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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure) 4 4 Browse Search
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones) 1 1 Browse Search
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The Annals of the Civil War Written by Leading Participants North and South (ed. Alexander Kelly McClure), The War's Carnival of fraud. (search)
The War's Carnival of fraud. Colonel Henry S. Olcott. Mine is the most repulsive task that any one of the writers of this series of Annals will have assigned to him. All the others have their stories to tell of the clang of arms, the marshalintelegraphed back a characteristic message, which, as I recall it, was as follows: War Department, May 21st, 1864. Colonel H. S. Olcott, New York: I heartily congratulate you upon the result of to-day's trial. It is as important to the governmenosition. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, [Signed] G. V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. To Colonel H. S. Olcott, Special Commissioner, Navy Department. No one could ask more. In fact, no subordinate ever had a more honorato be investigated the alleged fraudulent transactions of all persons amenable to this department, the services of Colonel H. S. Olcott were temporarily obtained. This officer is attached to the War Department, is familiar with such investigations,
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 7. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Book notices. (search)
Major-General W. B. Franklin; The First iron-clad Monitor, by Hon. Gideon Welles; The First shot against the flag, by Major-General S. W. Crawford; The old Capitol prison, by Colonel N. T. Colby; The right flank at Gettysburg, by Colonel William Brooke-Rawle; The siege of Morris Island, by General W. W. H. Davis; The Union cavalry at Gettysburg, by Major-General D. McM. Gregg; The Union men of Maryland, by Hon. W. H. Purnell, Ll. D.; The war's carnival of Fraud, by Colonel Henry S. Olcott; Union view of exchange of prisoners, by General R. S. Northcott; War as a popular Educator, by John A. Wright. On the whole, it is a book worthy of a place in our libraries, and we hope that our friend Dr. George W. Bagby, the agent for Virginia, will meet with great success in selling it. There are criticisms on some of the articles which we reserve for future review; but we must now express our regret that the compilers of the volume have put in General Wilson's misera