OF

MILITARY OPERATIONS,

DIRECTED,

DURING THE LATE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES,

BY

JOSEPH E JOHNSTON,

GENERAL, C. S. A.

ILLUSTRATED BY STEEL-PLATES AND MAPS.

NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
549 AND 551 BROADWAY.

1874.

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by

D. APPLETON & CO.,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

I offer these pages as my contribution of mate

rials for the use of the future historian of the War

between the States.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

Passage of Ordinance of Secession by Virginia Convention.-Resign office of

Quartermaster-General of the United States.-Defense of West Point

Officers, who resigned, from Unjust Attack.-Assigned to Duty of organ-

izing Virginia Troops.—Ordered by President Davis to take command at

Harper's Ferry.-Convinced, on Examination, that it was untenable.—Cor-

respondence, on the Subject, with General Lee and the Confederate Authori-

ties.-General Beauregard assigned to command of Confederate Army at

Manassas.-Movements of General Patterson.-Withdrawal from Harper's

Ferry.-Affair near Romney.-General Patterson again marches on Martins-

burg. Battle offered at Darkesville.-General McDowell advances on Ma-

nassas.-Precautions preparatory to assisting General Beauregard PAGE 9

CHAPTER II.

Movement of Troops to Manassas.-Discouragements of the March.-Arrival at

Manassas.-President Davis's Telegram.-General Beauregard's Proposed

Plan of Attack approved.-General McDowell anticipates it.—Battle of

Manassas.-Arrival of President Davis.-Reasons why an Advance on

Washington was impracticable
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CHAPTER III.-

The Summer spent in observing the Enemy and preparing for Active Service.—

Mason's and Munson's Hills occupied.-Colonel J. E. B. Stuart.-General

McClellan in command of the Federal Forces.-Consequences of Want of

Preparation for the Struggle beginning to be seriously felt.-The President

appoints Five Generals.-Correspondence with him on the Subject.-Organi-

zation of the Confederate Army.-President invited to Headquarters of the

Army for Consultation.-He visits Fairfax Court-House.-Account of the

Conference and its Result.-Battle of Leesburg.-Affair at Drainsville.-

Effective Total of the Confederate Army at the End of the Year 1861.—Allu-

sion to Events in the West

CHAPTER IV.

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General Jackson proposes to resign.-Interference of Secretary Benjamin with

the Army.-Proposition to exchange Prisoners.-Summoned to Richmond

for Conference.-Preparations for withdrawal from Manassas.-Sceretary

Benjamin continues his Interference with the Discipline of the Army.-

Movement to the Rappahannock.-Orders to General Jackson.-Battle of