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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 36
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