Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1901 — HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. [ARTICLE]

HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Work Completed at a Coat, Approximately, of *3,000,000. The government history of the Civil War has finally been completed and delivered to those entitled, under the law, to receive it. It is an immense work and consists of 128 volumes, nine and a half Inches long, six and a half inches wide, and averaging over two inches in sickness. In addition to the text, there are several atlases containing maps of the military operations of the armies. The gigantic work has cost the government, according to an official statement, ft. 858,514.07, not counting the salaries of army officers detailed from time to time to duty connected with the preparation of the work. The total cost is probably over 93,000,0*0. About 12,000 sets of this werk have been printed and distributed ta libraries and Individuals. Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine la going to St. Joseph, Mo., to remain with her mother tar as indefinite period.