RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.

ANN S. STEPHENS.

New York, January, 1886.

CONTENTS

PAGE
The Position of the Contending Forces in May, 1862[15]
The March of the Army of the Potomac to White House, Va.[16]
General McClellan and the Government[17]
Stonewall Jackson’s Raid in the Shenandoah: Retreat of Gen. Banks[19]
The Investment and Occupation of Corinth, Miss., May, 1862[21]
Occupation of Norfolk, Va., by General Wool’s troops[27]
Destruction of the rebel iron-clad Merrimac[28]
Battle of Hanover Court House, Va., May 28, 1862[29]
„ Fair Oaks, Va., May 31 and June 1, 1862[33]
„ Seven Pines, Va., June 1, 1862[36]
„ Cross-Keys, Va., June 8, 1862[38]
The Seven Days’ Battles—Battle of Oak Grove, Va.[40]
Battle of Gaines’ Mill, Va., June 26, 1862[41]
Change of Base of the Army of the Potomac[45]
Battles of Allen’s Farm and Savage’s Station, Va.[46]
Battle of Nelson’s Farm, Va., June 30, 1862[48]
„ Malvern Hill, July 1, 1862[49]
Evacuation of Pensacola, May 9, 1862[52]
Capture of Forts Pillow and Randolph—Occupation of Memphis, June 4–6, 1862[55]
New Combinations—Battle of Cedar Mountain, Va.[58]
Battle of Manassas, or Bull Run[61]
„ Chantilly[63]
Movements of McClellan[64]
Battle of South Mountain, Md., Sept. 14, 1862[65]
Surrender of Harper’s Ferry, Sept. 15, 1862[69]
Battle of Antietam, Sept, 17, 1862[70]
McClellan’s Army on the Potomac, October, 1862[82]
Operations in Kentucky, June to September, 1862[87]
Battle of Richmond, Ky., Aug. 30, 1862[90]
Bragg’s Invasion—Battle of Munfordsville, Ky., Sept. 14–16, 1862[93]
Battle of Perryville, Ky., Oct. 8, 1862[94]
„ Iuka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862[96]
„ Corinth, Miss., Oct. 3–4, 1862[99]
Gen. Burnside takes command of the Army of the Potomac, Nov. 10, 1862[104]
Advance of the Army of the Potomac, Nov. 20, 1862[106]
Burnside’s Army before Fredericksburg[107]
Battle of Fredericksburg, Va., Dec. 13, 1862[109]
Operations in Tennessee—Battle of Murfreesboro’, Dec. 31, 1862[111]
North Carolina at the close of 1862[119]
Battle of Pocotaligo Bridge, S. C., Oct. 22, 1862[122]
Battle of Baton Rouge, La., Aug. 6, 1862[123]
Operations in Missouri in 1862[123]
Naval Operations in 1862[126]
Battle of Drury’s Bluff, Va., May 15, 1862[126]
Naval Operations on the Mississippi, May to December, 1862[127]
Hooker’s Campaign in Virginia, Jan. 26, 1863[130]
General Stoneman’s Cavalry Raid, May 1, 1863[131]
Hooker’s Advance to Kelly’s Ford, on the Rapidan[134]
Battle of Chancellorsville, Va., May 1–4, 1863[136]
The Second Day’s Fight, May 2[139]
The Third Day’s Fight, Sunday, May 3[144]
Sketch of the Life of Stonewall Jackson[146]
The Rebel Invasion in Maryland and Pennsylvania[149]
Capture of General Milroy’s Army at Winchester, Va., June 14, 1863[152]
Capture of Martinsburg, Va., June 14, 1863[153]
Attack on Carlisle, Pa., July 1, 1863[154]
Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., July 1–3, 1863[156]
The Vicksburg Campaign, December, 1862-July, 1863[166]
Repulse of General Sherman’s Army, Jan. 3, 1863[171]
Capture of Fort Hindman, Ark., Jan. 10–11, 1863[173]
Sketch of the Life of Rear-Admiral D. D. Porter[176]
Sketch of the Life of Major-General John A. McClernand[179]
Expedition of the ram “Queen of the West”[181]
The Vicksburg Canal[182]
Expedition down the Coldwater, April 2, 1863[184]
Passing the Vicksburg Batteries, April 16–22, 1863[186]
Capture of Grand Gulf, Miss., April 29-May 3[187]
Bombardment of Haines’ Bluff, April 29, 1863[189]
Capture of Fort Gibson, Miss., May 1, 1863[190]
Grierson’s Raid from Mississippi to Louisiana, April 17-May 2, 1863[192]
Battle of Raymond, Miss., May 12, 1863[196]
Capture of Jackson, Miss., May 14, 1863[199]
