iv, 832 pp., comprising Vol. VI, Whole No. 262 (Jan. 4, 1862) to Vol. VI, Whole No. 313 (Dec. 27, 1862). Profusely illustrated with wood engravings, many full page, some double page. 16x11, later ¾ gilt-ruled morocco & cloth, spine tooled in gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers, original cover cloth bound it at rear.

The second year of the Civil War is graphically recorded by some of the finest illustrators America has to offer, including engravings after Winslow Homer, Thomas Nast, A.R. Waud and others; maps of the various battlefields plotting the action; birds-eye views of the principal theatres of action, etc. The actions include the bloody encounters at Antietam and Fredericksburg, Grant's success at Fort Donelson, the Burnside expedition to the Carolinas, and the endless maneuverings of the Army of the Potomac, as McClellan sought to avoid a premature encounter with the enemy.