The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson / In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia
General Stonewall Jackson
Fully Illustrated by Portraits
NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY 1907
Copyright, 1907, by
More than thirty years ago, at the solicitation of my kinsman, H. C. McDowell, of Kentucky, I undertook to write a sketch of my war experience. McDowell was a major in the Federal Army during the civil war, and with eleven first cousins, including Gen. Irvin McDowell, fought against the same number of first cousins in the Confederate Army. Various interruptions prevented the completion of my work at that time. More recently, after despairing of the hope that some more capable member of my old command, the Rockbridge Artillery, would not allow its history to pass into oblivion, I resumed the task, and now present this volume as the only published record of that company, celebrated as it was even in that matchless body of men, the Army of Northern Virginia.
E. A. M.
The title of this book at once rivets attention and invites perusal, and that perusal does not disappoint expectation. The author was a cannoneer in the historic Rockbridge (Va.) Artillery, which made for itself, from Manassas to Appomattox, a reputation second to none in the Confederate service. No more vivid picture has been presented of the private soldier in camp, on the march, or in action. It was written evidently not with any commercial view, but was an undertaking from a conviction that its performance was a question of duty to his comrades. Its unlabored and spontaneous character adds to its value. Its detail is evidence of a living presence, intent only upon truth. It is not only carefully planned, but minutely finished. The duty has been performed faithfully and entertainingly.
We are glad these delightful pages have not been marred by discussion of the causes or conduct of the great struggle between the States. There is no theorizing or special pleading to distract our attention from the unvarnished story of the Confederate soldier.
Edward Alexander Moore
THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON
The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson
EDWARD A. MOORE
CAPT. ROBERT E. LEE, JR., and HON. HENRY ST. GEORGE TUCKER
To My Comrades
OF THE
ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON
WASHINGTON COLLEGE—LEXINGTON—VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE
ENTERING THE SERVICE—MY FIRST BATTLE—BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN
THE RETREAT—CEDAR CREEK—GENERAL ASHBY—SKIRMISHES—McGAHEYSVILLE
SWIFT RUN GAP—REORGANIZATION OF THE BATTERY—WADING IN THE MUD—CROSSING AND RECROSSING THE BLUE RIDGE—BATTLE OF McDOWELL—RETURN TO THE VALLEY
BRIDGEWATER—LURAY VALLEY—FRONT ROYAL—FOLLOWING GENERAL BANKS—NIGHT MARCH—BATTLE OF WINCHESTER—BANKS'S RETREAT
CAPTURING FEDERAL CAVALRY—CHARLESTOWN—EXTRAORDINARY MARCH
GENERAL JACKSON NARROWLY ESCAPES BEING CAPTURED AT PORT REPUBLIC—CONTEST BETWEEN CONFEDERATES AND FEDERALS FOR BRIDGE OVER SHENANDOAH
BATTLE OF PORT REPUBLIC
FROM BROWN'S GAP TO STAUNTON—FROM STAUNTON TO RICHMOND—COLD HARBOR—GENERAL LEE VISITS HIS SON IN THE BATTERY
GENERAL JACKSON COMPLIMENTS THE BATTERY—MALVERN HILL—MY VISIT TO RICHMOND
FROM RICHMOND TO GORDONSVILLE—BATTLE OF CEDAR RUN—DEATH OF GENERAL WINDER—DESERTERS SHOT—CROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK
CAPTURE OF RAILROAD TRAINS AT MANASSAS JUNCTION—BATTLE WITH TAYLOR'S NEW JERSEY BRIGADE—NIGHT MARCH BY LIGHT OF BURNING CARS
CIRCUITOUS NIGHT MARCH—FIRST DAY OF SECOND MANASSAS—ARRIVAL OF LONGSTREET'S CORPS
THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS—INCIDENTS AND SCENES ON THE BATTLEFIELD
BATTLE OF CHANTILLY—LEESBURG—CROSSING THE POTOMAC
MARYLAND—MY DAY IN FREDERICK CITY
RETURN TO VIRGINIA—INVESTMENT AND CAPTURE OF HARPER'S FERRY
INTO MARYLAND AGAIN—BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG—WOUNDED—RETURN TO WINCHESTER—HOME
RETURN TO ARMY—IN WINTER-QUARTERS NEAR PORT ROYAL
SECOND BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG—CHANCELLORSVILLE—WOUNDING AND DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON
OPENING OF CAMPAIGN OF 1863—CROSSING TO THE VALLEY—BATTLE AT WINCHESTER WITH MILROY—CROSSING THE POTOMAC
ON THE WAY TO GETTYSBURG—BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG—RETREAT
AT "THE BOWER"—RETURN TO ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA—BLUE RUN CHURCH—BRISTOW STATION—RAPPAHANNOCK BRIDGE—SUPPLEMENTING CAMP RATIONS
BATTLE OF MINE RUN—MARCH TO FREDERICK'S HALL—WINTER-QUARTERS—SOCIAL AFFAIRS—AGAIN TO THE FRONT—NARROW ESCAPE FROM CAPTURE BY GENERAL DAHLGREN—FURLOUGHS—CADETS RETURN FROM NEW MARKET—SPOTTSYLVANIA AND THE WILDERNESS—RETURN TO ARMY AT HANOVER JUNCTION—PANIC AT NIGHT
SECOND COLD HARBOR—WOUNDED—RETURN HOME—REFUGEEING FROM HUNTER
PERSONAL MENTION OF OFFICERS AND MEN—ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY—SECOND ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY
THE SECOND ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY
OAKLAND—RETURN TO CAMP—OFF DUTY AGAIN—THE RACE FROM NEW MARKET TO FORT GILMORE—ATTACK ON FORT HARRISON—WINTER-QUARTERS ON THE LINES—VISITS TO RICHMOND
EVACUATION OF RICHMOND—PASSING THROUGH RICHMOND BY NIGHT—THE RETREAT—BATTLE OF SAILOR'S CREEK—BATTLE OF CUMBERLAND CHURCH
APPOMATTOX
ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY
Язык
Английский
Год издания
2007-07-13
Темы
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; Moore, Edward Alexander, 1842-; Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863; Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Artillery. Rockbridge Battery, 1st; Soldiers -- Virginia -- Biography; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns