abraham lincoln and the union-第29章
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or Southern; are either too superficial or too partisan to be recommended for general use。 Almost alone in their way are the delightful 〃Confederate Portraits〃; by Gamaliel Bradford (1914); and the same author's 〃Union Portraits 〃(1916)。
Upon conditions in the North during the war there is a vast amount of material; but little is accessible to the general reader。 A book of great value is Emerson Fite's Social and Industrial Conditions in the North during the Civil War (1910)。 Out of unnumbered books of reminiscence; one stands forth for the sincerity of its disinterested; if sharp; observationW。 H。 Russell's 〃My Diary North and South〃 (1868)。 Two newspapers are invaluable: The 〃New York Tribune〃 for a version of events as seen by the war party; 〃The New York Herald 〃for the opposite point of view; the Chicago papers are also important; chiefly the 〃Times〃 and 〃Tribune〃; the 〃Republican 〃of Springfield; Mass。; had begun its distinguished career; while the 〃Journal〃 and 〃Advertiser〃 of Boston revealed Eastern New England。 For the Southern point of view; no papers are more important than the Richmond 〃Examiner〃; the Charleston 〃Mercury〃; and the New Orleans 〃Picayune〃。 Financial and economic problems are well summed up in D。 R。 Dewey's 〃Financial History of the United States〃 (3d edition; 1907); and in E。 P。 Oberholzer's 〃Jay Cooks〃; 2 vols。 (1907)。 Foreign affairs are summarized adequately in C。 F。 Adams's 〃Charles Francis Adams〃 (〃American Statesmen Series〃; 1900); John Bigelow's 〃France and the Confederate Navy〃 (1888); A。 P。 Martin's 〃Maximilian in Mexico〃 (1914); and John Bassett Moore's 〃Digest of International Law〃; 8 vols。 (1906)。
The documents of the period ranging from newspapers to presidential messages are not likely to be considered by the general reader; but if given a fair chance will prove fascinating。 Besides the biographical edition of Lincoln's Writings; should be named; first of all; 〃The Congressional Globe〃 for debates in Congress; the 〃Statutes at Large〃; the 〃Executive Documents〃; published by the Government and containing a great number of reports; and the enormous collection issued by the War Department under the title 〃Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies〃; 128 vols。 (1880…1901); especially the groups of volumes known as second and third series。
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