CHAPTER

VII

of the belligerents. Letters of marque granted by the Con-
federate government. The building of a Confederate navy.
McClellan's plan of invasion. The disadvantages of the
Confederacy. Impatience of the Federal government. Com-
mittee of Congress on the conduct of the war. Friction
with McClellan. The president orders a general movement.
McClellan removed from chief command. New military
departments organized. The Confederate plan of defence.
Lee in charge of the Confederate armies.

PAGES

CAMPAIGNS OF 1862-IN THE EAST . . 193-217

Jackson's Valley Campaign. The forces under his command.

The Federal forces evacuate Romney. Friction between Jack-

son and the War Department. McClellan's plans thwarted.

The defence of Washington. The Department of the

Rappahannock. The Peninsular campaign.
Plan to cap-

ture Richmond. Indecisive encounters about Winchester.

Battle of Kernstown. Its results. Jackson's strategy mys-

tifies Banks. Federals defeated at McDowell. Engagement

at Front Royal. Banks, defeated at Winchester, crosses the

Potomac. Jackson's success alarms Washington. New

plans to overwhelm him. His strategic retreat to Strasburg.

McDowell's and Frémont's forces unable to coöperate. Battle

of Cross Keys. Jackson crosses the Potomac and attacks

and defeats Shields. End of the Valley Campaign. Jackson

moves to Richmond. Federals perplexed. The Confederate

defences on the Peninsula. McClellan takes command.

plan of advance to Richmond. Assault on Dam No. 1, or

Lee's Mills. Battle at Williamsburg. Longstreet retreats.

Confederate forces concentrated about Richmond. Move-

His

ments on the upper Peninsula. Naval attack on Drewry's

Bluff. McClellan entrenches on the Chickahominy. En-

counter at Hanover Court House. Battle of Seven Pines.

VIII CAMPAIGNS OF 1862-IN THE EAST-

(CONTINUED) .

219-252

The opposing forces before Richmond. Effect of McDowell's
withdrawal from Fredericksburg. New disposition of Fed-
eral forces. Jackson's army joins Lee. Federal advance
checked. Battle of Mechanicsville. Petersburg the new
objective. Battle at Gaines's Mill. Federals retreat south
of the Chickahominy. Battle of Malvern Hill. The Fed-
eral army reaches the James. Siege of Richmond raised.

CHAPTER

Forces engaged and casualties in the seven days' fighting.
McClellan's army combined with Pope's. Pope's war on
non-combatants. Spoliation of private property. Confederate
retaliatory action. Withdrawal of the Federal army from the
James. Battle at Slaughter's Mountain. Federal forces
retire beyond the Rappahannock. Their supplies captured at
Bristoe and Manassas. The second battle of Bull Run.
Federals retreat toward Washington. Battle of Chantilly.
Forces engaged and losses in Bull Run combats. Federal
campaign thwarted. Confederates plan invasion of the
enemy's country. Jackson's army occupies Frederick City.
McClellan again in command. Harper's Ferry captured.
Battle of Sharpsburg. McClellan superseded by Burnside.
Burnside's plan to take Richmond. Battle of Fredericks-
burg. Burnside withdraws to the north side of the Rappa-
hannock. A period of inaction in Virginia. The operations
of Stuart's cavalry. The Chickahominy Raid.
Raid on
The Chambersburg raid.

Pope's camp.

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IX CAMPAIGNS OF 1862-IN THE WEST . . 253-274
Grant repulsed at Belmont. Engagement at Fishing Creek.
Confederates withdraw to south side of the Cumberland.
McClellan's East Tennessee plan. Buell's opposition. Sur-
render of Fort Henry. Confederate misunderstanding at
Fort Donelson. The fort surrendered by Buckner. Attack
on Island No. 10. Confederate force surrenders at Tipton-
ville. The Confederate army concentrates at Corinth. Grant
in command at Pittsburg Landing. The battle there. Albert
Sidney Johnston killed. Halleck in chief command of Fed-
eral forces. Confederate army evacuates Corinth. West
and Middle Tennessee in control of the Federal authorities.
The political situation. Grant imposes martial law. Andrew
Johnson's severe policy. Confederate raids in Tennessee and
Kentucky. Bragg relieves Beauregard. Plan of the Federal
operations. Confederate programme an aggressive one. Race
for Chattanooga. Forrest takes Murfreesboro. Morgan's

raids.

