs with associated captions, and 16 color reproductions. This ebook includes all of the original book; there are no abridgments.
In addition to the original photographs, there are several slide shows that contain the color reproductions, plus additional photographs, and sketches that were not part of the original book.
Even though this book was published in 1912, it provides an excellent account of the War of Rebellion, in both picture, and in prose; perhaps even more-so than found in more modern, sanitized accounts.
This book tells a story of death, and sorrow, and destruction, and deprivation, and hatred, and cruelty, and pain, that is balanced by tales of honor, chivalry, kindness, and humanity, and morality, and patriotism.
The textual style, prose, grammar, spelling, punctuation, even word usage, and descriptions, are somewhat different than our modern day expectations, but that only serves to enhance the experience; they certainly add a post-Victorian drama that is something to smile about. For example, note the drama in the following quote, one of many, from the book:
....Battle-line after battle-line, bravely obeying orders, was annihilated. The entrenchments were shivered and shattered, trunks of trees carved into split brooms. Sometimes the contestants came so close together that their muskets met, muzzle to muzzle, and their flags almost intertwined with each other as they waved in the breeze. As they fought with the desperation of madmen, the living would stand on the bodies of the dead to reach over the breastworks with their weapons of slaughter....
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Table of Contents:
Section 00 RECORDS WAR BETWEEN THE STATES
Section 01 BULL RUN - THE VOLUNTEERS FACE FIRE
Section 02 FORT HENRY AND FORT DONELSON
Section 03 SHILOH-THE FIRST GRAND BATTLE
Section 04 THE FIGHT FOR RICHMOND
Section 05 THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY
Section 06 THE SEVEN DAY'S BATTLES
Section 07 CEDAR MOUNTAIN
Section 08 SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN
Section 09 "ANTIETAM, OR SHARPESBURG"
Section 10 "STONE'S RIVER, OR MURFREESBORO"
Section 11 FREDERICKSBURG-DISASTER FOR A NEW UNION LEADER
Section 12 CHANCELLORSVILLE AND JACKSON'S FLANKING MARCH
Section 13 VICKSBURG AND PORT HUDSON
Section 14 THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG-THE HIGH-WATER MARK OF THE CIVIL WAR
Section 15 CHICKAMAUGA-THE BLOODIEST CONFLICT IN THE WEST
Section 16 LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN
Section 17 THE BATTLE IN THE WILDERNESS
Section 18 SPOTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE
Section 19 COLD HARBOR
Section 20 TO ATLANTA
Section 21 THE LAST CONFLICTS IN THE SHENANDOAH
Section 22 THE INVESTMENT OF PETERSBURG
Section 23 SHERMAN'S FINAL CAMPAIGN
Section 24 THE LAST INVASION OF TENNESSEE-FRANKLIN-NASHVILLE
Section 25 THE SIEGE AND FALL OF PETERSBURG
Section 26 APPOMATTOX