Sketch of the life of Abraham LincolnArnold, Isaac N.
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Sketch of the life of Abraham Lincoln
Arnold, Isaac N.
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
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PROSPECTUS OF WORKS
PUBLISHED BY
JOHN B. BACHELDER,
59 BEEKMAN STREET,
NEW YORK.
[Illustration: COL. MORROW, with the COLORS of the 24th MICH. VOLS.]
GETTYSBURG.
When a person is desirous of procuring a published work upon any
subject, it is natural for him to inquire for the sources of information
from which the author has compiled that work. I have, therefore, without
wishing to be considered egotistical, concluded to issue this prospectus
to such as have an interest in the Battle of Gettysburg, that they may
know what I have already done, and what I yet propose to do, to
eliminate the history of that battle.
ISOMETRICAL DRAWING OF THE GETTYSBURG BATTLE-FIELD.
In compiling the Isometrical Drawing of the Gettysburg Battle-field, it
was first necessary to establish its extent and boundaries. When I
arrived at Gettysburg the _debris_ of that great battle lay scattered
for miles around. Fresh mounds of earth marked the resting-place of the
fallen thousands, and many of the dead lay yet unburied. It therefore
required no guide to point out the locality where the battle had been
fought.
As the term _field_, when applied to a battle, is generally used
figuratively, and, by the general reader, might be misunderstood, it is
well to consider at the start, that the battle-_field_ of Gettysburg not
only embraces within its boundaries many _fields_, but forests as well,
and even the town of Gettysburg itself is included in that battle-field.
The formation of the ground and the positions of the troops, favored the
plan of sketching the field while facing the west. Consequently the top
of my DRAWING of it is west: the right hand, north; the left, south, &c.
There was no point from which the whole field could be sketched, nor
would such a position have favored this branch of Art. On the contrary,
it was necessary to sketch from _every_ part of the field, combining the
whole into one grand view.
[Illustration: DEATH OF GEN. ZOOK.]
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