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6o2 The Publishers' Circular Aug. i, 18&...
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6o2 The Publishers' Circular Aug. I, 18&...
6 o 2 The Publishers' Circular Aug . i , 18 & 1
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IMPORTANT ADDITION TO THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR . Now complete in three octavo volumes , containing over two thousand pages , and illustrated with a Steel Portrait and Thirty-three Maps . MILITARY HISTORY OF ULYSSES S . GRANT , FROM APRIL , 1861 , TO APRIL , 1865 . I 3 Y GENERAL . AJD ^ JVE B ^ AJD IE ^ JD , Aide-de-Camp to the General-in-Chief . 1 General Badeau has had exceptional advantages in the preparation of this valuable work . Before the Grant war 's st he aff was , he a was journ military alist of secretary known skill , and and accompanied acquirements the . commander While in the of the war army , a member from the of General close of the Vicksburg campaign till the surrender of Lee . He shared the confidence of the General-in-Chiefa confidence which continues unbroken till the present day . He has had the assistance of the leading Department commanders , of both the Confederat armies in e constru and Federal cting his and narrative it is know ; he n has that had the access sheets to of the his record work s were of the read War in the proof truth by General of the author Grant ' , s General narrative Sherman . This , military , General history Sheridan , therefore , and other , comes officers to us who with could every contribute assurance to of renown accura will cy , and rest it . may .. be A accepted work which as Grant will ' s long own be presentation accepted as of a the classic claims history upon of which the greatest his military war of modern times . '—New York Herjuld . General Sherman , speaking of the second and third volumes of Badeau ' s * Military History of General last Grant about two , which ' says he was many that satisfied ' conflicting he had that read the statements the great first events volume have been with in the circulated great last i day nterest s were of , the treated and strugg from not le a onl cursory for y national with review indubitable life of , and the notabl glory to y the General case in Grant treating , but impartial upon the inception justice to and the leading execution actors of , the in these march events from / Atlanta ' This , ' to he the said sea , 'is / . . . . ' Taking the work as a whole , it will undoubtedly be one of the best military histories ever can written for in testif no of y other any to the general way patient could , and research he , being have of familiar reached the author with the throug the truth circumstances / h files Again of secre the surrounding t General correspondence says many : ' and I , events for official one narrated , archives have the , I , last addition to our stock of knowledge in Badeau's " Military History of General Grant" and of Mr . ment Davis' and " Ri -1 se believe and Fall that of the the cause Southern of truth Confederacy demands . " that These are witness now fair shall subjects record of his criticism honest and inions com-Badeau heartburnings of the such terrible , important could battles are otherwise generated , matters from have the . > b So y Wilderness accounted allusions far as I to for am to personal A actual capable ppomattox traits results of jud every Court of . ging character I House assure , General , dl clearl ; but rose Badeau y I fro and do m not has well the see told . perusal how I his know op General story of that his of I better volume prepared with a hi to g unite her estimate in celebrating of the its great perseverance Army of , its the mi Potomac ghty courage than y and I had heroism before / , and am now Price for the work complete , in cloth , « £ 2 . 12 s . 6 d . I London : SAMPSON Crown LOW Buildings , MARSTON , 188 Fleet , Street SEAKLE , E . O . , & RIVINGTON , ( 349 ) Ja
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Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Aug. 1, 1881, page 602, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_01081881/page/26/
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