University of Illinois Press, 2001 Paper: 978-0-252-07451-6 | eISBN: 978-0-252-09089-9 Library of Congress Classification E470.B33 Suppl. 2 Dewey Decimal Classification 973.73
ABOUT THIS BOOK | REVIEWS | TOC
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Sifting carefully through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, Peter Cozzens' Volume 6 brings readers more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views on "why the Confederacy failed." This volume includes one hundred and twenty illustrations, including sixteen previously uncollected maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.
REVIEWS
"Sure to interest readers as much as the original series and is highly recommended for public as well as academic libraries."
--Library Journal
"Sizzling with essays, testimonies, and writings about individuals and events that affected conflict outcomes of the Civil War. . . . This rich compilation was gathered from original articles published immediately following the war. Far from dry, these are lively and obscure accounts."
--Foreword Magazine
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Maps xi
List of Illustrations xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix Editorial Method xxi
PART 1: PRELUDE TO WAR
1. From West Point to the Battlefield
General George A. Custer 2
2. The Seventh Regiment at the Capital, 1861
General Egbert L. Viele 19
PART 2: THE WAR IN 1861
3. Alexandria, a Graphic Account of Its Capture
General Orlando B. Willcox 28
4. The Battle of Rich Mountain
General William S. Rosecrans 38
5. At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment
General Francis S. Fiske 47
6. What I Saw at Wilson's Creek
Private Joseph A. Mudd 62
PART 3: LEADERS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY
7. Lincoln and Grant
Colonel Horace Porter 76
8. Robert E. Lee
President Jefferson Davis 91
PART 4: THE WAR IN 1862
wt0newall Jackson's Discontent
Colonel Alexander R. Boteler 102
10. My Campaign in East Kentucky President James A. Garfield 114
11. A Boy at Shiloh
John A. Cockerill 123
12. A Soldier's Letter from Shiloh
Brevet Major Robert P Barry 139
13. Sketching under Fire at Antietam
Correspondent Frank H. Schell 148
14. The Battle of Perryville
General William P. Carlin 162
15. In the Ranks at Stones River
Corporal Ebenezer Hannaford 172
PART 5: THE WAR IN 1863
16. Grierson's Cavalry Raid
Captain Stephen A. Forbes 198
17. Recollections of Marye's Heights and Salem Church
General Benjamin G. Humphreys 219
18. Criminal Blundering at Chancellorsville
General John C. Lee 230
19. With Hood at Gettysburg
Colonel Robert M. Powell 236
20. Further Recollections of Gettysburg Generals
Daniel E. Sickles, John Newton, and Daniel Butterfield 253
21. Another View of Gettysburg
General John Gibbon 273
22. General "Jeb" Stuart at Gettysburg
Colonel John S. Mosby 281
23. Port Hudson: The Forlorn Hope and the Siege
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham 291
24. Plain Living at Johnson's Island
Lieutenant Horace Carpenter 297
25. A Romance of Morgan's Rough Riders
Generals Basil W. Duke and Orlando B. Willcox, and
Captain Thomas H. Hines 315
26. The Assault on Fort Wagner
Drummer Robert D. Kelley 347
27. The Mistakes of Grant in Relation to the Chickamauga Campaign General William S. Rosecrans 358
28. Grant at Chattanooga General Oliver 0. Howard 375
PART 6: THE WAR IN 1864
29. Dahlgren's Raid Lieutenant H. A. D. Merritt 382
30. The Siege of Petersburg General August V Kautz 393
31. The Battle of Petersburg
General Pierre G. T Beauregard 407
32. The Crater
Lieutenant Freeman S. Bowley 424
33. With Sherman at Atlanta Colonel Albert G. Brackett 431
34. The Price Campaign of 1864 Captain George S. Grover 436
35. Sheridan at Winchester
Major Benjamin W Crowninshield 446
36. General Schofield at Franklin Captain John K. Shellenberger 458
PART 7: FIRESIDE AND FIELD OF BATTLE
37. The Railroad Brigade
General Herman Haupt 466
38. Telegraphing in Battle
J. Emmet O'Brien 476
39.A View of the Confederacy from the Inside Judge John A. Campbell 491
PART: 8 THE WAR IN 1865
e Failure of the Hampton Conference
Ineral Fitzhugh Lee 500
Fall of Fort Fisher
nmas H. Sutton 506
$urning of Columbia
!nel James G. Gibbes 513
43. The Last Days of the Rebellion General Philip H. Sheridan 526
44. The Last Days of Lee's Army Colonel Charles Marshall 535
45. An Effort to Rescue Jefferson Davis General Joseph Wheeler 543
46. The Last Chapter in the History of the War LieutenantJ. M. Bundy 553
PART 9: EPILOGUE
47. Why the Confederacy Failed Duncan Rose, with Repliesfrom Generals Stephen D. Lee,
Joseph 1Wheelei; Edward Porter Alexander, Evander M. Law,
Don Carlos Buell, Oliver 0. Howard, and Jacob D. Cox 566
Notes on Sources and Contributors 593
Map and Illustration Credits 599
Index 601
University of Illinois Press, 2001 Paper: 978-0-252-07451-6 eISBN: 978-0-252-09089-9
Sifting carefully through reports from newspapers, magazines, personal memoirs, and letters, Peter Cozzens' Volume 6 brings readers more of the best first-person accounts of marches, encampments, skirmishes, and full-blown battles, as seen by participants on both sides of the conflict. Alongside the experiences of lower-ranking officers and enlisted men are accounts from key personalities including General John Gibbon, General John C. Lee, and seven prominent generals from both sides offering views on "why the Confederacy failed." This volume includes one hundred and twenty illustrations, including sixteen previously uncollected maps of battlefields, troop movements, and fortifications.
