Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1884-11-13
The CENTURY
IN 1885.
A GREAT ENTERPRISE
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.

the most important ever undertaken by the
magazine Will he u series Ot papers ON the
great battles of the War for the Union, written
hy general officers high In command upon both
the Federal aud the Confederate sides Gencr.
nj Grant (whO writes nt NickShurg. Shiloh, and
other battlcSl. Generals lOngStrcet. Mcclellan.
Beauregard, ROSecrams, Hill, Admiral Porter
and others. The series opens In the November
CENTURY with graphically Illustrated article
on
THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN,
written hy the Confederate general. q. 7. Beau.
regard. Brief sketches, entitled 'RccOllrctiuns
uf Il Private papers chrunclng special events,
the service, etc, VIII supplement the more I'M
pOrtant series by the various generals.
A strict regard for accuracy will guide the
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tlty ot photographs, drawings. portraits, maps,
plans, ETC., hitherto unused. The aim is tn pre-.
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lnanding officers accounts of their plans and
operations interesting personal experiences
which will record leading events 0f the war,
and possess, ut the same time, u historical val.
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PROGRESS IN SANITARY DRAINING;
l.. c. Stcdman. Edmund GOSsr aud others vii
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