Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 3)
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- Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 3)
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- Confederate Military History
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- Volume 3. Virginia / by Maj. Jed. Hotchkiss
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- 1899
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One of 12 volumes
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. Virginia in 1860—Her Seven Grand Divisions—Geological Characteristics, Climate and Agricultural Products—Her Population—Political and Historical Importance
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3
CHAPTER II. Slavery in Virginia—The Agitation of the Slavery Question—Distribution of Slaves in the State—John Brown's Invasion
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
CHAPTER III. From John Brown's Execution to the Federal Invasion—The Election of President Lincoln—Meeting of the Virginia Convention—Governor Letcher's Reply to the Call for Troops—Seizure of Harper's Ferry—Union with the Confederate States
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 32
CHAPTER IV. The Plan of Invasion—Northwestern Virginia—Grafton, Philippi and Rich Mountain—May to July, 1861
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 43
CHAPTER V. The First Kanawha Valley Campaign, April to July, 1861
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 57
CHAPTER VI. The First Shenandoah Valley Campaign, April to July, 1861
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 63
CHAPTER VII. The Bull Run, or Manassas, Campaign, January to July, 1861
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 91
CHAPTER VIII. Operations about Norfolk and Yorktown—Battle of Big Bethel—Burning of Hampton
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 123
CHAPTER IX. The Tygart's Valley and Cheat Mountain Campaign—Battle of Greenbrier River, or Camp Bartow—Battle of Alleghany Mountain
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 152
CHAPTER X. Operations along the Potomac—From First Manassas to Battle of Leesburg
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 178
CHAPTER XI. Battle of Leesburg—Operations on the Lower Potomac and East Shore—Action at Dranesville
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 187
CHAPTER XII. Stonewall Jackson's Romney Campaign
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 197
CHAPTER XIII. Review of Military Conditions, Spring of 1862
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 208
CHAPTER XIV. Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 214
CHAPTER XV. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862—Yorktown, Williamsburg and Seven Pines
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 269
CHAPTER XVI. The Seven Days' Battles before Richmond
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 281
CHAPTER XVII. Stonewall Jackson's Cedar Run Campaign
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 304
CHAPTER XVIII. Lee's Campaign against Pope in Northern Virginia
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 315
CHAPTER XIX. The Maryland Campaign against McClellan
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 335
CHAPTER XX. The Fredericksburg Campaign
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 360
CHAPTER XXI. The Chancellorsville Campaign and Death of Jackson
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 375
CHAPTER XXII. The Campaign in Pennsylvania
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 395
CHAPTER XXIII. The Autumn and Winter Campaigns of 1863
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 423
CHAPTER XXIV. The Wilderness Campaign against Grant
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 431
CHAPTER XXV. The Battles of Spottsylvania Court House—The Defeat of Sigel and Butler
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 445
CHAPTER XXVI. The Maneuvers on the North Anna River
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 458
CHAPTER XXVII. The Richmond Campaign of 1864
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 463
CHAPTER XXVIII. Early's Lynchburg and Valley Campaigns
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 476
CHAPTER XXIX. The Siege of Petersburg
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 516
CHAPTER XXX. Closing Events in Southwest Virginia and the Valley
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 539
CHAPTER XXXI. The Appomattox Campaign and Lee's Surrender
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 546
APPENDIX
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 558
BIOGRAPHICAL
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 573
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
Anderson, Joseph R.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Armistead, Lewis A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Army of Virginia, Position of Troops, Aug. 27, 1862
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 321
Ashby, Turner
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Barton, Seth M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Beale, Richard L. T.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Bethel, Battle of (Map)
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 136
Chambliss, John R.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Chancellorsville, Salem Church and Fredericksburg (Map of)
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Between pages 384 and 385
Chilton, Robert H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Cocke, P. St. George.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Colston, Raleigh E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Corse, Montgomery D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Dearing, James.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
DeLagnel, Julius A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Echols, John
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 576
Floyd, John B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Fredericksburg, Map of Battle
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 369
Garland, Samuel
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Garnett, Richard B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Garnett, Robert S.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Gettysburg, Map of Battlefield
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 416
Harris, David B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Heth, Henry
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Hotchkiss, Jed
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1
Hunton, Eppa
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Imboden, John D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Jackson, William L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Jenkins, Albert G.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Johnson, Edward
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Jones, John M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Jones, John R.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Jones, Samuel
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Jones, William E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Jordan, Thomas
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Kemper, James L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Lee, Edwin G.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Lee, Fitzhugh
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Lee, George W. C.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Lee, William H. F.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Lilley, R. D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Lomax, Lunsford L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Long, Armistead L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
McCausland, John
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Magruder, John B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Mahone, William
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Manassas, Map of First Battle
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Between pages 96 and 97
Maury, Dabney H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Mechanicsville and Cold Harbor, Map of Battlefield.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 288
Moore, Patrick T.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Munford, Thomas T.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Page, Richard L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Paxton, Elisha P.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Payne, William H. F.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Pegram, John
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Pendleton, William N.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Pickett, George E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Pryor, Roger A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Reynolds, Alexander W.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Richmond and Petersburg. (Map of)
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Between pages 528 and 529
Robertson, Beverly H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Rosser, Thomas L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Ruggles, Daniel
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Slaughter, James E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Smith, William
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Starke, William E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Stevenson, Carter L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Stevens, Walter H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Stuart, James E. B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Taliaferro, William B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Terrill, James B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Terry, William
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 674
Virginia, Map of Battlefields.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ Between pages 572 and 573
Walker, Henry H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Walker, James A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
Walker, R. Lindsay
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Weisiger, Daniel A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 658
Wharton, G. C.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 642
Wickham, Williams C.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 626
Wilderness and Spottsylvania, Maps of Battles
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 440
Winchester, Battle of (Map of Route to)
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 240
Wise, Henry A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 610
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