Battle of Baker’s Creek, or Champion Hill, Miss.[202]
Battle of Big Black Bridge, Miss., May 17, 1863[205]
Capture of Haines’ Bluff, May 18, 1863[207]
Bombardment and Assault of Vicksburg, May 19–23, 1863[209]
Capture of Vicksburg, July 4, 1863[221]
Battle at Helena, Ark., July 4, 1863[222]
Morgan’s Raid in Indiana, Kentucky and Ohio, July 3–26, 1863[226]
The Draft Riots in New York City, July 13–15, 1863[232]
Operations in Tennessee in 1863[249]
Battle of Fort Donelson, Tenn., Feb. 3, 1863[249]
Battle near Franklin, Tenn., March 5, 1863[251]
Colonel Streight’s Expedition into Georgia, May 3, 1863[254]
Capture of Hoover’s Gap by Colonel Wilder’s Brigade[255]
Colonel Wilder’s Expedition from Manchester to Anderson, Tenn.[258]
Advance of General Rosecrans against Chattanooga[260]
The Battle of Chickamauga, Tenn., Sept. 19, 1863[261]
Sketch of Major-General George H. Thomas[267]
Operations in North Carolina in 1863[268]
Expedition against Rocky Mount, N. C., July 24, 1863[271]
Operations in South Carolina in 1863[272]
Attack on Fort Sumter, April 7, 1863[273]
Capture of the rebel iron-clad Atlanta, June 17, 1863[276]
Siege of Charleston, S. C., commenced July 3, 1863[277]
Attack on Morris Island, S. C., July 10, 1863[278]
Assault on Fort Wagner, S. C., July 11, 1863[279]
Bombardment of Fort Sumter, S. C., August 17–23, 1863[280]
The “Swamp Angel”[281]
Operations in Arkansas—Capture of Little Rock, July 1, 1863[286]
Operations in Southern Virginia in 1863[290]
The Siege of Suffolk, April 11-May 3, 1863[290]
The Siege of Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 17-Dec. 6, 1863[294]
Operations in Tennessee, Sept. 20-Dec. 31, 1863[297]
Battle of Lookout Mountain, Nov. 24, 1863[301]
Sherman’s Advance against Mission Ridge, Nov. 24, 1863[303]
Battle of Missionary Ridge. Nov. 25, 1863[305]
Battle of Ringgold, Ga, Nov. 28, 1863[309]
Department of the Gulf in 1863[310]
Operations on the Teche and Atchafalaya rivers, Fla.[315]
Battle of Irish Bend, La., Apr. 13, 1863[315]
Attack on Port Hudson, La., May 27, 1863[319]
Assault of Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863[321]
Surrender of Port Hudson, July 9, 1863[327]
Miscellaneous Naval Operations in 1863[329]
The Field of Operations in January, 1864[331]
Sherman’s Expedition against Meridian, Miss.[332]
General Smith’s Expedition from Memphis, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1864[333]
The Red River Expedition, March 10-May 16, 1864[334]
Battle of Sabine Cross-Roads, April 8, 1864[337]
Battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864[340]
Operations in Georgia: Battle of Tunnel Hill, Feb. 22, 1864[348]
Reconnoissance and Battle at Rocky Face Ridge, Feb. 25, 1864[350]
Capture of Union City. Tenn., March 25, 1864[350]
Attack on Paducah, Ky., March 26, 1864[351]
Capture of Fort Pillow, Tenn., April 12, 1864[353]
Operations in Florida in 1864[355]
Battle of Olustee. Feb. 20, 1864[357]
Battle at Bachelor’s Creek, N. C., Feb. 1, 1864[359]
Capture of Plymouth, N. C., Apr. 19, 1864[359]
Destruction of the rebel iron-clad Albemarle[362]
Capture of Fort Fisher and Wilmington, N. C.[363]
Kilpatrick’s Cavalry Raid toward Richmond, Feb. 28-March 5, 1864[374]
Operations in Arkansas in 1864[377]
Invasion of Missouri, September, 1864[379]
Operations in Georgia: General Sherman’s March to Atlanta[381]
Capture of Rome, Ga., May 19, 1864[384]
Battle of Kenesaw Mountain June 14, 1864[389]
Battle of Little Kenesaw, June 24, 1864[392]
Battle before Atlanta, July 22, 1864[394]
Stoneman’s Cavalry Expeditions in July, 1864[396]
The Siege of Atlanta, and its Capture[398]
Hood’s Campaign in Alabama and Tennessee[404]
Battle of Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864[407]
