Illustrations

Lightning conductors aboard the H.M. Frigate Fisgard

Illustration from 1869 depicting ship in a hurricane

Great Waterspout in Vineyard Sound, August 1896

Waterspout at sea, 1873

Illustration from 1869 depicting ship in a amid waterspouts

Civil War: meeting of Sherman and Johnston

Civil War: explosion of mine before Petersburg

Civil War: Grant writes orders to Sherman

Civil War: destruction of <I>Albemarle</I>

Civil War: surrender of General Lee

Civil War: Battle of Spottsylvania Court-House

Civil War: Sheridan arrives at Cedar Creek

Civil War: Pickett at Gettysburg

Civil War: Sherman's March to the Sea

Civil War: death of General Stuart

Civil War: Red River, Bailey's Dam

Civil War: General Lee takes leave of soldiers

Civil War: Battle of Malvern Hill

Civil War: Grant and Pemberton at Vicksburg

Civil War: attack on Fort Sumter

Mexican-American War: Bombardment of San Juan D'Ulloa

Civil War: Fort Monroe

Stonewall Jackson in Battle

Civil War: struggle at Antietam

Civil War: Battle of Fort Donelson

Mexican-American War: Taylor at Buena Vista

Civil War: battle between <I>Monitor</I> and <I>Merrimac</I>

Civil War: troops at Fort Moultrie

Confederate Flag

Civil War: destruction of railroad

Civil War: Battle of Gettysburg

Civil War: gunboats at Vicksburg

Mexican-American War: Fremont in the Rocky Mountains

Civil War: troops guard bridge over Potomac

Civil War: surrender at Fort Donelson

George H. Thomas

Ambrose E. Burnside

Alexander H. Stephens

Jefferson Davis

Salmon P. Chase

William H. Seward

Joseph Hooker