BT CHARLES A. DANA. 



Recollections of the Civil War 



By CHARLES A. DANA. With Portrait and Index. 



Large I 2mo. Gilt top, uncut 



$2.00. 



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k HE late Charles A. 

 Dana's "Recollec- 

 tions of the Civil 

 War" forms one of the 

 most remarkable volumes 

 of historical, political, and 

 personal reminiscences 

 which have been given 

 to the public. Mr. Da- 

 na begins his associa- 

 tion with Horace Gree- 

 ley, and his change from 

 the Tribune to the War 

 Department, in which he 

 became Mr. Stanton's as- 

 sistant and close associ- 

 ate. Mr. Dana's intimate 

 relations to the great 

 events of the war, in the 

 field and at Washington, 

 and his connection with 

 President Lincoln and 

 with the leading figures 

 in military, political, and 

 business circles, have en- 

 abled him to depict the 

 inner life of that period 

 in a manner which has 

 not been approached. 

 Mr. Dana was not only 

 practically a member of 



the Cabinet and in the confidence of leaders at Washington, but he was also the chosen 



representative of the War Department with General Grant and other military commanders, 



and he was present at many of the councils which preceded 



movements of the greatest importance. Mr. Dana was se- 

 lected to sit in judgment upon charges of treason, bribery, 



and fraud, and he was familiar with all the inner workings 



of the vast machinery which was set iivoperation by the 



war. The importance of this unwritten history is obvious. 



Furthermore, Mr. Dana's own narrative is re-enforced by 



many letters from Grant, Stanton, Sherman, and others, 



now published in book form for the first time. It is un- 

 necessary to add any reference to Mr. Dana's mastery of 



English. When these reminiscences were published in 



part in McClure's Magazine they were characterized as 



"not only the most important piece of historical writing 



of the latter end of the century as to fact and material, 



but in style and presentation they belong to our enduring 



literature." 



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