The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1885-01-09
THE /! CENTURY
In 1885.
PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
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PAPERS ON THE CIVIL WAR.
The important feature of The CENTURY
MAGAZINE for the coming year--indeed, per.
hapS the most important ever undertaken
by the magazine-will be series of separ
ate papers on the great battles of the Wal
for the Union, written by general officers
high in command upon both the Federal
and the Confederate sides ,-(ieneral Grant
who writes Of Vicksburg, Shiloh, and other
battles), Generals Longstreet, Mcclellan
Beauregard, Rosecrans, Hill, Admiral Por-
ter, and others. The series opens in the
November CENTURY with graphically il.
lustrated article on
The Battle of Bull Run.
written by the Confederate general. Il. L
Beauregard. Brief sketches, entitled
"RecollectiOns of Private" papers chron.
telling special events, descriptions of various
auxiliary branches of the service, etc, will
supplement the more important series by
the various generals.
a strict regard for accuracy will guide the
preparation of the illustrations, for which
The CENTURY has at its disposal a very
large quantity of photographs, drawings
portraits, maps. plans, etc, hitherto used
The aim Is to present In this series not Of
fetal reports, but commanding officers ac-
counts of their plans and OF erations,- Inter
esting personal experiences which will re-
cord leading events of the war, and possess
at the same time, a historical value moi
easily to be calculated.
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A New Novel by W. D. Howells,
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Progress in Sanitary Draining;
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John Burroughs
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