Excerpt from Pictorial History of the War for the Union, Vol. 2 of 2: A Complete and Reliable History of the War From Its Commencement to Its Close Close of the Campaign: Battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1-3, 1865. Sheridan's Expedition in the Shenandoah Valley, Feb 27 - March 19, Expedition against St. Mark's. Fla., March 4 - 12. 1865. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A pictorial history of the Civil War, featuring articles and illustrations that appeared in Harper's Magazine beginning with the events leading up to the firing on Fort Sumter through Reconstruction.

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