[Illustration: SEC. OF THE INTERIOR CALEB B. SMITH SECRETARY OF STATE WILLIAM H. SEWARD SEC. OF THE TREASURY SALMON P. CHASE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY GIDEON WELLES PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES ABRAHAM LINCOLN SECRETARY OF WAR EDWIN M. STANTON ATTORNEY GENERAL EDWARD BATES VICE PRESIDENT HANNIBAL HAMLIN POSTMASTER-GENERAL MONTGOMERY BLAIR] [Illustration: PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION BY Mrs. ANN S. STEPHENS] PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE WAR FOR THE UNION. A COMPLETE AND RELIABLE =History of the War= FROM ITS COMMENCEMENT TO ITS CLOSE: GIVING A GRAPHIC PICTURE OF ITS ENCOUNTERS, THRILLING INCIDENTS, FRIGHTFUL SCENES, HAIRBREADTH ESCAPES, INDIVIDUAL DARING, DESPERATE CHARGES, PERSONAL ANECDOTES, ETC., GLEANED FROM EYE-WITNESSES OF, AND PARTICIPANTS IN, THE TERRIBLE SCENES DESCRIBED—A TRUTHFUL LIVING REFLEX OF ALL MATTERS OF INTEREST CONNECTED WITH THIS THE MOST GIGANTIC OF HUMAN STRUGGLES. TOGETHER WITH A COMPLETE CHRONOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF THE WAR. BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. EMBELLISHED WITH OVER TWO HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS. TWO VOLUMES. VOL I. CINCINNATI: JAMES R. HAWLEY, 164 VINE STREET, PUBLISHER OF SUBSCRIPTION BOOKS. 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.