CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR
A CHRONICLE OF THE BLUE AND THE GRAY
BY WILLIAM WOOD
NEW HAVEN: YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS
TORONTO: GLASGOW, BROOK & CO.
LONDON: HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
1921
TO
MY AMERICAN FRIENDS
OF THE
BOONE AND CROCKETT CLUB
PREFACE
Sixty years ago today the guns that thundered round Fort Sumter began the third and greatest modern civil war fought by English-speaking people. This war was quite as full of politics as were the other two—the War of the American Revolution and that of Puritan and Cavalier. But, though the present Chronicle never ignores the vital correlations between statesmen and commanders, it is a book of warriors, through and through.
I gratefully acknowledge the indispensable assistance of Colonel G. J. Fiebeger, a West Point expert, and of Dr. Allen Johnson, chief editor of the series and Professor of American History at Yale.
WILLIAM WOOD,
Late Colonel commanding 8th Royal Rifles, and Officer-in-charge, Canadian Special Mission Overseas.
QUEBEC,
April 18, 1921.
CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
[GENERAL U. S. GRANT]
Photograph by Brady. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington.
[GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE]
Photograph. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington
[GENERAL T. J. (STONEWALL) JACKSON]
Photograph. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington.
[NORTH AND SOUTH IN 1861]
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
[ADMIRAL D. G. FARRAGUT]
Photograph by Brady.
[CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1862]
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
[CIVIL WAR: VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS, 1862]
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
[CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1863]
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.
[GENERAL W. T. SHERMAN]
Photograph by Brady. In the collection of L. C. Handy, Washington.
[CIVIL WAR: CAMPAIGNS OF 1864]
Map by W. L. G. Joerg, American Geographical Society.