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. Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America . Marine Artilleryman at Manassas . 582 Tennessee Sharpshooter .... 583 Tail-Piece—Hauling Cannon . . 583 Initial Letter 584 Portrait of Daniel Tyler .... 585Beauregards Head-Quarters at Ma-nassas 586 The Field of Operations—Map . . 5S6 The Stone Bridge 587 The Field of Operations from July 16 to July 19—Map 5S8 Cokcorans Sixty-Ninth New York . 589 Grayson Dare-Devils 590 Portrait of Joseph E. Johnston . 591Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry . .59!Topography of the Battle-Field . .594 Sudley Church 59* Georgia Heavy Infantry .... 59
. Pictorial history of the Civil War in the United States of America . Marine Artilleryman at Manassas . 582 Tennessee Sharpshooter .... 583 Tail-Piece—Hauling Cannon . . 583 Initial Letter 584 Portrait of Daniel Tyler .... 585Beauregards Head-Quarters at Ma-nassas 586 The Field of Operations—Map . . 5S6 The Stone Bridge 587 The Field of Operations from July 16 to July 19—Map 5S8 Cokcorans Sixty-Ninth New York . 589 Grayson Dare-Devils 590 Portrait of Joseph E. Johnston . 591Fourteenth Virginia Cavalry . .59!Topography of the Battle-Field . .594 Sudley Church 59* Georgia Heavy Infantry .... 593, Michael Corcoran ...... 59>S Alabama Light Infantry .... 597 The Portico 59? Wade Hampton 599 Black-Horse Cavalry 599 Virginia Artillery—Rockingham Bat-tery 59^ Cavalry of Hamptons Legion . . 601 Battle of Bulls Run—Map . . 602 Bulls Run Battle-Ground .... 601 Miless Head-Quarters at Centreville . 60S Stone Church, Centreville .... 601 Monument on Buli^s Run Battle-Gfotmp 60? THE CIVIL WAR CHAPTEE I. THE POLITICAL CONVENTIONS IN .(afpN the spring of the year 1861,-* a civil war was kindled inthe United States of Amer-ica, which has neither a pat-tern in character nor a precedent incauses recorded in the history of man-kind. It appears in the annals of the race as amighty phenomenon, but not an inexplica-ble one. Gazers uj)on it at this moment, • its awfully grand and mysteriousproportions rather fill the mind with wonder thanexcite the reason, look for the half-hidden springsof its existence in different directions among theobscurities of theory. There is a general agree-ment, however, that the terrible war was clearlythe fruit of a conspiracy against the nationalityof the Republic, and an attempt, in defiance ofthe laws of Divine Equity, to establish an Empireupon a basis of injustice and a denial of the dearestrights of man. That conspiracy budded when the Constitution of theRepublic became the supreme law of the land,1 and, under the cultur
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