Preparations for Sherman’s Grand March[408]
The Burning of Rome, Ga., November 11, 1864[408]
The Destruction of Atlanta, November, 1864[409]
The Battle of Franklin, Tenn., November 30, 1864[411]
The Battle of Nashville, Tenn., December 15–17, 1864[413]
Continuation of the Siege of Charleston in 1864[418]
Operations in Middle and Western Virginia in 1864[419]
Battle of Piedmont, Va., June 5, 1864[421]
Battle of Opequan Creek, Va., Sept. 19, 1864[428]
Battle of Fisher’s Hill, Va., Sept. 21, 1864[430]
Battle of Cedar Creek, Va., Oct 19, 1864[431]
Sketch of the Life of Major-General Sheridan[432]
Battle of Morristown, Tenn., Nov. 13, 1864[434]
Stoneman’s Raid into Western Virginia, Dec. 12–20, 1864[434]
Expeditions at the close of 1864[440]
Rebel Privateers—the Alabama, the Florida, and the Shenandoah[442]
The St. Albans Raid, Oct. 19, 1864[446]
Advance of the Army of the Potomac, May 3, 1864[449]
Battle of the Wilderness, Va., May 5–7, 1864[451]
Battle of Spottsylvania, May 8–12, 1864[456]
Sketch of the Life of General Sedgwick[457]
Battle of Coal Harbor, Va., June 1–3, 1864[464]
General Grant’s Change of Base, June 12–15, 1864[468]
Operations on James River, Va., May 4–10, 1864[469]
Battle of Fort Darling, Va., May 12–16, 1864[473]
Assaults on the Intrenchments at Petersburg, Va., June 8–18, 1864[475]
Engagement on the Weldon Railroad, near Petersburg, Va.[478]
Engagements at Reams’s Station, Stony Creek, etc., June 22–29, 1864[479]
Sherman’s March from Atlanta to Savannah, Nov. 16—Dec. 22, 1864[480]
Capture of Fort McAllister, Ga., Dec. 13, 1864[488]
Capture of Savannah, Ga., Dec. 21, 1864[489]
Grand Naval Combat in Mobile Bay—Capture of Forts Morgan, Powell and Gaines[490]
Sherman’s March from Savannah to Goldsboro’, N. C., Jan.-March, 1865[493]
Battle of Averasboro’, March 15–16, 1865[494]
Battle of Bentonsville, March 20, 1865[495]
Capture of Charleston, S. C., Feb. 18, 1865[496]
Gen. Schofield’s March to Goldsboro’: Battles at Kingston, N. C., Mch. 7–10, 1865[499]
The Siege of Petersburg, Va., June 15, 1864[501]
Explosion of Pleasants’ Mine, and Battle before Petersburg, July 29, 1864[503]
The “Dutch Gap Canal” projected by General Butler[504]
The War Summer of 1865[505]
Battles on the Weldon Railroad, Va., August, 1864[505]
Battle of Reams’s Station, Va., Aug. 28, 1864[506]
Battle of Chapin’s Bluff, Va., Sept. 28, 1864[509]
Army of the James: Battle before Richmond, Oct. 7, 1864[511]
Battle of Hatcher’s Run, Oct. 27, 1864[512]
Close of the Campaign: Battle of Five Forks, Va., April 1–3, 1865[517]
Sheridan’s Expedition in the Shenandoah Valley, Feb. 27-March 19, 1865[519]
Expedition against St. Mark’s, Fla., March 4–12, 1865[521]
Stoneman’s Expedition in North Carolina, March 20-Apr. 13, 1865[523]
General Wilson’s Expedition in Alabama, March 22-Apr. 20, 1865[525]
Capture of Mobile and the Rebel Fleet, April 12-May 4, 1865[526]
Evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg, April 3, 1865[532]
Surrender of General Lee and his Army, April 9, 1865[534]
Sketch of the rebel General Lee[538]
Assassination of President Lincoln, April 14, 1865[541]
Sketch of the Life of Abraham Lincoln[547]
The Attempt to Assassinate Secretary Seward, April 14, 1865[548]
The Inauguration of President Johnson, Apr. 15, 1865[549]
The Close of Sherman’s Campaign. Surrender of General Johnston[552]
Farewell Address of General Sherman to his Army[554]
History of the Birkenhead Rams, built for the Pacha of Egypt[556]
The Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863[558]
Proclamation of Secretary Seward announcing the Adoption of the Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Slavery[560]
List of Vessels captured by the Confederate Navy during the War[561]

