Excerpt from United States, Vol. 7 of 9: From the Discovery of the North American Continent Up to the Present Time Favored by health and Opportunity, the author, after an interval Of eight years, completes his History Of the United States under the Constitution by issuing a sixth volume to cover the period Of the Civil War and President Lincoln's memorable administration. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.