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Excerpt from The Civil War Literature of Ohio: A Bibliography With Explanatory and Historical Notes The purpose of this work is to collate, preserve and summarize for the student, scholar, historian, librarian and collector, the literature of Ohio in any wise connected with the Civil War, meaning thereby all permanent publications on that subject, either in book or pamphlet form. So far, therefore, as years of persistent investigation and patient reading could accomplish, I have collected in these pages a bibliography, the scope of which embraces (1) the publications of Ohio writers concerning the Civil War, and (2) the writings of others in relation to Ohio in the Civil War. In the broader fields of history, biography and science, scholars have been more or less successful in listing the sources of published information on those subjects in bibliographies, but this work is the first attempt to systematize and preserve the literature of the Civil War of any State of the Union. The position which Ohio occupied during the eventful period of the Civil War was one of great dominance and influence. All the power and treasure of her people were cast with the Union. She furnished hundreds of thousands of her young men, and millions of her dollars in its defense. The activity of the sword and the generosity of the purse were equalled by the facility of the pen, and as a result there has descended to this generation a mass of writing on every phase, question and event connecting Ohio with the Civil War. The literature of this important epoch is evidenced by the official reports of the State, the special and general historical writings of this period, the speeches in Congress and political pamphlets, as well as the published utterances of the pulpit, press and rostrum. These, together with the subsequent publications on this subject, constitute the Civil War Literature of Ohio. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.