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS.
VOLUME II.

PAGE
Illustrated Title,[1]
Union Heroes,[53]
Union Heroes,[77]
Battle of Murfreesboro’,[117]
Capture of a Battery by General Rousseau,[117]
House used for Confinement of Rebel Sympathizers at St. Louis,[177]
Union Heroes,[197]
Union Heroes,[219]
Andrews leading the Rioters,[235]
Provost Guard attacking the Rioters,[269]
Confederate Generals,[287]
Battle of Missionary Ridge,[307]
Pursuit to Ringgold, Ga.,[307]
Camp Scene.—Assorting the Mail,[325]
Camp Scene.—The News Depot,[325]
Confederate Generals,[345]
View of Parrott Gun Burst on board the Susquehanna at the Attack on Fort Fisher,[367]
Confederate Generals,[385]
General Hospital at Savannah, Ga.,[405]
Confederate Generals,[425]
Confederate Generals,[447]
Battle of Coal Harbor, Va.,[465]
Hood’s Headquarters at Atlanta,[485]
Sherman’s Headquarters at Atlanta,[485]
Charging a Battery on the Weldon Railroad,[507]
Capture of a Railroad Train,[507]
Confederate Portraits,[527]

PORTRAITS.

UNION.
PAGE
Andrews, Geo. L., Brig.-Gen., [219]
Augur, C. C., Maj.-Gen., [197]
Grant, U. S., Lieut.-Gen., [13]
Graham, Lawrence P., Brig.-Gen. [77]
Gillmore, Q. A., Maj.-Gen., [53]
Harney, W. S., Brig.-Gen., [197]
Johnson, Andrew, President U. S., [550]
Keith, Brig.-Gen., [77]
Marcy, R. B., Inspector-Gen., [197]
Meade, Geo. G., Maj.-Gen., [53]
Meagher, T. F., Brig.-Gen., [77]
Meigs, M. C., Maj.-Gen., [219]
Milroy, Robt. H., Maj.-Gen., [197]
Mitchell, O. M., Maj.-Gen., [197]
Ricketts, James B., Brig.-Gen., [77]
Rousseau, L. N., Maj.-Gen., [53]
Sherman, W. T., Maj.-Gen., [43]
Sheridan, Philip H., Maj.-Gen., [433]
Shepley, Geo. F., Brig.-Gen., [219]
Slocum, H. W., Maj.-Gen., [53]
Stone, Chas. P., Brig.-Gen., [219]
Stoneman, Geo., Maj.-Gen., [53]
Thomas, Geo. H., Maj.-Gen., [267]
Ward, J. H. H., Brig.-Gen., [77]
White, Julius, Brig.-Gen., [219]
CONFEDERATE.
Beauregard, P. G. T., Maj.-Gen., [345]
Bragg, Braxton, Maj.-Gen., [287]
Bowen, Maj.-Gen., [425]
Branch, L. O’B., Brig.-Gen., [385]
Buckner, Simon B., Maj.-Gen., [447]
Borham, L., Brig.-Gen., [527]
Cheatham, B. F., Maj.-Gen., [447]
Colquet, Brig.-Gen., [385]
Crittenden, G. B., Brig.-Gen., [385]
Cooper, Samuel, Brig.-Gen., [527]
Davis, Jefferson, [97]
Ewell, Richard S., Lieut.-Gen., [287]
Floyd, John B., Maj.-Gen., [385]
Garnett, Rich. B., Brig.-Gen., [287]
Hardee, Wm. J., Lieut.-Gen., [447]
Hood, Maj.-Gen., [447]
Hampton, Wade, Maj.-Gen., [425]
Hansom, Roger, Brig.-Gen., [425]
Hill, A. P., Maj.-Gen., [287]
Johnson, B. T., Brig.-Gen., [385]
Johnston, Jos. E., Lieut.-Gen., [287]
Jackson, “Stonewall,” Lt.-Gen., [137]
Johnston, A. S., Maj.-Gen., [447]
Lee, Fitzhugh, Maj.-Gen., [287]
Longstreet, James, Lieut.-Gen., [287]
Lee, Robert E., General, [539]
Lovell, Mansfield, Maj.-Gen., [385]
Maffitt, J. N., Capt., [527]
Magruder, J. B., Maj.-Gen., [287]
Marshall, H., Maj.-Gen., [425]
Mason, James M., [527]
Morgan, John H., Maj.-Gen., [345]
McCulloch, Benj., Maj.-Gen., [345]
Polk, L. K., Maj.-Gen., [345]
Pillow, G. J., Maj.-Gen., [425]
Price, Sterling, Maj.-Gen., [345]
Rains, G. J., Brig.-Gen., [385]
Rhett, Thos. S., Brig.-Gen., [385]
Stephens, Alexander H., [157]
Stuart, J. E. B., Maj.-Gen., [345]
Stewart, George, Gen., [425]
Smith, G. W., Maj.-Gen., [425]
Semmes, Raphael, Capt., [527]
Slidell, John, [527]
Smith, E. Kirby, Lieut.-Gen., [345]
Toombs, Robert, Maj.-Gen., [447]
Twiggs, David E., Maj.-Gen., [447]
Van Dorn, Earl, Maj.-Gen., [425]
Zollicoffer, F. K., Maj.-Gen., [345]