Project Gutenberg 2008-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 116 Various Verschillende Various, Various The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Produced by Joshua Hutchinson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by Cornell University Digital Collections) "The Continental Monthly, Vol. 3 No 2, February 1863" by Various is a historical magazine publication written in the mid-19th century. The magazine covers diverse topics including national finance, the Civil War, and reports from battlefields, offering readers insights into the political and social climate of the era. The opening portions highlight urgent discussions regarding the United States' financial situation during the Civil War, reflecting anxieties over public debt and currency depreciation, intertwined with calls for immediate action to preserve the Union. At the start of this volume, the author emphasizes the dire state of national finances, asserting that the increasing public debt could lead to inevitable bankruptcy if left unchecked. The discussion is grave, proposing that inaction by Congress represents a threat greater than military defeats. The opening sets the stage for a discourse on the urgent need for coordinated financial measures to avoid disaster. Following this, an account of a visit to the battlefield of Antietam presents a detailed and vivid description of the environment surrounding the army, highlighting the human experience amidst the chaos of war and offering a snapshot of the conditions soldiers faced, thus intertwining personal narratives with historical events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Literature, Modern -- 19th century -- Periodicals United States -- Politics and government -- 19th century -- Periodicals AP Text Continental Monthly Category: History - American Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: History - Warfare Category: Journals 571597 2025-07-11T03:53:55.728583 text/html 573370 2008-07-17T13:30:12 text/html 336817 2025-07-11T03:54:05.744540 application/epub+zip 342472 2025-07-11T03:53:59.318582 application/epub+zip 281738 2025-07-11T03:53:57.917573 application/epub+zip 592435 2025-07-11T03:54:10.398537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 552421 2025-07-11T03:54:04.505570 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 499287 2022-09-12T07:52:19.873668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 523922 2025-07-11T03:53:54.975569 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 523795 2008-07-17T13:30:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 523810 2008-07-17T13:34:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21721 2025-07-11T03:54:10.527491 application/rdf+xml 16614 2025-07-11T03:53:58.432550 image/jpeg 3792 2025-07-11T03:53:58.176552 image/jpeg 200130 2008-07-17T13:34:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 243803 2008-07-17T13:34:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 200035 2008-07-17T13:34:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 334080 2025-07-11T03:53:55.774582 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog