St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1863-06-04
TIRE REBn1Llou RECORD,

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The great value Of this publications j.
becoming more fully estimated With each
succeeding issue. That it is the best, full
est and most reliable history Of the xa1
now published will be admitted By salI
who compare it With other like works.-
The New York Josrna! ef Cdn.s,erce
contains lengthy review, unvarying in
terms Of commendation, from which We
make the following extracts: -: .
/; The Rebelion Record Of Mr.. Frank
Moore Is therefore one Of the most ne
markable literary works Of any age, for it
ensures the TACT that the war will 20 down
to the future ages without possibility 81
'coucealment rs to facts, motives or poll
c,es pursued by the contestants @ 49,
Examining it in this view, We are more
and mole astonished at the impartialty
with which the editor pulsues his labors,
aud the invaluable results for the benefit
Of the country and the world which he i
bringing out Of them. As the ~.r goes
on it daguerrcotypes itself ON the pages
Of The Record, every feature standing
out clear and distinct. All the move.
ments Of those who stand behind the
scenes and direct the drama are visible
70 the eye, from the remarkable oolloca.
ton which is Affected in these pages
Causes and effects are brought close to.
gether, and none can be 80 blind as not
to see the connection. t,'t~. ,
Aside from the great historical value o)
the work, it is also to be noted that IN ,
war like this, where millions are directly
and indirectly interested in the various
events, scarcely = man, woman or chil6 ia
the land fails to find in The Record some
passage Of deep personal interest. The
battle in which brother, father, husband
or son, perhaps fell, must always possess
the deepest interest to the family. The
song that stranger has written about
that battle has music or pathos of Pc
culiar significance.
Hence such n rooo-d 10 Of special ;nta--
est in American homes, and in this regard
the work must be considered as wholly
unrivalled by any former publication of a
historic or descriptive character. It is a
constant and unfailing book of reference.
It furnishes the orator with all the history
Of the times; it answers the questions
which men discuss, and about which they
differ in every village, town and city the
courts refer to it for the decision of i'm
portant points, and editors arc relieved of
the labors Of hours of almost hopeless
searching for authorities by the index,
which presents the matter before them at
glance.
The plan of the work is peculiar and
happy. 1t contains three divisions First,
a diary Of events, giving from day to day
the occurrences of the war in all parts Of
the country. Second, Official documents,
and in this department the work is pecu-
liarly valuable, from the accurate revised
reports which it furnishes, and which are
elsewhere inaccessible. Third, poetry, in
cidents, anecdotes, etc. This last feature
has historic value hitherto unappreci-
ated. When one wished to write the
songs of q nation in order to control its
character he but expressed the great fact
that its character is visible in its favorite
songs.
So, too, vast amount Of history, the
finishing tiuts, the character-ines Of the
historical portraiturc, are to be derived
from the anecdotes, facetie, the common
jokes Of people. -
We have given more than usual notice
to The Rebe1io. Record, because it is be.
coming one of the institutions of The
country during the war, is a novelty in
literature, and an illustration Of the ad
vance of tho arts and sciences in this age
Of the world: =,