A youth's history of the great civil war in the United States, from 1861 to 1865 / by R.G. Horton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horton, R. G. (Rushmore G.), 1826- author.

Series:

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood.

Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Juvenile literature.

United States.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (384 pages, 15 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations, portraits.

Edition:

Thirty-fifth thousand.

Place of Publication:

New York : Van Evrie, Horton and Company, 1867.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Written by a sympathizer with the southern cause ; presents a pro-South, pro-state rights, pro-slavery, anti-Republican Party, and anti-Abraham Lincoln view of the Civil War.

Contents:

The causes of the war

The election of Lincoln

Secession

The policy and object of secession

The beginning of secession

Efforts of the Democracy to save the Union

The formation of the new Confederacy

Mr. Lincoln's journey to Washington and inauguration

"The first gun of Sumter"

Mr. Lincoln's first call for troops

The rush of troops to Washington

The first great battle

The campaign in the West

Campaign in western Virginia and Battle of Leesburg

Campaign in Kentucky

Closing events of 1861, and the beginning of 1862

The Battles of Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing

The fall of New Orleans : "Butler the beast"

Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley

Embarkation of the Army of the Potomac

Doings of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley

Battle of Fair Oaks and Gaines's Mills

McClellan's retreat

The inauguration of a reign of plunder and arson

The Second Battle of Manassas ; Bull Run

Lee in Maryland ; Battle of Antietam

Bloody doings in the west

General Burnside's bloody campaign

Mr. Lincoln's campaign in the North

The Battle of Murfreesboro ; doings in the west

General Hooker's campaign

The Siege of Vicksburg

The naval defeat off Charleston ; Gillmore's repulse

Gen. Morgan's raid into the west ; Chickamauga

The Confederate Navy and privateers

Events in the north in 1863

The opening events of 1864

Gen. Grant's "On to Richmond"

Sherman's "On to Atlanta"

The presidential election and other events of 1864

Gen. Sherman's march to Savannah and Goldsboro

Events of 1865 ; General Lee's surrender

The assassination of Mr. Lincoln

The capture of Jefferson Davis.

Notes:

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Scanned copy imperfect: bleed-through. 8 pages at end unreadable.

OCLC:

905338087

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.