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CHAPTER III.
Confidence of the North. --Characteristic Boasts. --" Crushing out the Rebellion." -
Volunteering in the Northern Cities. -The New York "Invincibles."--Misrepresenta-
tions of the Government at Washington. -Mr. Seward's Letter to the French Govern
ment.-Another Call for Federal Volunteers. - Opening Movements of the Campaign,
-The Federal Occupation of Alexandria.-Death of Col. Ellsworth.-Fortress Mon-
roe.-The BATTLE OF BETHEL. -Results of this Battle.- Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.-
The Upper Potomac, Evacuation and Destruction of Harper's Ferry. The Move-
ments in the Upper Portion of the Valley of Virginia.-Northwestern Virginia. The
BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN, Carrock's Ford. - The Retreat of the Confederates.-
General McClellan. - Meeting of the Federal Congress.-Mr. Lincoln's Message.-
Kentucky.-Western Virginia. Large Requisitions for Men and Money by the Fod-
eral Government. - Its Financial Condition. Financial Measures of the Southern
Confederacy. Contrast between the Ideas of the Rival Governments. Conserva-
tism of the Southern Revolution. - Despotic Excesses of the Government at Wash-
ington... PAGE 76
CHAPTER IV.
The "Grand Army" of the North. - General McDowell. - The Affair of Bull Fun.-
An Artillery Duel. -THE BATTLE OF MANASSAS. -" On to Richmond."-Scenery of the
Battle-field.-Crises in the Battle. - Devoted Courage of the Confederates. - THE ROUT
-How the News was received in Washington.-How it was received in the South.-
General Bee. - Colonel Bartow. - The Great Error. - General Johnston's Excuses for
not advancing on Washington.-INCIDENTS OF THE MANASSAS BATTLE....... PAGE 101
CHAPTER V.
Results of the Manassas Battle in the North. -General Scott. - McClellan, "the
Young Napoleon." -Energy of the Federal Government.-The Bank Loan.-Events
in the West.-The MISSOURI CAMPAIGN. -Governor Jackson's Proclamation.-Sterling
Price. The Affair of Booneville. Organization of the Missouri forces. - The BATTLE
OF CARTHAGE. - General McCulioch. - The BATTLE OF OAK HILL. - Death of General
Lyon. The Confederate Troops leave Missouri. -Operations in Northern Missouri.-
General Harris. -General Price's march towards the Missouri. -The Affair at Dry-
wood Creek.- The BATTLE OF LEXINGTON. - The Jayhawkers. -The Victory of " the
Five Hundred."--General Price's Achievements.-His Retreat, and the necessity for
it.-Operations of General Jeff. Thompson in Southeastern Missouri.--The Affair of
Fredericktown.-General Price's passage of the Osage River.-Secession of Missouri
from the Federal Union. Fremont superseded. --The Federal forces in Missouri de-
moralized.--General Price at Springfield. Review of his Campaign.-SKETCH OF
GENERAL PRICE. - Coldness of the Government towards him.....PAGE 180
CHAPTER VI.
The Campaign in Western Virginia. General Wise's Command.-Political Influ
aces in Western Virginia. - The Affair of Scary Creek.-General Wise's Retreat to
Lewisburg. General Floyd's Brigade. -The Affair at Cross Lanes. -Movements on
the Gauley. The Affair of Carnifax Ferry.-Disagreement between Generals Floy
and Wise. The Tyrees. - A Patriotic Woman.-Movements in Northwestern Vir-
ginia.-General Lee. -The Enemy intrenched on Cheat Mountain. -General Rose-
crans.-Failure of General Lee's Plan of Attack. - He removes to the Kanawha Re-
gion. The Opportunity of a Decisive Battle lost. - Retreat of Rosecrans.-General
H. R. Jackson's Affair on the Greenbrier. -The Approach of Winter. -The Campaign
in Western Virginia abandoned. The Affair on the Alleghany.-General Floyd a
Cotton Hill.-His masterly Retreat.-Review of the Campaign in Western Virginia.-
Some of its Incidents. - Its Failure and unfortunate Results. - Other Movements is
Virginia. The Potomac Line. -The BATTLE OF LEESBURG. -Overweening Confidence
of the South..... PAGE 165
CHAPTER VII.
