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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Evans, Clement Anselm (1833 - 1911), editor

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Confederate Military History

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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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Confederate Publishing Company

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University of Michigan

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1861 to 1865

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United States

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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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 249

CHAPTER VI. Batteries Composed of Alabama Troops—Their Organization and Officers—Records from the Official Reports
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 309

BIOGRAPHICAL
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ILLUSTRATIONS—ALABAMA.

Alabama, Map of
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Allen, William W.
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Baker, Alpheus
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Battle, Cullen A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Bowles, Pinckney D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Bulger, Michael J.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Cantey, James
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Clanton, James H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Clayton, Henry D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Deas, Zachariah C.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Deshler, James
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Forney, John H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Forney, William H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Fry, Birkett D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Garrott, Isham W.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Gorgas, Josiah
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Gracie, Archibald
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Hagan, James
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Holtzclaw, James T.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Johnston, George D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Law, Evander M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Leadbetter, Danville
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Mobile, Map of the Defenses of
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 45

Moody, Young M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Morgan, John T.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

O'Neal, Edward A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 460

Perry, William F.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400

Pettus, Edmond W.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Roddey, Phillip D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Rodes, Robert E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Sanders. John C. C.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Shelley, Charles M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 400, 444

Tracy, Edward D.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

Wheeler, Joseph
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

Withers, Jones M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 392

Wood, S. A. M.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 412

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 3

CHAPTER II. Purchase of Arms—Organization of State Troops—Jefferson Davis Commander-in-Chief–Troops at Corinth—First Hostilities on the Mississippi
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 10

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 19

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 31

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 52

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 67

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.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 83

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 108

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 122

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 161

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 186

CHAPTER XII. Mississippi Commands Without the State, 1864—Atlanta Campaign—Nashville Campaign—Eastern Virginia Campaign—Shenandoah Valley Campaign
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 211

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
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 223

BIOGRAPHICAL
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 233

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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)
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 144

Baldwin, William E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Barksdale, William
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Benton, Samuel
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Brandon, William L.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Brantly, William F.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Chalmers, James R.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Clark, Charles
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Cooper, Douglas H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Davis, Joseph R.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Davis, Reuben
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Featherston, Winfield S.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

French, Samuel G.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Griffith, Richard
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Gholson, Samuel J.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Harris, Nathaniel H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Harrisburg, Battlefield of (Map)
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 201

Hooker, Charles E.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 1

Humphreys, Benjamin G.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 252

Lowrey, Mark P.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Lowry, Robert
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Martin, Will T.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 236

Mississippi, Map of
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 232

Posey, Carnot
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Sears, Claudius W.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Sharp, Jacob H.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Smith, James A.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Starke, Peter B.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Tucker, William F.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Van Dorn, Earl
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

Vicksburg Campaign, Map of
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 160

Walthall, Edward C.
................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 273

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