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 Goverı

ment.-Another Call for Federal Volunteers -Opening Movements of the Campuign,

-The Federal Occupation of Alexandria.-Death of Col. Ellsworth.--Fortress Mco.

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 Fed.

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....

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The “Grand Army" of the North.—General McDowell.—The Affair of Bull Pun.-

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 Rort

-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.-MoClellan, " 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 Achieveinents.-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.-SKETOR OF

GENERAL PRICE.—Coldness of the Government towards him....

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CIIAPTER VI.

The Campaign in Western Virginia.-General Wise's Command.-Political Intl
nces in Western Virginia.— The Affair of Scary Creek.-General Wise's Retreat to
Lewisburg.-General Floyd's Brigado.—The Affair at Cross Lanes.-Movements or
the Gauley.--The Affair of Carnifax Ferry.-Disagreement between Gererals Floy

and Wise.—The Tyrees.--A Patriotic Woman.-Movemen's 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 Ro.

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 Atfair on the Allegbany.-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......

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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 iu

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 “Horne Guard.”—The Occupation of Coluni-

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 Pikcton.-Suffering of our Troops at Pound

Gap.-The “Union Party" in East Tennessee.-Keelan, the Ilero 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 ...

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CHAPTER VIII.

Prospects of European Interference.—The selfish Calenlations 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

1961.- 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 Mensures of the South.-A weak and halting Policy.-The

Spirit of the War in the North.--Administration of the Civil Polity of the Sonthern

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 Expy.

dition to Winchester. -The BATTLE OF Mill Springs IN KENTUCKY.-General Crit

tenden.-Death of General Zollicoffer.-Sufferings of Crittenden's Army in the

Retreat.-Comparative Unimportance of the Disaster.— The Battle OF ROANOKX

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..

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CHAPTER X.

The Situation in Tennessee and Kentucky.-The affair at Woodson ville.-Death or

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 DONELSUN.-Carnago and Scenery of the

Battle-field. --The Council of the Sonthern 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 Nashvillo.-- 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....

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CHAPTER XI.

Organization of the permanent Government of the South.– The Polioy of England.

--Declaration of Earl Russell.--Onset of the Northern Forces.-President Davis's

Message to Congress.- The Addition of Now 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.-Barbarons Warfare of the North.– Tho

Anti-slavery Sentiment.—How it was unmasked in the War.-Emncipation 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 Mo-

Culloch.-The BATTLE OF VALVERDE.-The Foothold of the Confederates in New

Mexico.-Change of the Plan of Campaign in Virginia. - Abandonment of the Potomaa

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.-Fal} of Fort Pulaski and Fort Macon.--

Common Sense ve. “ West Point.”.

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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.-Tir

BATTLE Or Sulon.--Death of General Johnston.-The Federal Expeditions into

North Alabama.-Withdrawal of the Confederate Forces from the Trans- Mississippi

District.—THE FALL or 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...

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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

Sammer Campaign in Virginia.--Retreat from Yorktown.--Evacuation of Norfolk.-

Destruction of the “Virginia."-Commodore Tatnall's Report.-The Engagement

of Williamsburg.-The Affair of Barbamsville.-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 Can-

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...

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CHAPTER XV.

Strategic Importance of Richmond.—The BATTLE OF SEVEN PINE8.—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

Ihill.—The Enemy in Coinmunication with his Gunboats.—The Failure to cut him off.

-Glory and Fruits of our Victory.—Safety of Richmor.d.-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.....

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CHAPTER XVI.

Effect of McClellan's Defeat in the North.-Call for more Trvops. - Why the Ninh

was not easily dispirited.-The War as a Money Job.-Note: Gen. Washingtou'

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 Waghington.-Anti-Slavery Aspects of the War.—Brutulity of the

Yankees. The usensibility of Europe.—Yankee Chaplains in Virginia.-Seizures of

Private Property.–Pope's Orders in Virginia. -Steinwehrs Order respecting llost-

Ages. — The Character and Services of Gen. John Pope.-The “Army of Virginia.”

Irruption of the Northern Spoilsmen.-The Yankee Trade in Counterfeit Contederate

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.- Atluck by

the Enemy upon Bristow Station and at Manassas Junction.-- Marshalling of the

Hosts.-Longstreet's Pussage of Thoroughfare Gap.— The Plans of Gen. Lec.-Spirit

of our Troops. -Their Paintul Marches.--THE SECOND Battle or 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 Resuit to the Würlike Reputation

of the North.......

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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'.--Tue CAPTURL or Harper's FERRY.---Its Fruits

- The Battle or SuaresBURG.--Great Superiority of the Enemy's Numbers.-Fury

of the Battle.—The Bridge of Autietam.-A Drawn Battle.-Spectacles of Carnage.-

The Unburied Dead.— Gen. Lee retires into Virginia. - McClellau's Pretence of

Victory - The Affair of Shepherdstown.--Ch ges against McClellan.---llis 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

Contoderates in Maryland.- Excuses for the Timidity of the Marylanders.- What

was accomplished by the Summer Campaign of 1862.- The Outburst of Applause in

Eirope.--'Tribute from the London “ Times.”- Public Opinion in England.- Dis.

tinction between the People and the Government. The Mask of England.-Oun For-

EIGN RELATIONS IN TAE 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
RUMOND.—Re 'ertion of the Contederates in Lexington.-- Expectation of an Attich