and the AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
Reading edition
by the late Colonel G. F. R. HENDERSON, C.B.
AUTHOR OF “THE BATTLE OF SPICHEREN, A TACTICAL STUDY” AND “THE CAMPAIGN OF FREDERICKSBURG”
with an introduction by FIELD-MARSHAL THE LATE RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT WOLSELEY, K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c.
IN TWO VOLUMES—VOLUME I
WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND PLANS
TO MY FATHER
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION PREFACE
Chapter I. WEST POINT Chapter II. MEXICO. 1846–47 Chapter III. LEXINGTON. 1851–61 Chapter IV. SECESSION. 1860–61 Chapter V. HARPER’S FERRY Chapter VI. THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS OR BULL RUN Chapter VII. ROMNEY Chapter VIII. KERNSTOWN Chapter IX. M’DOWELL Chapter X. WINCHESTER Chapter XI. CROSS KEYS AND PORT REPUBLIC Chapter XII. REVIEW OF THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN Chapter XIII. THE SEVEN DAYS. GAINES’ MILL Chapter XIV. THE SEVEN DAYS. FRAYSER’S FARM AND MALVERN HILL Chapter XV. CEDAR RUN Chapter XVI. GROVETON AND THE SECOND MANASSAS Chapter XVII. THE SECOND MANASSAS (continued) Chapter XVIII. HARPER’S FERRY Chapter XIX. SHARPSBURG Chapter XX. FREDERICKSBURG Chapter XXI. THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA Chapter XXII. WINTER QUARTERS Chapter XXIII. CHANCELLORSVILLE Chapter XXIV. CHANCELLORSVILLE (continued) Chapter XXV. THE SOLDIER AND THE MAN INDEX
ILLUSTRATIONS
PORTRAITS
STONEWALL JACKSON, LT.-GENERAL.
STONEWALL JACKSON AT THE AGE OF 24 (from a daguerreotype)
MAPS
THE CITY OF MEXICO.
THE UNITED STATES, 1861.
SITUATION, NIGHT OF JULY 17, 1861.
DISPOSITIONS, MORNING OF JULY 21, 1861.
BULL RUN.
SKETCH OF WEST VIRGINIA IN 1861.
THE VALLEY.
SITUATION, NIGHT OF MARCH 21, 1862.
BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN.
SITUATION, APRIL 30, 1862.
BATTLE OF MCDOWELL.
SITUATION, MAY 18, 1862.
BATTLE OF WINCHESTER.
BATTLES OF CROSS KEYS AND PORT REPUBLIC.
ENVIRONS OF RICHMOND
BATTLE OF GAINES’ MILL
THE SEVEN DAYS. JUNE 26–JULY 2, 1862
BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL
ENVIRONS OF WARRENTON
BATTLE OF CEDAR RUN
SITUATION ON AUGUST 27 (SUNSET), 1862
SITUATION ON AUGUST 28 (SUNSET), 1862
POSITIONS ON AUGUST 29, 1862
GROVETON AND SECOND MANASSAS
POSITIONS ON AUGUST 30, 1862, IN THE ATTACK ON JACKSON
POSITIONS ON AUGUST 30, 1862
HARPER’S FERRY
SHARPSBURG
POSITIONS DURING THE ATTACKS OF HOOKER AND MANSFIELD AT SHARPSBURG
FREDERICKSBURG
HOOKER’S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE