Excerpt from The Honors of the Empire State in the War of the Rebellion The extraordinary events that lately aroused attention throughout the world towards American affairs - the great conflict that convulsed the foundations Of American society, while incidentally affecting the rights and interests Of all mankind, may well revive occasional recollections concern ing those memorable days, and especially Of the part borne by the Empire State, in a war unparalleled in the history Of the civilized world for its magnitude and its intensity. 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.