Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Volume 6: Volume 6

CONTENTS

contents List of Maps xi List of Illustrations xiii Preface xvii Acknowledgments xix Editorial Method xxi part 1: prelude to war 1. From West Point to the Battlefield General George A. Custer 2 2. The Seventh Regiment at the Capital, 1861 General Egbert L. Viele 19 part 2: the war in 1861 3. Alexandria, a Graphic Account of Its Capture General Orlando B. Willcox 28 4. The Battle of Rich Mountain General William S. Rosecrans 38 5. At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment General Francis S. Fiske 47 6. What I Saw at Wilson’s Creek Private Joseph A. Mudd 62 part 3: leaders, civilian and military 7. Lincoln and Grant Colonel Horace Porter 76 8. Robert E. Lee President Jefferson Davis 91 part 4: the war in 1862 9. Stonewall Jackson’s Discontent Colonel Alexander R. Boteler 102 00.FM.i-xxii_Cozz 12/2/03, 8:43 AM 7 viii • contents 10. My Campaign in East Kentucky President James A. Garfield 114 11. A Boy at Shiloh John A. Cockerill 123 12. A Soldier’s Letter from Shiloh Brevet Major Robert P. Barry 139 13. Sketching under Fire at Antietam Correspondent Frank H. Schell 148 14. The Battle of Perryville General William P. Carlin 162 15. In the Ranks at Stones River Corporal Ebenezer Hannaford 172 part 5: the war in 1863 16. Grierson’s Cavalry Raid Captain Stephen A. Forbes 198 17. Recollections of Marye’s Heights and Salem Church General Benjamin G. Humphreys 219 18. Criminal Blundering at Chancellorsville General John C. Lee 230 19. With Hood at Gettysburg Colonel Robert M. Powell 236 20. Further Recollections of Gettysburg Generals Daniel E. Sickles, John Newton, and Daniel Butterfield 253 21. Another View of Gettysburg General John Gibbon 273 22. General “Jeb” Stuart at Gettysburg Colonel John S. Mosby 281 23. Port Hudson: The Forlorn Hope and the Siege Colonel Prentiss Ingraham 291 24. Plain Living at Johnson’s Island Lieutenant Horace Carpenter 297 25. A Romance of Morgan’s Rough Riders Generals Basil W. Duke and Orlando B. Willcox, and Captain Thomas H. Hines 315 26. The Assault on Fort Wagner Drummer Robert D. Kelley 347 00.FM.i-xxii_Cozz 12/2/03, 8:43 AM 8 contents • ix 27. The Mistakes of Grant in Relation to the Chickamauga Campaign General William S. Rosecrans 358 28. Grant at Chattanooga General Oliver O. Howard 375 part 6: the war in 1864 29. Dahlgren’s Raid Lieutenant H. A. D. Merritt 382 30. The Siege of Petersburg General August V. Kautz 393 31. The Battle of Petersburg General Pierre G. T. Beauregard 407 32. The Crater Lieutenant Freeman S. Bowley 424 33. With Sherman at Atlanta Colonel Albert G. Brackett 431 34. The Price Campaign of 1864 Captain George S. Grover 436 35. Sheridan at Winchester Major Benjamin W. Crowninshield 446 36. General Schofield at Franklin Captain John K. Shellenberger 458 part 7: fireside and field of battle 37. The Railroad Brigade General Herman Haupt 466 38. Telegraphing in Battle J. Emmet O’Brien 476 39. A View of the Confederacy from the Inside Judge John A. Campbell 491 part 8: the war in 1865 40. The Failure of the Hampton Conference General Fitzhugh Lee 500 41. The Fall of Fort Fisher Thomas H. Sutton 506 42. The Burning of Columbia Colonel James G. Gibbes 513 00.FM.i-xxii_Cozz 12/2/03, 8:43 AM 9 x • contents 43. The Last Days of the Rebellion General Philip H. Sheridan 526 44. The Last Days of Lee’s Army Colonel Charles Marshall 535 45. An Effort to Rescue Jefferson Davis General Joseph Wheeler 543 46. The Last Chapter in the History of the War Lieutenant J. M. Bundy 553 part 9: epilogue 47. Why the Confederacy Failed Duncan Rose, with Replies from Generals Stephen D. Lee, Joseph Wheeler, Edward Porter Alexander, Evander M. Law, Don Carlos Buell, Oliver O. Howard, and Jacob D. Cox 566 Notes on Sources and Contributors 593 Map and Illustration Credits 599 Index 601 00.FM.i-xxii_Cozz 12/2/03, 8:43 AM 10 ...