▁ 1 8 7 9 , ▁and ▁at ▁Memorial ▁Day ▁Ex er cis es ▁at ▁C inc inn ati ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 , ▁brought ▁him ▁great ▁not or iety ▁as ▁a ▁public ▁speaker . ▁▁ ▁He ▁was ▁keen ly ▁interested ▁in ▁almost ▁everything ▁associated ▁with ▁that ▁War , ▁and ▁was ▁also ▁interested ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁the ▁other ▁wars ▁in ▁America ▁that ▁came ▁before ▁it . ▁Sub sequently , ▁he ▁devoted ▁the ▁remainder ▁of ▁his ▁life ▁in ▁obtain ing ▁all ▁the ▁publications , ▁letters ▁and ▁manuscript s ▁of ▁historical ▁value ▁that ▁he ▁could ▁ac quire ▁on ▁the ▁subject . ▁In ▁his ▁effort ▁he ▁am ass ed ▁a ▁size able ▁and ▁significant ▁collection ▁of ▁these ▁things , ▁always ▁making ▁sure ▁that ▁his ▁writing ▁and ▁reference ▁work ▁reflected ▁both ▁the ▁Union ▁and ▁Confeder ate ▁points ▁of ▁view . He ▁became ▁an ▁av id ▁collect or ▁of ▁Civil ▁War ▁manuscript s , ▁books , ▁and ▁pam ph lets . ▁ ▁Daw es ▁collection ▁of ▁books ▁and ▁papers ▁covering ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Civil ▁War ▁was ▁only ▁equ aled ▁by ▁one ▁other ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Daw es ' s ▁works ▁include : ▁" ▁The ▁Begin nings ▁of ▁the ▁Ohio ▁Company ," ▁and ▁" Sk etch ▁of ▁William ▁P . ▁C ut ler ." ▁He ▁was ▁a ▁contrib uting ▁author ▁to ▁" ▁Batt les ▁and ▁Le aders ▁of ▁the ▁Civil ▁War ," ▁and ▁also ▁to ▁other ▁mag az ines . ▁In ▁ 1 8 8 5 ▁he ▁published ▁in ▁book ▁form , ▁the ▁' Bi