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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 104 36 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 64 34 Browse Search
George P. Rowell and Company's American Newspaper Directory, containing accurate lists of all the newspapers and periodicals published in the United States and territories, and the dominion of Canada, and British Colonies of North America., together with a description of the towns and cities in which they are published. (ed. George P. Rowell and company) 44 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 7. (ed. Frank Moore) 23 1 Browse Search
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant 20 0 Browse Search
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War. 18 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events, Diary from December 17, 1860 - April 30, 1864 (ed. Frank Moore) 15 7 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 2. 10 0 Browse Search
Matthew Arnold, Civilization in the United States: First and Last Impressions of America. 8 0 Browse Search
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I. 8 4 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 31, 1865., [Electronic resource], Life in New York. (search)
Life in New York. --A correspondent of the Newark (New Jersey) Advertiser thus writes to that paper: "There is no inaction in matrimonial circles. The clergy were never more occupied in uniting people, forming unions rather than dissolving them, than they are at the present day. Then the weddings are got up in such splendid style, and the presents are so costly, that the friends of candidates for connubial bliss are kept painfully excited in bestowing costly gifts. Some weddings recently came off in the circle of my observation that were in splendid style and munificent in presents received. India shawls, worth eight hundred or one thousand dollars, were common; sets of pearls, and ear ornaments, costing fifteen hundred dollars, and suppers at receptions upon which two thousand dollars were expended, are not rare events even among those not in the wealthiest circle. But when that point is reached, the expense is almost fabulous, and the toilets and presents only such a