Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . d of all the Union forces, with thespecially conferred title of lieutenant-general, a title subsequently raised tothat of general. By the brilliant, persistent, and simultaneous campaigns hecarried through in the East and West, he further clinched his title as one ofthe worlds greatest generals,
Triumphs and wonders of the 19th century, the true mirror of a phenomenal era, a volume of original, entertaining and instructive historic and descriptive writings, showing the many and marvellous achievements which distinguish an hundred years of material, intellectual, social and moral progress .. . d of all the Union forces, with thespecially conferred title of lieutenant-general, a title subsequently raised tothat of general. By the brilliant, persistent, and simultaneous campaigns hecarried through in the East and West, he further clinched his title as one ofthe worlds greatest generals, and ended the conflict with honorable was honored twice with the presidency of the nation, and through thetrying period of reconstruction his wise statesmanship cemented the Unionhis sword had preserved. Arthur Wellesley Wellington of England (b. May 1,1769; d. September 22, 700 TRIUMPHS AND WONDERS OF THE XIXth CENTURY 1852), attained his first real military distinction in the campaigns of the Eng-lish in India. He further, added to his fame in the campaign against Francein the Spanish peninsula. But his greatest glory as a warrior was reachedin 1814, when, with the aid of the Prussian marshal Bliicher, he defeatedNapoleon at the decisive battle of Waterloo. He was afterwards honored. DUKE OF WELLINGTON. with a seat in the House of Lords, and as Prime Minister of the Tory party,,but his statesmanship proved to be of an inferior and unpopular order. Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke, of Germany (b. October 26, 1800; 24, 1891), was the worlds greatest exponent of strictly scientific war-fare. He made the Prussian army a most powerful and dangerous machine,,and led it triumphantly against Denmark and Austria. By dint of strictorganization and drill he made the armies of the German Confederationequally effective, as was shown in the Franco-German war (1870-71), which EPOCH-MAKERS OF THE CENTURY 701 was a series of brilliant victories, ending with the capitulation o
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