The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-07-17
The Latest History Of the Ci,il war.


"~ 'A'e" "'s'"'S ~ ohe NV" war
There IL something fresh and origina
in the very title 81 History 81 the T0Hied
'ruf' "df iSturgis \ Walton Company
10y GEORGE CARY EdGiLsroS. Who wa'
himself a soldier IN the armies OF the South
throughout the conflict first known 10 u;
IN the North ss the Rebellion. but which
has later come "a he called the civil war
Now that the war With Spain has inter.
vened az historical event We can no
longer be- certain that We shall be- under
stood when We s,mply speak - the war
There I'LL be absolutely no doubt Of our
meaning. however. II We follow the eN-
ample ~ Mr. Eggl"-ton and call - the
onfederat" War
~" insists az the outset that II was not
a civil war at all. IN the sense 81 being an
unorganized rebellion or insurrectioD. a.
the United States Government was in
clned 20 regard it for a short time after
the outbreak 81 hostilitic- The struggle
soon developed into "A public war IN which
the contesting forces each represented
an organized Government The officers
and men % the Confederate army and navy
were treated not as mere rebels but as the
Soldi"rs and sailors ~ hostile nation:
and 50 far as military and naval opera
tions wer. concerned the Confederate
States were 20 all intsnts and purposes a
distinct nationality With which the United
States vas waRing a public war The
correctness Of this view can hardly he
questioned az the present day The late
Goodwin smith preferred 20 denominate
the struggle a war Of secession. rejecting
the term civil war a. wholly inaccurate
Vet Mr. Iincoln n,asi have thought other
wise. for AZ the beginning ~ his Gettys-
burg address We read Pour score and
seven wears ago our IN Their. through. forth
upon this continent a new nation CON
ceiyed in liberty and dedicated To the
pror,naition tina, AL men are created equal
Now We are engn ged in n great civil war.
testinz vhether that nation or any nation
A. conceived and 80 dedicated can long
endure IL thus .eanad to I've a civil
wnr 20 the Commander in Chief OF the
ARMY and Navy 81 the ni,ad States az
IN. tim.
On the title nage Mr. Fgsles.on de-
scr,h.s his work a. a narrative and cri,i-
cal history Certainly the critical ele-
men, n.ryades every char,ar and almos,
every mage The author ayows his in.
,ap,,on 20 tell the s,orv ~ the struggle
,xi,h absolute Iov,Itv tn truth and ~.
b,ya no douh, ,bat ba has tri.d IN do Al.
ian. his .ymnathy with the south 10 trace
ahJ. throughout The impression left
,,r,, ,bc mind a. ,h. reader M the emf
- thu, IN. North ,riunpbed no, nv reason
., ,r. riyh,acus,sas ~ ia causa hut
s,IoIv b,.r,u.e ~ IN. numerical .uneri-
o,i,v 81 TIA armies and IN. abundance
~ ia material rasourres U;.,ori.. ~
~. w,r ruhlisbad in tho North have
,,s,,IIv found l,,tIe room ON southern
I,o,k sbeIyss hu, IN Mr. F1ylc.,on's UorI
, ..lc,u. rill hardly 10 denied in IN.
I,b-,r,e. ~ tho south historian ~
Oh. 90 c,nr,, ~. doomed urd,Iv fo,.o,.
alto ~ Tho North Who ;primates tba, Al,
I ;,c,I, ,;,I,,aJ his co,.,i,u,io,,I o,,b
4, oo,c, lac is.,,,ng Oh. .rranc;,.,i,,
,rd r., dool.r,. ,.,, a.,
tho E,r,h -narsopal ,our,g. was Nc,
,,clJ ., n. ,ba opa s,,rre,re tes, ~, mar.
,,oJ n w,s NJ Cd. S,,,b sugoos,in.
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a,,.;c,,, To-, ,,.,rzo,,I ,,,,.o,,,
.oI1;.r .b.r.,s IN IN. south corar,,l,,
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ta,nr,,i,r
,I,,,,, nno-,bird ~ ~. sru, yol,,,,,, 4.
t,y,,.d ,o d,.cu.sion and .Iuci1a,io,
:, ,h.. ,,,,s.s ~ ,b. corf,c, xb,cb had in-
IL baco,r. -;r,e,res.iIIe accor,,;,,
IN IN. pbrase ,h.n current nj IN. ,,n.
. ,h. inauyura,ion 81 Mr. Lincoln ,n
,I,,.h ,sc, N, E,oIa.,,n no.
,,,icrco wi,h ,hoa. -rho cop,s,, ,h.,,,
,.,,y.s Inv saving tha, tho var ~, 80, az
,r.u out ~ slavery. that slavery a,;s,od
,n1 rs defended n, the Sou,h hill :,
,as ,r,agoniz.d n, ,b,. No,,b arJ H., 3D.,
,,,ric, ,ros. on, 81 tina, No,w;,h.
,,,nd,,s "a. ,,ti-sI,v.,v .so,,,r.r, l., ,s,
cn,,h he,ss.,,s aha, il undo,,h,s,,I,. ,ha
r,,,b ,bat an ,,v.rS h.Ir,ins, m, io,i,, -,
Sn,th.rn p.opI.. in tsst would hayo 40.
Ill, ,.,.c,,.i n ,rorn-,I thu, a.. ,,,ia,
b,,,Id ,.,g. xar i,r ,ha a,,.-,,,in,,il.,,
n slavery in the STATES an xhich II I,.gouv !