Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-11-21
THE CENTURY IN 1895.

The important feature Of the Centn-
~ Magazine for the coming vear-in-
deed, perhaps the most important ever
undertaken by the magazine-will be
series of separate papers on the
great battles Of the war for the Union
written by general officers high in
command upon both the federal and
confederate sides,-General Grant
(who writes of Vicksburg, Shiloh, and
OF her battles of Generals Longstrcet,
Mcclellan. Bcauregard, Rosecrans,
Hill, Admiral Porter, aud others. The
series opens in the November Century
with q graphically illustrated article
on the battle of bull run, written by
the confederate general G. I. Beaure-
gard. Brief sketches entitled "Recol-
lections of a Private" papers chron.
icing special events, descriptions OF
various auxiliary branches of the SER
vice, ETC., with a supplement- of the
more important series by the various
generals.
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off cial reports, but commanding OH
GERS accounts of their plans aud oper-
mountaineering per.onai experien.
ces which will record leading events OF
the war, aud possess, at the same time,
historical value not easily to be cal
culated.
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L. G. Stedman, Edmund Gosse, ant
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