Confederates invade Kentucky. Successes at Rich-
mond and Glasgow. Bragg's strategy. Battle at Perry-
ville. The Confederates withdraw from Kentucky. The
Partisan Rangers. Their flight at Lavergne. Forrest's
attack on Nashville. Bragg concentrates his army at Mur-
freesboro. Rosecrans replaces Buell. The Murfreesboro
battle. The opposing forces and losses. Bragg retires
across Stone River. The work of the Confederate cavalry.

CHAPTER

X CAMPAIGNS OF 1862-OPERATIONS AGAINST

MISSISSIPPI RIVER

PAGES

275-297

Sur-

The defences of New Orleans. Porter's plan for its cap-
ture. Farragut's fleet. Bombardment of Forts Jackson and
St. Philip. The Federal fleet passes the forts. Consternation
in the city. Confederate forces leave New Orleans.
render of the forts. Butler occupies New Orleans. Is out-
lawed by the Confederacy. Why called "Beast Butler."
His oppressive rule. His favorite spoils. Is relieved from
command. A Federal fleet before Vicksburg. The attack-
ing forces.
The weakness of the Confederate navy. The
construction of the ram Arkansas. She triumphantly forces
passage through the formidable Federal fleet. Siege of Vicks-
burg abandoned. The cut-off canal a failure. Battle at
Baton Rouge. The Arkansas destroyed. Port Hudson
occupied by the Confederates. Baton Rouge abandoned by
the Federals. Grant's plan for the capture of Vicksburg.
Confederate plans. Battle at Iuka. The importance of
Corinth. Confederates attack Corinth. They retreat to
Holly Springs. They establish supply depot there. Con-
federates capture supplies. Grant moves on Vicksburg. His
communications cut. Sherman's river expedition against
Vicksburg. Is repulsed at Chickasaw Bayou. Reembarks
and returns to the Yazoo. McClernand takes over the com-
mand. The second attack on Vicksburg abandoned.

299-321

XI CAMPAigns of 1862—THE TRANS-MISSIS-
SIPPI AND THE COAST
Confederate blunders. The Trans-Mississippi department.
Confederate call for troops in Missouri. New commands.
Battle of Elkhorn (Pea Ridge). Confederate forces with-
drawn from Arkansas. Weakening the trans-Mississippi
army. Federal advance on Little Rock. Northern Arkan-
sas submits to the Union. Confederate forces raised in
Arkansas. Hindman maintains Confederate power in the
Arkansas valley. Federal forces retreat to Helena. Con-
federates invade Missouri. Are driven back into Arkansas.
Federal movement on Vicksburg. Battle of Prairie Grove.
Confederates withdraw to Van Buren. Guerrilla warfare in
Missouri. Invasion of New Mexico and Arizona. Baylor's
"buffalo hunt." Confederate Territory of Arizona pro-
claimed. The Federal force in New Mexico. Battle of
Apache Canon. Sibley's disastrous retreat to Fort Bliss.

CHAPTER

Coast operations. The blockading squadrons.

runners.

Blockade

The first ironclad

The Virginia. The Monitor.
engagement. The Virginia blown up. Confederate priva-
teering. Lincoln's proclamation against privateering. Jef-
ferson Davis's retaliatory decision. European neutrality.
Work of the privateers-The Jefferson Davis, the Florida,
the Sumter, the Alabama. Naval and military expedition
against Port Royal. Federal expedition takes Roanoke
Island. Confederate fleet destroyed at Elizabeth City. New-
bern seized by Federals. Effects of the loss of Roanoke.
Fort Pulaska surrenders. Federals re-occupy Florida points.
Operations on Virginia coast. Summary of results.

XII CAMPAIGNS OF 1863-IN THE EAST.