REVIEWS
"Sure to interest readers as much as the original series and is highly recommended for public as well as academic libraries."
--Library Journal
"Sizzling with essays, testimonies, and writings about individuals and events that affected conflict outcomes of the Civil War. . . . This rich compilation was gathered from original articles published immediately following the war. Far from dry, these are lively and obscure accounts."
--Foreword Magazine
TABLE OF CONTENTS
List of Maps xi
List of Illustrations xiii
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xix Editorial Method xxi
PART 1: PRELUDE TO WAR
1. From West Point to the Battlefield
General George A. Custer 2
2. The Seventh Regiment at the Capital, 1861
General Egbert L. Viele 19
PART 2: THE WAR IN 1861
3. Alexandria, a Graphic Account of Its Capture
General Orlando B. Willcox 28
4. The Battle of Rich Mountain
General William S. Rosecrans 38
5. At the Battle of Bull Run with the Second New Hampshire Regiment
General Francis S. Fiske 47
6. What I Saw at Wilson's Creek
Private Joseph A. Mudd 62
PART 3: LEADERS, CIVILIAN AND MILITARY
7. Lincoln and Grant
Colonel Horace Porter 76
8. Robert E. Lee
President Jefferson Davis 91
PART 4: THE WAR IN 1862
wt0newall Jackson's Discontent
Colonel Alexander R. Boteler 102
10. My Campaign in East Kentucky President James A. Garfield 114
11. A Boy at Shiloh
John A. Cockerill 123
12. A Soldier's Letter from Shiloh
Brevet Major Robert P Barry 139
13. Sketching under Fire at Antietam
Correspondent Frank H. Schell 148
14. The Battle of Perryville
General William P. Carlin 162
15. In the Ranks at Stones River
Corporal Ebenezer Hannaford 172
PART 5: THE WAR IN 1863
16. Grierson's Cavalry Raid
Captain Stephen A. Forbes 198
17. Recollections of Marye's Heights and Salem Church
General Benjamin G. Humphreys 219
18. Criminal Blundering at Chancellorsville
General John C. Lee 230
19. With Hood at Gettysburg
Colonel Robert M. Powell 236
20. Further Recollections of Gettysburg Generals
Daniel E. Sickles, John Newton, and Daniel Butterfield 253
21. Another View of Gettysburg
General John Gibbon 273
22. General "Jeb" Stuart at Gettysburg
Colonel John S. Mosby 281
23. Port Hudson: The Forlorn Hope and the Siege
Colonel Prentiss Ingraham 291
24. Plain Living at Johnson's Island
Lieutenant Horace Carpenter 297
25. A Romance of Morgan's Rough Riders
Generals Basil W. Duke and Orlando B. Willcox, and
Captain Thomas H. Hines 315
26. The Assault on Fort Wagner
Drummer Robert D. Kelley 347
27. The Mistakes of Grant in Relation to the Chickamauga Campaign General William S. Rosecrans 358
28. Grant at Chattanooga General Oliver 0. Howard 375
PART 6: THE WAR IN 1864
29. Dahlgren's Raid Lieutenant H. A. D. Merritt 382
30. The Siege of Petersburg General August V Kautz 393
31. The Battle of Petersburg
General Pierre G. T Beauregard 407
32. The Crater
Lieutenant Freeman S. Bowley 424
33. With Sherman at Atlanta Colonel Albert G. Brackett 431
34. The Price Campaign of 1864 Captain George S. Grover 436
35. Sheridan at Winchester
Major Benjamin W Crowninshield 446
36. General Schofield at Franklin Captain John K. Shellenberger 458
PART 7: FIRESIDE AND FIELD OF BATTLE
37. The Railroad Brigade
General Herman Haupt 466
38. Telegraphing in Battle
J. Emmet O'Brien 476
39.A View of the Confederacy from the Inside Judge John A. Campbell 491
PART: 8 THE WAR IN 1865
e Failure of the Hampton Conference
Ineral Fitzhugh Lee 500
Fall of Fort Fisher
nmas H. Sutton 506
$urning of Columbia
!nel James G. Gibbes 513
43. The Last Days of the Rebellion General Philip H. Sheridan 526
44. The Last Days of Lee's Army Colonel Charles Marshall 535
45. An Effort to Rescue Jefferson Davis General Joseph Wheeler 543
46. The Last Chapter in the History of the War LieutenantJ. M. Bundy 553
PART 9: EPILOGUE
47. Why the Confederacy Failed Duncan Rose, with Repliesfrom Generals Stephen D. Lee,
Joseph 1Wheelei; Edward Porter Alexander, Evander M. Law,
Don Carlos Buell, Oliver 0. Howard, and Jacob D. Cox 566
Notes on Sources and Contributors 593
Map and Illustration Credits 599
Index 601