CONTENTS
[ CHAPTER I.]
From Harper's Ferry to Bull Run.
Loudoun County on the Potomac—John Brown's Raid—War Talk Among the Schoolboys—The Slave and His Master—Election of Lincoln—Secession —Schoolboys Preparing for the Coming Conflict—Firing on Fort Sumter—Union Army Crossing the Potomac.
[CHAPTER II.]
From Bull Run to Seven Pines.
Confederates Concentrating at Manassas—First Battle—The Wounded Horse—Rout of the Union Army—The Losses.
[ CHAPTER III.]
From Bull Run to Seven Pines. (Continued.)
Long Rest—Each Side Recruiting Their Armies—McClellan in Command—His March on Richmond by the Way of the James River—Jackson's Brilliant Valley Campaign—The Battles Around Richmond—Seven Pines—Mechanicsville —Beaver Dam—Gaines' Mill—Fair Oaks—The Wounding of Gen. Jos. E. Johnston—McClellan's Defeat—The Spoils of the Battle.
[CHAPTER IV.]
From Seven Pines to Antietam.
The Battle of Cedar Run—Jackson's Flank Movement—McClellan Moves His Army Back to Washington—Second Battle of Manassas—The Defeat of Pope—His Retreat to the Defenses of Washington—The Captured Stores and Losses on Both Sides—Lee Crosses the Potomac Into Maryland—The Stragglers of Lee's Army—A Dinner Party—The Capture of Harper's Ferry—Battle of Antietam—Result of the Battle—Lee Recrosses the Potomac—Lee in a Trap.
[ CHAPTER V.]
From Antietam to Chancellorsville.
McClellan Relieved of His Command—Burnside Commands the Union Army—The Two Armies at Fredericksburg—The Blue Ridge Mountain—The Author a Prisoner—Battle of Fredericksburg—Burnside's Defeat—Losses on Both Sides—The Armies in Winter Quarters—How They Spent the Winter—Company Q's Escapade—Raid Into West Virginia—Burnside Relieved—Hooker in Command—Hooker Crossing the Rappahannock—Jackson's Successful Flank Movement—His Mortal Wound—Hooker's Defeat—He Recrosses the River—Losses on Both Sides—Stonewall Jackson's Death—The South in Tears—Ode to Stonewall Jackson by a Union Officer.
[ CHAPTER VI.]
From Chancellorsville to Gettysburg.
Ninth of June at Brandy Station—Lee's Army En Route for Gettysburg—See Map—Stuart's March Around the Union Army—Lee Crosses the Potomac—The Union Army in a Parallel Line With Lee's—Crosses the Potomac Below Harper's Ferry—Hooker Relieved—Meade in Command of the Union Army—The Battle of Gettysburg—Lee's First Defeat—His Retreat—The Midnight's Thunder Storm—His Five Days' Rest on the North Bank of the Potomac—He Recrosses the River.
[ CHAPTER VII.]
From Gettysburg to the Wilderness.
Both Armies Marching Back to the Rappahannock—Short Rest—Meade's Advance—Lee Retires to the Rapidan—Meade's Withdrawal From Lee's Front—Lee's Advance—Fighting Around Brandy Station—The Battle at Bristoe Station—The Union Army Retires Towards Washington—Lee Discontinues the Pursuit and Returns to the Rapidan River—In Winter Quarters—How the Winter Was Spent—Many of Lee's Soldiers Are Permitted to Return to Their Homes Under Care of Their Commanding Officers for a Vacation—Mosby Appears Upon the Scene.
[ CHAPTER VIII.]
From the Wilderness to James River.
Grant in Command of the Union Army—Preparation for the Coming Struggle—Battle of The Wilderness—Strength of the Armies—Losses —Wounding of General Longstreet—Battle at Spotsylvania Court House—The Awful Slaughter—Sheridan's Raid on Richmond—Stuart's Cavalry in Pursuit—General Stuart's Death—Yellow Tavern—The Author Again a Prisoner.
[ CHAPTER IX.]
From the James River to Petersburg.
Battle of Cold Harbor—Grant Again Repulsed—Death of Flournoy—Grant Crossing the James—Prison Life at Point Lookout—Parole of the Sick From the Hospitals—The Dreary Winter—Its Bright Side—How the Soldiers and the Citizens Spent It—Mosby's Men—The Long Siege—Battle of the Crater.
[ CHAPTER X.]
From Petersburg to Appomattox.
Evacuation of Richmond—Retreat of Lee's Army Towards Appomattox—Lee's Surrender—After the Surrender—Some War Stories—The Faithful Slave.
[ CHAPTER XI.]
The Horses of Lee's Army.
Their Number—Losses—Rover's Tricks—A Mighty Jaw—Her Capture—Horses in Battle—Friendship Between Horse and Rider—Wagon Horses—Artillery Horses—Cavalry Horses—Men Sleep on Their Horses—Horses for Breastwork—Seventy-five Thousand Black Beauties—Monument for Lee's Horses—A Pathetic Poem.
GEN. JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON,
Who preceded Gen. Robert E. Lee in command of the Army of Northern Virginia