PAGES

323-349

Was a "war meas-

Lincoln's emancipation proclamation. Its reception North

and South. Viewed as a state paper. Limitation of its pro-

visions. Why Tennessee was excepted. Proclamation not

based on constitutional prerogative.

ure." The campaign in Virginia. Hooker replaces Burn-

side. Confederate forces south of the Rappahannock. Hook-

er's plans. Stoneman's raid. The Federal army reaches

Chancellorsville. Lee's strategy. Federals retreat to the

Rappahannock. Fredericksburg lost and retaken by the

Confederates. Federals retreat across the Rappahannock.

The losses about Chancellorsville. Forces engaged. Death

of "Stonewall" Jackson. His services. Plan for invasion

of the North. New disposition of commands. Religious

devotion in the Confederate camps. Confederate successes

at Winchester and Martinsburg. Advance of Confederates.

Hooker outgeneralled. The Confederates reach Chambers-

burg. Private property respected. Alarm in the North.

Meade replaces Hooker. Gettysburg fortified. Opening

encounter at Gettysburg. General Reynolds killed. Fed-

erals driven back. Preparing for the battle. The topogra

phy of the field. Struggle for possession of Little Round

Top. Attack on Sickles's force. The supreme attack.

The Confederates overwhelmed. They retreat beyond the

Potomac. The casualties at Gettysburg. Minor movements.

XIII

CAMPAIGNS OF 1863-IN THE WEST. 351-370

The positions of the opposing forces in Tennessee. For-

rest's West Tennessee expedition. Engagements at Thomp-

son's Station and Brentwood. Streight's cavalry expedition.

Story of the first day's battle at Day's Gap. Pursuit and

surrender of Streight. Rosecrans moves against Bragg.

CHAPTER

XIV

Engagements in Middle Tennessee. The Confederates evac-
uate Chattanooga. The positions and numbers of the oppos-
ing forces at Chickamauga. The battles. The Federals
retreat to Chattanooga. The losses. Bragg fails to complete
his victory. His new position. Critical situation of the
Federal army. Grant in command at Chattanooga. Thomas
replaces Rosecrans. Forrest's expedition to East Tennessee.
Final battles and defeat of the Confed-
erates at Chattanooga. Cleburne's brilliant check of the
Federal pursuit. Johnston replaces Bragg. Longstreet
withdraws from Knoxville. Raids of the opposing cavalry
forces. Minor engagements in Tennessee. The Confeder-
ates withdraw from Tennessee. Forrest breaks the Federal
lines and reaches Mississippi.

Siege of Knoxville.

CAMPAIGNS OF 1863-OPERATIONS
AGAINST MISSISSIPPI RIVER

PAGES

371-386

Sherman's

Grant resumes operations against Vicksburg.
expedition down the river. Confederates surrender Arkansas
post. Grant in personal command. The cut-off canal again
a failure. The Lake Providence, Yazoo Pass, and Steele's
Bayou expeditions. Porter narrowly escapes capture. Grant's
new plan. Moves to New Carthage. Grierson's notorious
raid. Confederate defeats at Port Gibson and Raymond.
The Federal forces capture Jackson. Battles at Baker's
Creek and Big Black River bridge. The Federals reach the
defenses of Vicksburg. The first assault repulsed. Com-
bined land and naval attack. The Cincinnati sunk. Siege
operations. Desperate efforts of the defenders. A breach
in the works. The storming parties beaten off. A flag of
The condition of the defenders.

truce.

The city is surren-
Causes of the sur-

The

render.
Surrender of Port Hudson. Johnston evacuates
Jackson. It is occupied by Sherman and destroyed.
work of devastation. Grant's army dispersed. Yazoo City
surrendered. Predatory expeditions. Minor engagements.
Johnston assumes command of the Army of Tennessee.
Losses of the combatants in the Vicksburg campaign.

XV CAMPAIGNS OF 1863-THE TRANS-MIS-
SISSIPPI AND THE COAST

387-401

Confederate repulse at Helena. Marmaduke's reverse at
Springfield. Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Fayetteville.
Marmaduke defeated at Cape Girardeau. Encounters in