The most fearful ordeal original coverage of the Civil War

Collects the "New York Times" articles that documented the Civil War as it was transmitted by the era's recently developed telegraph, in a volume that includes coverage of key events and issues and is complemented by period photography and maps.

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Corporate Author: Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana (Mississippi State University. Libraries)
Other Authors: McPherson, James M.
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : St. Martin's Press, 2004.
Edition:First edition.
Series:New York Times.
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245 0 4 |a The most fearful ordeal :  |b original coverage of the Civil War /  |c by writers and reporters of The New York Times ; introduction and notes by James M. McPherson. 
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505 0 |a Introduction -- 1859-1861: Uprising at Harper's Ferry -- Execution of John Brown -- Lincoln elected -- South Carolina secedes -- Fort Sumter -- Battle of Bull Run -- 1862: Fort Donelson -- Monitor vs. Merrimac -- Battle of Pittsburgh Landing -- Capture of New Orleans -- Battling for Richmond -- Second battle of Bull Run -- Antietam -- Emancipation Proclamation (Preliminary) -- General McClellan dismissed -- Fredericksburg -- 1863: Chancellorsville -- Emancipation Proclamation (Final) -- Death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson -- Vicksburg -- Gettysburg -- Draft riots in New York City -- Gettysburg Address -- 1864: Battle of the Wilderness -- Petersburg -- Battle of the Crater at Petersburg -- Fall of Atlanta -- 1865: Abolition of slavery -- Occupation of Richmond -- Surrender at Appomattox -- Assassination of Abraham Lincoln -- Abraham Lincoln's funeral -- Inauguration of Andrew Johnson -- John Wilkes Booth Killed -- Trial of Assassins -- Conspirators sentenced -- Four assassins hanged -- Obituaries: Robert E. Lee (1807-1870) -- Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) -- Jefferson Davis (1808-1889) -- William T. Sherman (1820-1891) -- Index. 
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