Schouler's History of the United States. NEW AND REVISED EDITION. VOL. I. 1783-1801. RULE OF FEDERALISM. VOL. II. 1801-1817. JEFFERSON REPUBLICANS. VOL. III. 1817-1831. ERA Of Good Feeling. VOL. IV. 1831-1847. WHIGS AND DEMOCRATS. VOL. V. 1847-1861. FREE SOIL CONTROVERSY. VOL. VI. 1861-1865. THE CIVIL WAR. By the Same Author: THOMAS JEFFERSON (in the " Makers of America " series). HISTORICAL BRIEFS, WITH BIOGRAPHY. CONSTITUTIONAL STUDIES, State and Federal. ᎥᎢ PREFACE. FAVORED by health and opportunity, the author, after an interval of eight years, completes his History of the United States under the Constitution by issuing a sixth volume to cover the period of the Civil War and President Lincoln's memorable administration. During the active composition of this volume, — a labor which would not have been undertaken but for the zealous prompting of others, — I have formed the impression that, with all that has been written, and well written, touching America's gigantic conflict, a narrative within the present compass, viewing events in the calm perspective, developing the story on its civil as well as its military side, and making just use of those copious historical materials which have accumulated during the last thirty years, remained a desideratum. Whether the present work, projected as the companion of former volumes in a consecutive tale, may in a measure supply such a need, the reading public, always indulgent to my efforts, must determine. Among the serviceable works I have consulted and cited, these deserve especial mention: the printed War Records, Union and Confederate, the munificent gift of our government to historical investigators; the Life of Abraham Lincoln by his private secretaries, Nicolay and Hay,2 whose ten large volumes are an ample treasure-house of authentic information, illumined by personal acquaintance; Moore's Rebellion Record, an immense work, compiled as the war went on; the American Annual Cyclopædia, 1861-65; Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, voluminous with its mili 1 1 Cited "W. R." 2 Cited "N. & H." 8 Cited"Moore." |
