e especially welcome
to men of the new generation, and would be valued by a very
great class of readers;--and there has seemed to be great danger
that the time would be allowed to pass when it would be possible
to give to such a work the vividness and accuracy that come from
personal recollection. These facts led to the conception of the
present work.

From every department of the Government, from the officers of
the army, and from a great number of custodians of records and
special information everywhere, both authors and publishers have
received every aid that could be asked in this undertaking; and
in announcing the issue of the work the publishers take this
occasion to convey the thanks which the authors have had
individual opportunities to express elsewhere.

The volumes are duodecimos of about 250 pages each, illustrated by
maps and plans prepared under the direction of the authors.

The price of each volume is $1.00.

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_The following volumes are now ready_:

_=I.--The Outbreak of Rebellion.=_ By JOHN G. NICOLAY,
Esq., Private Secretary to President Lincoln; late
Consul-General to France, etc.

A preliminary volume, describing the opening of the war, and
covering the period from the election of Lincoln to the end of
the first battle of Bull Run.

=_II.--From Fort Henry to Corinth._= By the Hon. M.F.
FORCE, Justice of the Superior Court, Cincinnati; late
Brigadier-General and Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S.V., commanding
First Division, 17th Corps; in 1862, Lieut. Colonel of the
20th Ohio, commanding the regiment at Shiloh; Treasurer of
the Society of the Army of the Tennessee.

The narrative of events in the West from the Summer of 1861 to
May, 1862; covering the capture of Fts. Henry and Donelson, the
Battle of Shiloh, etc., etc.

=_III.--The Peninsula._= By ALEXANDER S. WEBB, LL.D.,
President of the College of the City of New York: Assistant
Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, 1861-'62;
Inspector General Fifth Army Corps; General commanding 2d
Div., 2d Corps; Major General Assigned, and Chief of Staff,
Army of the Potomac.

The history of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, from his
appointment to the end of the Seven Days' Fight.

=_IV.--The Army under Pope._= By JOHN C.