CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO.*
FRONTISPIECE, "THE DISPATCH BEARER.” From the painting by Gilbert OaulLIST OF MAPS .
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LIST OF ARTISTS
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LIST OF DRAUGHTSMEN
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LIST OF ENGRAVERS
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FORT PULASKI.
SIEGE AND CAPTURE OF FORT PULASKI..
GENERAL Q. A. GILL MORE
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Illustrations: Fort Pulaski after the Surrender (Xanthus Smith ) —Map of the Siege of Fort Pulaski(Jacob Wells) — Martello Tower and Lighthouse, Tybee Island (Xanthus Smith ) — Brigadier-GeneralEgbert L. Viele, from Brady photo.— Fort Pulaski from Turtle Island (Theo. It. Davis) — BrevetBrigadier-General Horace Porter, from photo.—Brevet Brigadier-General Charles G. Halpine , fromphoto, by C. D. Fredericks & Co. (F. H. Schell) — Views of Fort Pulaski after the Surrender, fromGardner photos. (C. A. Yunderhoof).
EARLY OPERATIONS IN THE GULF
PROFESSOR J. RUSSELL SOLEY
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GEORGE IV. CABLE
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Illustrations: The Confederate Cruiser “Sumter” leaving New Orleans (Theo. It. Davis) — Major-General Mansfield Lovell, C. S. A., from Anderson-Cook photo.— The Union Fleet arriving Jt NewOrleans (J. O. Davidson ).
THE OPENING OF THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
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Illustrations : Farragut’s Flag-ship, the “ Hartford,” from photo, by J. W. Black (J. 0. Davidson )—Maps of the Lower Mississippi (Jacob Wells) — Confederate Sharp-shooters and Swamp Hunters attack-ing Mortar-boats (A. C. Redwood) — Mortar-schooners engaged against Fort Jackson (J. 0. Davidson ) —Plan of Fort Jackson, showing the Effect of the Bombardment (Jr. T,. Lathrop) — Brigadier-GeneralJohnson K. Duncan, C. S. A., from x>hoto. lent by J. J. Duncan —Map showing the Defenses of the Missis-sippi and the Positions of the Mortar-fleet at the Opening of the Bombardment, from drawing lent byCommander J. R. Bartlett —Rear-Admiral Henry H. Bell, from photo, lent by Mrs. Margaret C. Bell (I.R. Wiles) — Commander Johu K. Mitchell, C. S. N., from Anderson photo.—Lieutenant Thomas B. Huger,C. S. N., from a photo, lent by W. H. Huger — Birds-eye View of the Passage of the Forts below NewOrleans (J. 0. Davidson ) — Captain Theodorus Bailey, in the “Cayuga,” breaking through the Confed-erate Fleet (J. 0. Davidson ) — Rear-Admiral Theodorus Bailey, from Brady photo.—Rear-AdmiralMelancton Smith, from photo. (I. R. Wiles) — The course of the United States Screw-sloop “ Mississippi ”in the Passage of the Forts, from drawing lent by Commander J. R. Bartlett —The United States Steamer “Mississippi ” attempting to run down the Confederate Ram “ Manassas” (J. O. Davidson ) —The Confederate Iron-clad “ Louisiana” on the way to Fort St. Philip (W. Taber) — Plan of the “Louisiana, ”after a war-time sketch ( TF. Taber) — Mortar-steamers attacking the Water-battery of Fort Jackson (J. 0.Davidson) — Commander Porter receiving Confederate Officers on the “ Harriet Lane ” (J. O. Davidson ) —Commander Charles F. McIntosh, C. S. N.,from photo, lent by William C. Whittle—Explosion of the Con-federate Ram “ Louisiana ” (J. O. Davidson ) — The Confederate “ River Defense ” Ram “ Stonewall Jack-son,” from a sketch by Captain Beverley Kennon (J. 0. Davidson) — Major-General Benjamin F. Butler ,from Brady photo.
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Illustrations: Fort Jackson In 1885 (W. L. Lathrop) — Admiral D. G. Farragut , from Brady photo.,with Autograph—Section of Chain Armor placed on the side of the “Brooklyn ” to protect her boilers,from sketch lent by Commander J. R. Bartlett —Admiral David D. Porter , from Brady photo.—Rear-
In order to save much repetition, particular credit is here given to the Massachusetts Oommandery of theLoyal Legion, to Colonel Arnold A. Rand, General Albert Ordway, and Charles B. Hall for the use of photographsand drawings. War-time photographers whose work is of the greatest historical value, and has been freely drawnupon in the preparation of the illustrations, are M. B. Brady, Alexander Gardner, and Captain A. J. Russell in theNorth : and D. H. Anderson of Richmond. Va., and George S. Cook of Charleston, S.C. —the latter, since the war,having succeeded to the ownership of the Anderson negatives.