Preface
THIS fourth volume of Source Readers attempts to Put
before teachers and children the qualities of the Civil War
period. It contains something of the spirit of North and South at the beginning of the war, and much
about the life of the soldier and the citizen while it was going on, with some of the
battle smoke and dust. If the Civil War was worth fighting, if it brought out heroic character, and
abounded in gallant deeds, it is worth while for children of the present day to know some
of the men and women of that time. No period in American history so abounds in lively narrative
and in the principles and the achievement which have made the nation great. In this
book the fathers are speaking to their children.
ALBERT BUSHNELL HART.
CAMBRIDGE,
May 1, 1903.