The pictorial book of anecdotes and incidents of the war of the rebellion
Subtitle: civil, military, naval and domestic
By: by Frazar Kirkland [pseud.] ; beautifully illustrated with over 300 engravings
Publisher: W.E. Bliss & Co.
Published: 1884
Place of publication: Des Moines, Iowa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 705
Other titles: Book of anecdotes and incidents of the rebellion; Book of anecdotes of the war of the rebellion.
Notes: Includes index.

Kirkland also known as R.M. Devens.

"Published by subscription only."

"Embracing conflict in the United States: heroic, patriotic, political, romantic, humorous and tragical [sic], from the time of the memorable toast of Andrew Jackson--"The Federal Union: it must be preserved!" uttered in 1830, in presence of the original secession conspirators, to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln, and the end of the war; with famous words and deeds of woman, sanitary and hospital scenes, prison experiences, & c."

Added t.p., engraved.

Two columns to the page.

Plates included in pagination; some illustrated by H. Fenn, or Herrick; some engraved by N. Orr & Co.

Afterwards issued under title: Reminiscences of the blue and gray '61-'65.

Bound in cloth.
Table of contents: title: Preface, and plan of the work; title: List of plates, portraits, and descriptive embellishments; title: pt. 1. Patriotic, political, civil, judicial, administrative, etc.; title: pt. 2. Volunteering, drafting, commuting, substituting, deserting, etc.; title: pt. 3. Great conflicts and achievements of the army, and illustrious examples of individual heroism in the rank and file, etc.; title: pt. 4. Naval and commercial: squadron, fleet, steamer, gunboat, transport and privateer, their cruises, officers, performance, etc.; title: pt. 5. Military organization and equipment, discipline and drill, parade, reveille, reviews, ordnance, paroles, passes, furloughs, countersigns, fugitive hunts, etc.; title: pt. 6. Commissary and rations, finance and currency, the press, the mails, the telegraph, etc.; title: pt. 7. Domestic, moral, womanly, sanitary, affect ional, matrimonial, romantic, etc.; title: pt. 8. Final scenes and events in the great drama: Assassination of President Lincoln ; Ignominious doom of Jefferson Davis, etc.; title: List of battles, engagements, collisions, captures, surrenders, surprises, etc., on land and sea, during the rebellion (consulted in the preparation of these anecdotes); title: List of the public vessels employed in the war, and consulted in the preparation of these anecdotes; title: Names of generals and chief naval officers, under whose command, or in whose departments the anecdotal incidents, etc., here given occurred.