The Position and Policy of Kentucky in the War.-Kentucky Chivalry.-Reminis-
cences of the "Dark and Bloody Ground."-Protection of the Northwest by Ken
tucky. How the Debt of Gratitude has been repaid.-A Glance at the Hartford
Convention. The Gubernatorial Canvass of 1859 in Kentucky. - Division of Parties.-
Other Causes for the Disloyalty of Kentucky. - The "Pro-Slavery and Union" Resolu-
tions. The "State Guard."-General Buckner. - The Pretext of "Neutrality," and
what it meant. - The Kentucky Refugees. -A Reign of Terror. -Judge Monroe in
Nashville.-General Breckinridge. Occupation of Columbus by General Polk.-The
Neutrality of Kentucky first broken by the North. -General Buckner at Bowling
Green.-Camp "Dick Robinson." -The "Home Guard." -The Occupation of Colum-
bus by the Confederates explained.--Cumberland Gap.-General Zollicoffer's Procla-
mation. The Affair of Barboursville.-"The Wild-Cat Stampede." -The Virginia
and Kentucky Border. -The Affair of Piketon.-Suffering of our Troops at Pound
Gap. The "Union Party" in East Tennessee. -Keelan, the Hero of Strawberry
Plains. The Situation on the Waters of the Ohio and Tennessee.--THE BATTLE OF
BELMONT. Weakness of our Forces in Kentucky. -General Albert Sidney Johnston.--
Inadequacy of his Forces at Bowling Green. -Neglect and Indifference of the Con-
federate Authorities. -A Crisis imminent.--Admission of Kentucky into the Southern
Confederacy.. ......PAGE 189
CHAPTER VIII.
Prospects of European Interference. - The selfish Calculations of England.-Effects
of the Blockade on the South.-Arrest by Capt. Wilkes of the Southern Commission-
ers. The Indignation of England. -Surrender of the Commissioners by the Lincoln
Government. -Mr. Seward's Letter.-REVIEW OF AFFAIRS AT THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR
1861.-Apathy and Improvidence of the Southern Government.--Superiority of the
North on the Water. -The Hatteras Expedition. The Port Royal Expedition. The
Southern Privateers. -Their Failure.-Errors of Southern Statesmanship. "King
Cotton." Episodes of the War. -The Affair of Santa Rosa Island. The Affair of
Dranesville.-Political Measures of the South.-A weak and halting Policy. The
Spirit of the War in the North.--Administration of the Civil Polity of the Southern
Army. The Quarter-master's Department.-Hygiene of the Camps. - Ravages of the
Southern Army by Disease. -The Devotion of the Women of the South....PAGE 212
CHAPTER IX.
Prospects of the Year 1862. -The Lines of the Potomac. - General Jackson's Expo
dition to Winchester. -The BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS IN KENTUCKY.-General Crit tenden. Death of General Zollicoffer.-Sufferings of Crittenden's Army on the
Retreat. Comparative Unimportance of the Disaster. -The BATTLE OF ROANOKE
ISLAND.-Importance of the Island to the South.-Death of Captain Wise. Causes of
the Disaster to the South.-Investigation in Congress.-Censure of the Government.--
Interviews of General Wise with Mr. Benjamin, the Secretary of War.-Mr. Benjamin
censured by Congress, but retained in the Cabinet.-His Promotion by President
Davis. Condition of the Popular Sentiment........
CHAPTER X.
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The Situation in Tennessee and Kentucky. - The affair at Woodsonville.-Death of
Colonel Terry. - The Strength and Material of the Federal Force in Kentucky.-Con-
dition of the Defences on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. - The Confederate
Congress and the Secretary of the Navy. - The Fall of Fort Henry.-Fort Donelson
threatened. The Army of General A. S. Johnston.-His Interview with General
Beauregard.-Insensibility of the Confederate Government to the Exigency.-General
Johnston's Plan of Action.-BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON. - Carnage and Scenery of the
Battle-field. The Council of the Southern Commanders. -Agreement to surrender.
-Escape of Generals Floyd and Pillow. - The Fall of Fort Donelson develops the
Crisis in the West. - The Evacuation of Nashville. - The Panic. -Extraordinary
Scenes. Experience of the Enemy in Nashville. -The Adventures of Captain John
Morgan. General Johnston at Murfreesboro.-Organization of a New Line of Defence
South of Nashville. The Defence of Memphis and the Mississippi.-Island No. 10.-
Serious Character of the Disaster at Donelson.-Generals Floyd and Pillow "re-
lieved from Command."-General Johnston's Testimony in favor of these Officers.-
President Davis's Punctilio.-A sharp Contrast.-Negotiation for the Exchange of
Prisoners. A Lesson of Yankee Perfidy. -Mr. Benjamin's Release of Yankee
Hostages........ ...... PAGE 241
CHAPTER XI.
Organization of the permanent Government of the South. -The Policy of England.
--Declaration of Earl Russell.-Onset of the Northern Forces. - President Davis's
Message to Congress. -The Addition of New States and Territories to the Southern
Confederacy. Our Indian Allies. The Financial Condition, North and South.-De-
ceitful Prospects of Peace.-Effect of the Disasters to the South. -Action of Congress.
-The Conscript Bill.-Provisions vs. Cotton.-Barbarous Warfare of the North.-The
Anti-slavery Sentiment.-How it was unmasked in the War.-Emancipation Measures
in the Federal Congress. - Spirit of the Southern People. -The Administration of Jef-
ferson Davis.-His Cabinet. - The Defensive Policy. -The NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN
HAMPTON ROADS.-Iron-clad Vessels. - What the Southern Government might have
done. The Narrative of General Price's Campaign resumed.-His Retreat into Ar-
kansas. The BATTLE OF ELK HORN.-Criticism of the Result. - Death of General Me-
Culloch. The BATTLE OF VALVERDE. - The Foothold of the Confederates in New
Mexico. Change of the Plan of Campaign in Virginia. - Abandonment of the Potomas
Line by the Confederates. -The BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN.-Colonel Turner Ashby.-
Appearance of McClellan's Army on the Peninsula.--Firmness of General Magruder
-The New Situation of the War in Virginia.-Recurrence of Disasters to the South
on the Water. The Capture of Newbern.-Fall of Fort Pulaski and Fort Macon.--
Common Sense "". "West Point.".... .........PAGE 265
CHAPTER XII.
The Campaign in the Mississippi Valley.-Bombardment of Island No. 10.-Fruits
of the Northern Victory.-Movements of the Federals on the Tennessee River. - THE
BATTLE OF SHILOH.-Death of General Johnston. -The Federal Expeditions into
North Alabama.-Withdrawal of the Confederate Forces from the Trans-Mississippi
District.-THE FALL OF NEW ORLEANS.-The Flag. - Major-General Butler..PAGE 297
CHAPTER XIII.
The Extremity of the South. -The Campaign in Virginia.- Jackson's Campaign in
the Valley. Sketch of the Battles around Richmond.-Effect of McClellan's Defeat
upon the North-President Davis's congratulatory Order. - General Pope's Military
Orders. Summary of the War Legislation of the Northern Congress.-Retaliation
on the part of the Confederacy. - The Cartel.-Prospects of European Interference.
-Progress of the War in the West. - The Defence of Vicksburg.-Morgan's great
Raid. The Tennessee-Virginia Frontier.- The Confederate Congress. The Cam- paign in Virginia again. -The signal Victory of the Thirtieth of August on the Plains of Manassas. A Review of its Military Results.... PAGE 828
CHAPTER XIV.
The New Orleans Disaster.-Its Consequences and Effects.-Public Opinion in
Europe. Execution of Mumford. Change in the Fortunes of the Confederacy.-
The Conscription Law. -Governor Brown of Georgia. Reorganization of the Army.
-Abandonment of Frontier Defences. - Concentration. - First Movements of the
Summer Campaign in Virginia. Retreat from Yorktown.-Evacuation of Norfolk.-
Destruction of the "Virginia."-Commodore Tatnall's Report. -The Engagement
of Williamsburg. -The Affair of Barhamsville.-McClellan's Investment of the Lines
of the Chickahominy.-Aların in Richmond.--The Water Avenue of the James.-
Consternation in the President's House.-President Davis and the Legislature of
Virginia.-Noble Resolutions of the Legislature. -Response of Richmond.-The
Bombardment of Drewry's Bluff. -Renewal of Public Confidence. -JACKSON'S CAM-
PAIGN IN THE VALLEY.-The Engagement of McDowell. -The Surprise at Front
Royal.-Banks' Retreat.-Port Republic. -Results. --Sufferings in the Valley of the
Shenandoah.-MEMOIR OF TURNER ASHBY...... .... PAGE 367
CHAPTER XV.
Strategic Importance of Richmond. -THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES. -Miscarriage
of General Johnston's Plans. -THE BATTLES OF THE CHICKAHOMINY.-Storming o
the Enemy's Intrenchments. - McClellan driven from his Northern Line of Defences,
-The Affair of Savage Station. -The Battle of Frazier's Farm.-Battle of Malvern
Hill. The Enemy in Communication with his Gunboats. The Failure to cut him off.
-Glory and Fruits of our Victory. -Safety of Richmond.-Other Parts of the Con-
federacy. Engagement of Secessionville. The Campaign of the West.-The Evac-
uation of Corinth. Capture of Memphis.-Siege of Vicksburg.-Morgan's Raid into
Kentucky. The Tennessee and Virginia Frontier.... ...... PAGE 409
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CHAPTER XVI.
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Effect of McClellan's Defeat in the North.-Call for more Troops. - Why the North
was not easily dispirited. -The War as a Money Job.-Note: Gen. Washington
Opinion of New England.-The Yankee Finances. - Exasperation of Hostilities. The
Yankee Idea of a "Vigorous Prosecution of the War."-Ascendancy of the Radicals.
-War Measures at Washington.-Anti-Slavery Aspects of the War.-Brutality of the
Yankees. The sensibility of Europe.-Yankee Chaplains in Virginia,-Seizures of
Private Property.-Pope's Orders in Virginia, Steinwehr's Order respecting Host-
ages. The Character and Services of Gen. John Pope. The "Army of Virginia."
Irruption of the Northern Spoilsmen. -The Yankee Trade in Counterfeit Confederate
Notes. Pope's "Chasing the Rebel Hordes." - Movement against Pope by "Stone-
wall" Jackson. - BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN. - McClellan recalled from the Penin-
sula. The Third Grand Army of the North.-Jackson's Surprise of the Enemy at
Manassas. A Rapid and Masterly Movement. Change of the Situation. Attack by
the Enemy upon Bristow Station and at Manassas Junction.-Marshalling of the
Hosts. Longstreet's Passage of Thoroughfare Gap. -The Plans of Gen. Lee. Spirit
of our Troops. -Their Painful Marches.---THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS. A ter-
rible Bayonet Charge.-Rout of the Enemy. -A hideous Battle-field. Gen. Lee and
the Summer Campaign of Virginia. Jackson's Share in it.-Extent of the Great
Victory of Manassas. -Excitement in Washington. The Yankee Army falls back
upon Alexandria and Washington.-Review of the Situation. Rapid Change in our
Military Fortunes. What the South had accomplished. Comparison of Material
Strength between North and South.-Humiliating Result to the Warlike Reputation
of the North..... .........PAGE 432
CHAPTER XVII.
Rescue of Virginia from the Invader. Gen. Loring's Campaign in the Kanawha
Valley. A Novel Theatre of the War. Gen. Lee's Passage of the Potomac.-His
Plans. Disposition of our Forces. McClellan again at the Head of the Yankee
Army. THE BATTLE OF BOONSBORO'. -THE CAPTURE OF HARPER'S FERRY.-Its Fruits
-THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG. Great Superiority of the Enemy's Numbers.-Fury
of the Battle.-The Bridge of Antietam.-A Drawn Battle.-Spectacles of Carnage.-
The Unburied Dead. - Gen. Lee retires into Virginia.-McClellan's Pretence of
Victory. The Affair of Shepherdstown.-Charges against McClellan.-His Disgrace.
-Review of the Maryland Campaign. Misrepresentations of Gen. Lee's Objects.-
His Retreat. Comment of the New York "Tribune." -The Cold Reception of the
Confederates in Maryland.-Excuses for the Timidity of the Marylanders.- What
was accomplished by the Summer Campaign of 1862. -The Outburst of Applause in
Europe.-Tribute from the London "Times."-Public Opinion in England.-Dis-
tinction between the People and the Government. The Mask of England.-OUR FOR-
EIGN RELATIONS IN THE WAR. - An Historical Parallel of Secession.-Two Remarks on
the "Neutrality" of Europe. - The Yankee Blockade and the Treaty of Paris. The
Confederate Privateers. - Temper of the South. - Fruits of the Blockade.... PAGE 473
CHAPTER XVIII.
Movements in the West.-The splendid Programme of the Yankees. -Kentucky
the critical Point. Gen. Kirby Smith's Advance into Kentucky. -THE BATTLE OF
RICHMOND.-Re ertion of the Confederates in Lexington. - Expectation of an Attack