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Mary Thacher Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson: the story of his life 34 0 Browse Search
Knight's Mechanical Encyclopedia (ed. Knight) 26 0 Browse Search
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 2 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 18 0 Browse Search
Alfred Roman, The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the states, 1861 to 1865 17 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War: Volume 2. 16 0 Browse Search
Francis Jackson Garrison, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879; the story of his life told by his children: volume 2 12 0 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Women and Men 10 0 Browse Search
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 10 0 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 2, 1861., [Electronic resource] 10 2 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: may 17, 1861., [Electronic resource] 10 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], From the army. (search)
f one of Jackson's aids. I heard in Williamsport — his residence — that Capt. Russell was wounded in the mouth. Capt. J. M. Payne and a doctor, whose name I did not learn, lost their horses. They were taking dinner at a hotel. The enemy fled before us from Martinsburg to Harper's Ferry; we pursued; a part of Longstreet's forces captured the Maryland Heights; others got possession of the Loudoun Heights, and we surrender them. Thus the words of Gen. Johnston were literally verified, that Harper's Ferry would prove a man-trap to any party who might attempt to hold it. Their troops were living on half rations. A large number of stolen negroes were also captured, estimated at from five to eight hundred. Having filled our haversacks with three days rations of crackers, Jackson's corps started, a little after twelve o'clock on the night of the surrender, directly for Shepherdstown, waded the river, and proceeded at once into the heaviest of the fight on the extreme left of our lines.
The Daily Dispatch: September 27, 1862., [Electronic resource], Rank note engraving. (search)
and newspaper illustrations, for two reasons--first, cheapness, second, because it can be worked off (in printers' pariance) with type and in a common press, white the two latter kinds cannot, but require presses peculiar to themselves. Where illustrations are soon in a page of letter press or printed matter, they may be set down as wood engravings. It is not adapted to subjects or purposes requiring a very high style of art, nevertheless we see some admirable specimens in the Messrs. Harper's publications and those of the American Tract Society. Steel engraving is only used in works requiring the highest style of art, such as embellishments of the costliest books, copies of celebrated paintings, bank notes, &c, and is the costliest of all, Examples of this kind of engraving may be seen in any of our bank notes, and the engravings formerly sent out unnormally by the American Art Union. Should it he asked why it is necessary that bank notes should be of this kind, I wou