Written by Army officers of the era, this extensive 13-volume series explores the various campaigns of the Civil War and surveys the complex nature of a war that spread across the nation, from Virginia to New Mexico, from Robert E. Lee to Kit Carson.Originally published between 1881 and 1883- only twenty years after the beginning of the war- this series presents a concise and vivid account of the battles that comprised the American Civil War. The volumes are organized chronologically according to the campaigns they treat, from the war's outbreak at the Battle of Bull Run in 1861 to General Lee's surrender at Appomattox Courthouse in 1865.The series includes several illustrated maps and plans, interspersed with personal recollections by actual participants. Each volume includes an introduction, preface, index, and appendix(s). As a set, it provides an in-depth look into this fascinating period in American history.

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Abraham Lincoln, Vol. 2: A History (Classic Reprint)

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A Short Life of Abraham Lincoln - Condensed From Nicolay & Hay's Abraham Lincoln: A History by John G. Nicolay - Brand New Copy Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States, was born in a log cabin in the backwoods of Kentucky on the 12th day of February 1809. His father, Thomas Lincoln, was sixth in direct line of descent from Samuel Lincoln, who emigrated from England to Massachusetts in 1638. Following the prevailing drift of American settlement, these descendants had, during a century and a half, successively moved from Massachusetts to New Jersey, from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, from Pennsylvania to Virginia, and from Virginia to Kentucky; while collateral branches of the family eventually made homes in other parts of the West. In Pennsylvania and Virginia some of them had acquired considerable property and local prominence. In the year 1780, Abraham Lincoln, the President's grandfather, was able to pay into the public treasury of Virginia "one hundred and sixty pounds, current money," for which he received a warrant, directed to the "Principal Surveyor of any County within the commonwealth of Virginia," to lay off in one or more surveys for Abraham Linkhorn, his heirs or assigns, the quantity of four hundred acres of land. The error in spelling the name was a blunder of the clerk who made out the warrant.

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