The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5

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Various. The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 5

HON. WILLIAM W. CRAPO

THE AUTHORITATIVE LITERATURE OF THE CIVIL WAR

ASSESSMENT INSURANCE

THE HERO OF LAKE ERIE

A MODEL INDUSTRIAL CITY

THE LAST PORTRAIT OF DANIEL WEBSTER

FORT SHIRLEY

THE MORMON CHURCH

ELIZABETH.1

CHAPTER XXIV

CHAPTER XXV

ROOM AT THE TOP

TWO DAYS WITH THE A.M.C

THE MARCH OF THE SIXTH REGIMENT

BY THE SEA

THE RESPONSE OF MARBLEHEAD IN 1861

EQUINOCTIAL

EDITOR'S TABLE

HISTORICAL RECORD

OBITUARY

AMONG THE BOOKS

PUBLISHER'S DEPARTMENT

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At the present time, everything bearing upon the history of the American civil war has special interest. Nearly a quarter of a century has passed since the struggle began, and during the interval asperities have died away and peace and harmony hover over a united people.

During the war and in the years immediately following its cessation, a number of soldiers and civilians wrote histories, on the Union side, some of these being careful and exhaustive studies of limited fields of action, and others of the entire field of operations. It necessarily happened, however, that, owing to misconceptions arising from their opposite points of view, their lack of personal knowledge, and the absence of authentic documentary evidence, these writers were not always able to penetrate the plans and purposes of the Confederate leaders, or even to describe with entire accuracy the part borne by the Confederate troops in particular engagements.

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The author bore an honorable and responsible part in the actual outbreak of hostilities between the national government and the revolted states, and in this book he gives a simple and faithful recital of some of the more important facts. Though so misrepresented by certain critics, the book is not an attack on Major Anderson's character; on the contrary, it clearly shows, and attempts to show, that that commander firmly subdued all considerations and devices which seemed inconsistent with his duty as a soldier of the United States, and held himself ready to be sacrificed to the trust given him. General (then Captain, 1st artillery U.S.A.) Doubleday was at Fort Sumter during the bombardment, and, as might be expected, his volume gives many incidents of the life of the little besieged band, and of the siege itself, which appear here for the first time, and which throw fresh light upon the conduct and principles of both parties to the conflict. As a personal narrative, it is one of the most charming and instructive relating to the war. The book was published in 1876.

The disbursements of assessment companies to families of deceased members reach the munificent sum of more than twenty-two millions of dollars annually. The national organization of Mutual Benefit Assessment Associations of America is exerting a most healthful influence in elevating the standard of those companies that comprise its membership. It embraces organizations from all of the principal States of the Union, and its influence is strongly on the side of scientific and conservative methods and practices.

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