THE LAST DAYS OF LEE AND HIS PALADINS.
FINAL MEMOIRS
OF A
STAFF OFFICER SERVING IN VIRGINIA.
FROM THE MSS. OF
COLONEL SURRY, OF EAGLE’S NEST.
BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE
AUTHOR OF “SURRY OF EAGLE’S NEST.”
Nec aspera terrent.
(Transcriber’s Note: In Book I., the heading XIII. is missing)
CONTENTS
[ II. — HOW I BECAME A MEMBER OF GENERAL STUART’S STAFF. ]
[ III. — BLUE AND GRAY PHANTOMS. ]
[ IV. — MOHUN AND HIS PRISONER. ]
[ VII. — THE BALL BEFORE THE BATTLE. ]
[ IX. — MOHUN FAINTS AT THE RIGHT MOMENT. ]
[ XII. — HOW STUART FELL BACK. ]
[ XIV. — MOSBY COMES TO STUART’S ASSISTANCE. ]
[ XV. — THE SUPPER NEAR BUCKLANDS. ]
[ XVII. — STUART GRAZES CAPTURE. ]
[ XIX. — CARLISLE BY FIRELIGHT. ]
[ XX. — THE HOUSE BETWEEN CARLISLE AND GETTYSBURG. ]
[ XXV. — THE WRESTLE FOR ROUND TOP HILL. ]
[ XXVI. — THE CHARGE OF THE VIRGINIANS. ]
[ XXVII. — THE GREAT MOMENT OF A GREAT LIFE. ]
[ BOOK II. — THE FLOWER OF CAVALIERS. ]
[ I. — UNDER “STUART’S OAK.” ]
[ II. — BACK TO THE RAPIDAN. ]
[ III. — THE OPENING OF THE HUNT. ]
[ VII. — STUART CAUGHT IN THE TRAP. ]
[ VIII. — GENERAL MEADE’S “EYE-TEETH.” ]
[ IX. — WHAT THE AUTHOR HAS OMITTED. ]
[ X. — I FALL A VICTIM TO TOM’S ILL-LUCK. ]
[ XI. — I OVERHEAR A SINGULAR CONVERSATION. ]
[ XII. — THE BUCKLAND RACES. ]
[ XIII. — TWO SCENES IN DECEMBER, 1863. ]
[ XIV. — STUART’S WINTER QUARTERS. ]
[ XV. — LEE’S “RAGGED REGIMENTS.” ]
[ XX. — GENERAL GRANT’S PRIVATE ORDER. ]
[ XXI. — “VIRGINIA EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!” ]
[ XXII. — WHAT OCCURRED AT WARRENTON. ]
[ XXIII. — THE GRAVE OF ACHMED. ]
[ XXX. — GRANT STRIKES HIS FIRST BLOW. ]
[ XXXII. — THE UNSEEN DEATH. ]
[ XXXIII. — BREATHED AND HIS GUN. ]
[ XXXIV. — MY LAST RIDE WITH STUART. ]
[ XXXV. — “SOON WITH ANGELS I’LL BE MARCHING.” ]
[ XXXVI. — YELLOW TAVERN, MAY 11, 1864. ]
[ BOOK III. — BEHIND THE SCENES. ]
[ III. — I DINE WITH MR. BLOCQUE. ]
[ V. — THE EDITOR IN HIS SANCTUM. ]
[ VI. — AN EDITORIAL IN THE EXAMINER. ]
[ VII. — UNDER THE CROSSED SWORDS. ]
[ IX. — “SEND ME A COPY.—IN CANADA!” ]
[ X. — THE WAY THE MONEY WENT. ]
[ XII. — THE GRAVE OF STUART. ]
[ XVIII. — TWO MEN AND A WOMAN. ]
[ XXI. — THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE. ]
[ XXIII. — WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED. ]
[ XXVI. — THE HOUSE NEAR MONK’S NECK, AND ITS OWNER. ]
[ XXIX. — DARKE’S PAST LIFE. ]
[ XXX. — STABBED “NOT MURDERED.” ]
[ XXXIII. — PRESTON HAMPTON. ]
[ I. — RICHMOND BY THE THROAT. ]
[ IV. — THE BLANDFORD RUINS. ]
[ VI. — ON THE BANKS OF THE ROWANTY. ]
[ VII. — THE STUART HORSE ARTILLERY. ]
[ VIII. — “CHARGE! STUART! PAY OFF ASHBY’S SCORE!” ]
[ IX. — MOHUN,—HIS THIRD PHASE. ]
[ XII. — HOW THE MOMENT AT LAST CAME. ]
[ XIV. — “LORD OF HIMSELF, THAT HERITAGE OF WOE.” ]
[ XIX. — WEDDING ARRANGEMENTS. ]
[ XXII. — WHILE WAITING FOR MIDNIGHT. ]
[ XXIII. — THE RESULT OF THE SIGNAL. ]
[ XXIV. — WHAT TOOK PLACE IN FIFTY MINUTES. ]
[ XXV. — GOING TO REJOIN MORTIMER. ]
[ XXVII. — MOHUN TERMINATES HIS NARRATIVE. ]
[ BOOK V. — THE DEAD GO FAST. ]
[ I. — THE “DOOMED CITY” IN PROFILE—DECEMBER, 1864. ]
[ II. — THE MEN WHO RUINED THE CONFEDERACY. ]
[ III. — MY LAST VISIT TO JOHN M. DANIEL. ]
[ VI. — THE HEART OF A STATESMAN. ]
[ VIII. — BY FLAG-OF-TRUCE BOAT. ]
[ IX. — TO AND FRO IN THE SPRING OF ‘65. ]
[ X. — AEGRI SOMNIA.—MARCH, 1865. ]
[ XI. — I VISIT GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE. ]
[ XII. — BY A FIRE IN THE WOODS. ]
[ XIII. — DRINKING TEA UNDER DIFFICULTIES. ]
[ XV. — FROM FIVE FORKS TO PETERSBURG. ]
[ XVI. — LEE’S LAST GREAT BLOW. ]
[ XVII. — THE WRESTLE FOR THE WHITE OAK ROAD. ]
[ XX. — WHAT OCCURRED AT “FIVE FORKS,” ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 31, 1865. ]
[ XXII. — “THE LINE HAS BEEN STRETCHED UNTIL IT HAS BROKEN, COLONEL.”. ]
[ XXIII. — WHAT I SAW FROM THE GRAVE OF STUART. ]
[ XXVI. — THE LAST COUNCIL OF WAR OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA. ]
[ XXVII. — THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SURRENDER. ]
[ XXVIII. — THE LAST CHARGE OF THE OLD GUARD. ]