RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE CIVIL WAR
With the Leaders at Washington
and in the Field in the Sixties
BY
CHARLES A. DANA
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF WAR FROM 1863 TO 1865
WITH PORTRAIT
NEW YORK
D. Appleton and Company
1902
Copyright, 1898,
By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR
THE WORKS OF CHARLES A. DANA.
Recollections of the Civil War.
By Charles A. Dana. With Portrait. Large 12mo.Cloth, gilt top, uncut, $2.00.
The late Charles A. Dana's "Recollections of the Civil War" formsone of the most remarkable volumes of historical, political, and personalreminiscences which have been given to the public. Mr. Dana was notonly practically a member of the Cabinet and in the confidence of theleaders of Washington, but he was also the chosen representative of theWar Department with General Grant and other military commanders,and he was present at many of the councils which preceded movementsof the greatest importance.
Appletons' American Cyclopædia.
A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge. Edited byCharles A. Dana and George Ripley. Complete in16 volumes of over 800 pages each. Fully illustrated withseveral thousand Wood Engravings and numerous ColoredLithographic Maps. Sold only by subscription.
The Household Book of Poetry.
Edited by Charles A. Dana. Illustrated with Steel Engravings.New and enlarged edition. Royal 8vo. Cloth,$5.00; morocco, antique, $10.00; tree calf, $12.00.
Fifty Perfect Poems.
Selected and edited by Charles A. Dana and RossiterJohnson. Royal 8vo. Illustrated. White silk, $10.00;morocco, $15.00.
The Household Book of Songs.
The Art of Newspaper Making.
Three Lectures. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00.
Eastern Journeys.
Some Notes of Travel in Russia, in the Caucasus, and toJerusalem. 16mo. Cloth, $1.00.
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, NEW YORK.
PREFACE.
Mr. Dana wrote these Recollections of the civilwar according to a purpose which he had entertainedfor several years. They were completed only a fewmonths before his death on October 17, 1897. Alarge part of the narrative has been published seriallyin McClure's Magazine. In the chapter about AbrahamLincoln and the Lincoln Cabinet Mr. Dana hasdrawn from a lecture which he deliv