Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 7)
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- Confederate Military History: a library of Confederate States history, in twelve volumes, written by distinguished men of the South (Vol. 7)
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- Volume 7. Alabama / by Lieut.-Gen. Joseph Wheeler; Mississippi / by Colonel Charles E. Hooker
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- 1899
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One of 12 volumes
CONTENTS—ALABAMA.
CHAPTER I. Introductory—The First Spanish Occupation of Alabama—Battles Fought by De Soto—Settlement at Mobile—French and Spanish wars—English Control—Indian Wars—War of 1812–Seminole and Florida Wars —Alabamians in the War with Mexico
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CHAPTER II. Secession and Its Causes—The Slavery Question—Alabama's Declaration Prior to the Nomination of Lincoln—The Charleston Convention—Result of the Election—Hope of Peaceable Secession—Expressions of Adams and Webster—Greeley Opposed to Coercion
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CHAPTER III. The State Convention—Variance of Opinion on Secession—Adoption of the Ordinance of Secession—Organization of Military Forces–Campaigns and Battles in Alabama—Some of Alabama's Distinguished Soldiers
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CHAPTER IV. The Alabama Infantry Regiments—Brief History of Each Organization–Their Service as Shown by the Official Records
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CHAPTER V. The Alabama Cavalry Commands—Regiments, Battalions and Detached Companies—References to Their Services in the Official Records
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CHAPTER VI. Batteries Composed of Alabama Troops—Their Organization and Officers—Records from the Official Reports
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BIOGRAPHICAL
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ILLUSTRATIONS—ALABAMA.
Alabama, Map of
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Allen, William W.
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Baker, Alpheus
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Battle, Cullen A.
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Bowles, Pinckney D.
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Bulger, Michael J.
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Cantey, James
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Clanton, James H.
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Clayton, Henry D.
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Deas, Zachariah C.
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Deshler, James
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Forney, John H.
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Forney, William H.
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Fry, Birkett D.
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Garrott, Isham W.
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Gorgas, Josiah
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Gracie, Archibald
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Hagan, James
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Holtzclaw, James T.
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Johnston, George D.
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Law, Evander M.
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Leadbetter, Danville
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Mobile, Map of the Defenses of
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Moody, Young M.
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Morgan, John T.
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O'Neal, Edward A.
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Perry, William F.
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Pettus, Edmond W.
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Roddey, Phillip D.
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Rodes, Robert E.
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Sanders. John C. C.
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Shelley, Charles M.
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Tracy, Edward D.
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Wheeler, Joseph
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Withers, Jones M.
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Wood, S. A. M.
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CONTENTS—MISSISSIPPI.
CHAPTER I. Civil Action of the State in Seceding from the Federal Union—Review of the Reasons for Secession–Legislature Provides for Convention–Proceedings of the Same
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CHAPTER II. Purchase of Arms—Organization of State Troops—Jefferson Davis Commander-in-Chief–Troops at Corinth—First Hostilities on the Mississippi
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CHAPTER III. Mississippi Troops Without the State, 1861—At Pensacola—Fight at Santa Rosa Island—The Regiments in Virginia—Their Service at First Manassas and Leesburg
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CHAPTER IV. Defense of the Mississippi River—Albert Sidney Johnston's Army—State Troops in Kentucky—Battle of Belmont—Fishing Creek—Fort Henry—Fort Donelson—Reorganization at Corinth—Battle of Shiloh
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CHAPTER V. Siege of Corinth—Engagements at Farmington and Serratt's House—Evacuation of Corinth—Affair at Booneville–Organization at Tupelo—Patriotism of the People—Bragg Moves to Chattanooga
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CHAPTER VI. Blockade of the Mississippi River—Ship Island—Biloxi and Pass Christian—Fall of New Orleans—First Attack on Vicksburg—Exploits of the Ram Arkansas—Battle of Baton Rouge
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CHAPTER VII. Campaigns of Price and Van Dorn—Battle of Iuka—Mississippi Commands in Van Dorn's Army—Battle of Corinth—Hatchie Bridge—Grant's Campaign on the Central Railroad—Invasion from Arkansas—Forrest in West Tennessee—Van Dorn at Holly Springs—President Davis Visits Mississippi—Sherman Defeated at Chickasaw Bayou.
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CHAPTER VIII. Service of Mississippians Without the State in 1862—Munfordville—Perryville—Murfreesboro—Yorktown—Seven Pines–Shenandoah Valley—Seven Days' Battles—Second Manassas—Harper's Ferry—Sharpsburg—Fredericksburg
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CHAPTER IX. Operations in Mississippi—January to July, 1863—Federal Forces at Young's Point—Expeditions North of Vicksburg — Organization of Confederate Forces—Grierson's Raid—Grant at Bruinsburg–Battles of Fort Gibson and Raymond—Plans of Johnston and Pemberton—Battle of Baker's Creek—Big Black Bridge—Siege of Vicksburg—Pemberton's Capitulation
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CHAPTER X. Operations in Mississippi—July to December, 1863—Siege of Jackson—Minor Operations in the State—Service of Mississippians Outside the State—Battle of Chickamauga—Knoxville—Chancellorsville—Missionary Ridge—Ringgold—Gettysburg
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CHAPTER XI. Events of 1864—Federal Plans of Campaign—Organization under General Polk—Sherman's Meridian Expedition–Federal Defeat at Sakatonchee Creek and Okolona—Destruction of Meridian—Forrest in West Tennessee–Organization under Gen. S. D. Lee—Victory at Tishamingo Creek–Battle of Harrisburg–Raid to Memphis–Raid on the Tennessee River–Minor Operations
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CHAPTER XII. Mississippi Commands Without the State, 1864—Atlanta Campaign—Nashville Campaign—Eastern Virginia Campaign—Shenandoah Valley Campaign
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CHAPTER XIII. Events of 1865—Forrest in Command—Deplorable Suffering of the People—Cavalry Organizations—Battle of Selma—General Taylor at Meridian—Mississippians in Virginia and the Carolinas—Capitulation of General Taylor—Summary of Mississippi's Contribution of Soldiers—Inauguration of Governor Humphreys
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BIOGRAPHICAL
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ILLUSTRATIONS—MISSISSIPPI.
Adams, Wirt
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Alcorn, James L.
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Baker's Creek, Battlefield of (Map)
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Baldwin, William E.
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Barksdale, William
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Benton, Samuel
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Brandon, William L.
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Brantly, William F.
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Chalmers, James R.
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Clark, Charles
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Cooper, Douglas H.
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Davis, Joseph R.
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Davis, Reuben
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Featherston, Winfield S.
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French, Samuel G.
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Griffith, Richard
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Gholson, Samuel J.
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Harris, Nathaniel H.
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Harrisburg, Battlefield of (Map)
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Hooker, Charles E.
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Humphreys, Benjamin G.
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Lowrey, Mark P.
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Lowry, Robert
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Martin, Will T.
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Mississippi, Map of
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Posey, Carnot
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Sears, Claudius W.
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Sharp, Jacob H.
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Smith, James A.
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Starke, Peter B.
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Tucker, William F.
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Van Dorn, Earl
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Vicksburg Campaign, Map of
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Walthall, Edward C.
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