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Crafts, William A. (1819-1906) The Southern rebellion: being a history of the United States from the commencement of President Buchanan's administration through the war for the suppression of the rebellion

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00267.250 Author/Creator: Crafts, William A. (1819-1906) Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Book Date: 1864, 1867 Pagination: 2 v., v. 1 662 p., v. 2 648 p. : ill. : maps ; 29.1 x 23.4 cm Order a Copy

Published by Samuel Walker. Copyright 1863. Two volumes, illustrated with steel engravings. Contains "a record of political events, military movements, campaigns, expeditions, battles, skirmishes, etc. prepared from official documents and other authentic sources."

II Nevins 9, III Dornbusch 181.

Crafts, William August, 1819-1906

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