History of the Civil War, 1861-1865

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A History of the Civil War, 1861-1865 (1917)
by James Ford Rhodes

This book earned the Pulitzer Prize in History in 1918.

144399A History of the Civil War, 1861-18651917James Ford Rhodes

HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR

1861–1865

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

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HISTORY OF

THE CIVIL OF WAR

1861–1865


BY

JAMES FORD RHODES, LL.D., D.Litt.

AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM
THE COMPROMISE OF 1850 TO THE FINAL RESTO-
RATION OF HOME RULE AT THE SOUTH IN
1877; HISTORICAL ESSAYS; LECTURES
ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
DELIVERED AT OXFORD


WITH MAPS


New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

1917

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1917,

By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.


Set up and electrotyped. Published November, 1917.


Norwood Press

J. S. Cushing Co.—Berwick & Smith Co.

Norwood, Mass., U.S.A.

LIST OF MAPS

The United States West of the Missouri in 1860, East of the Missouri in 1861 Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
Battlefield of Young’s Branch or Manassas Plains 38
The Campaign in Tennessee 86
Fort Donelson 88
Map to Illustrate the Seven Days’ Battle 136
Eastern Virginia 158
Battle of Fredericksburg 184
Battle of Chancellorsville 212
Map showing Route of Ewell’s Corps from Fredericksburg, Va., to Gettysburg, Pa., and return to Orange Court-House, Va. 226
Battle of Gettysburg, with Position of Troops July 2, 1863 234
Map Illustrating Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign 250
Map showing the Army Movements around Chattanooga, Tenn. 292
Sherman's Campaign from Chattanooga to Atlanta 314
Grant’s and Sheridan’s Campaigns, 1864 338
Military Map of the Marches of the United States Forces under Command of Maj. Gen. W. T. Sherman, U. S. A. 398
Grant’s and Sheridan’s Campaigns, 1865 430


This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1927, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 96 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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