Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 December 1901 — HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR. [ARTICLE]

HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAR.

Work Completed at a Cout, 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, 12,858,514.67, 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 *3,000,000. About 12,000 wets of this work have been printed and distributed to libraries and individuals. Mrs. Lola Ida Bonine is going to St. Joseph, Mo., to remain with her mother for an indefinite period.