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Soft cover. Condizione: VG. 7pp extract, printed in double columns, salvaged from a damaged issue of The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Volume LXI, #6, April, 1901. First hand, personalized account. From the opening paragraph, "In the middle of May, 1863, a dense fog of mystery and conjecture enshrouded the military tactics and immediate future of the Confederate army in the South-West. Porter thundered at Vicksburg from the river; Grant held Mississippi in the hollow of his hand; Johnston had vanished like a ghost; Pemberton, dignified generalissimo and 'pet of Jeff Davis,' inspired no confidence; and the government at Richmond gave no sign." Housed in protective mylar report cover.…