Battles and Leaders of the Civil War Volume IV - Table of Contents

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR J PAGE

FRONTISPIECE, " LIST

WITH FATE AGAINST THEM."

By

Gilbert Gaul

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OF MAPS

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OF ARTISTS LIST OF DRAUGHTSMEN LIST OF ENGRAVERS EDITORS' NOTE INDEX TO THE FOUR VOLUMES

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LIST

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CHARLESTON. GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD THE DEFENSE OF CHARLESTON — Line Pickets ( W. Taber) —Map of Charleston Harbor the Union Picket Relieving Illustrations On and Vicinity (Jacob Wells) — Map of the South Carolina Coast (Jacob Wells) — Castle Pinckney, Charleston

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Harbor, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (C. A. Yanderlioof) — Interior of Fort Putnam and South-east Angle of the Confederate Fort Marshall, from Brady photos. (J. O. Davidson) — Colonel D. B. Harris, C. S. A., from photo, lent by Major John Johnson The Monitor " Weehawken," and Effect of the Shot from Charleston Fort Sumter on the Plating and Smoke-stack of the "Weehawken" (Xantlms Smith) under Fire (Theo. R. Davis)— The First Breach in Fort Sumter, from Cook photo.— " The Battery," General Quiucy A. Gillmore, from Brady photo.

Charleston (J. Wells Ohampney)

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THE CONFEDERATE DEFENSE OF FORT SUMTER ..MAJOR JOHN JOHNSON

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Illustration: Captain Thomas A. Huguenin in the Headquarters-room, Fort Sumter, from sketch lent by Captain Huguenin (E. J. Meeker).

MINOR OPERATIONS OF THE SOUTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON UNDER DU PONT.

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Illustrations: The Union Tug "Plato" (with Torpedo Rake at the bow) in the Stouo River, near The Monitor " Montauk " destroying the Charleston, from sketch by Horatio L. Wait (E. J. Meeker) Confederate Privateer " Nashville " near Fort McAllister, Ogeechee River, Georgia (J. O. Davidson).

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CAPTAIN JOHN ERICSSON

THE EARLY MONITORS

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Illustrations: Interior View of the Turret of a Sea-going Monitor, from litho. lent by Capt. EricsBon— Section of the Hull of a Sea-going Monitor, from plan lent by Capt. Ericsson.

REAR-ADMIRAL C. R. P. RODGERS Illustrations The Monitor " Montauk" beached for Repairs (J. O. Davidson) —"Slap of the Blockade Bombardof Confederate Ports (Jacob Wells) — Rear- Admiral C. R. P. Rodgers, from Brady photo. ment of Fort Sumter and Adjacent Forts by the Union Fleet, April 7th, 1863 (J. O. Davidson) — RearAdmiral D. M. Fairfax, from photo.— The Monitor " Weehawken " capturing the Confederate Ironclad Ram "Atlanta" (J. O. Davidson) -»Rear- Admiral Daniel Ammen, from photo.— Rear- Admiral J. A. Dahlgren, from photo, lent by Horatio L. Wait.

DU PONT'S ATTACK AT CHARLESTON :

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REAR-ADMIRAL THOS.

THE BOAT ATTACK ON SUMTER Illustration

The Boat Attack on Fort Sumter

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(J. O.

H.

STEVENS.

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Davidson).

THE SOUTH ATLANTIC BLOCKADING SQUADRON GENERAL QJJINCY THE ARMY BEFORE CHARLESTON IN iSoi

51 A.

GILLMORE

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Illustrations: Thirty-pounder Parrott Rifles in Battery Hays, from photo, lent by Colonel W. S. Stryker (W. Taber) —The Night Assault on Battery Wagner (J. O. Davidson) — Colonel Robert G. Shaw, from photo, lent by Mrs. Charles Russell Lowell The, Marsh Battery after the Explosion of the " Swamp Angel," from photo, lent by Colonel W. S. Stryker (W. Taber) - Brevet Brigadier-General E. W. Scrrell, from photo, lent by Colonel W. S. Stryker (V. Gribayedoff) -The Marsh Battery armed with Mortars, after the Explosiou of the " Swamp Angel." from sketch by Horatio L. Wait (E. J. Meeker).

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THE "SWAMP ANGEL Illustrations

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The "Swamp Angel"

a Monument, in Trenton,

S. STRYKER — The "Swamp Angel" mounted as

COLONEL WILLIAM

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New Jersey

in position (Theo. R. Davis)

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(Theo. R. Davis).

THE OPPOSING LAND FORCES AT CHARLESTON

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credit is here given to the Massachusetts C'ommandery of the i In order to save much repetition, particular Loyal Legion, to Colonel Arnold A. Rand, General Albert Ordway, and Charles B. Hall for the use of photographs and drawings. War-time photographers, whose work is of the greatest historical value and has been freely dr;i wn upon in the preparation of the illustrations, are M. B. Brady, Alexander Gardner, and Captain A. J. Russell in the the latter, since the war, North and D. H. Anderson of Richmond, Va., and George S. Cook of Charleston, S. having succeeded to the ownership of the Anderson negatives. ;

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OLUSTEE. PAGE

GENERAL SAMUEL JONES GENERAL JOSEPH R. HAIVLEY

THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, OR OCEAN POND THE BATTLE OF OLUSTEE, FLORIDA

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OPERATIONS AFTER GETTYSBURG. FROM GETTYSBURG TO THE COMING OF GRANT

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GENERAL MARTIN

MCMAHON

T.

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Illustrations Provost Guard at the Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac (114th Penna. Infantry), from Gardner photo. (W. Tuber) — Fort Ramsey, Upton's Hill, Virginia, and View of Aldie Gap, from On the Road sketches by R. K. Sneden (G. A. Tanderhoof) — Map of Northern Virginia (Jacob Wells) to Warrenton (Edwin Forbes)— Warrenton Junction, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (C. A. TanderCamp of the Military Telegraph hoof) —Army Forge, Brandy Station, from Gardner photo, fir. Taber) Corps, Brandy Station, from Gardner photo. (TJws. Hogan) — Map of the Field of Operations of November, 18G3 (Jacob Wells) -1. "The Shebang," Quarters of the United States Sanitary Commission Station, from Gardner photos. (J. D. 2. General Post-Office, Army of Potomac, December, 1863, at Brandy Woodward) Major-General John Sedgwick, from Brady photo.— Fugitive Negroes at the Rapidan, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber). :

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AND DAHLGREN'S RAID TO RICHMOND

KILPATRICK'S

GEORCE E POND

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Illustration Camp of the 18th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Kilpatrick's Division, on the Union Left, between the Rappahannock and the Rapidan (February or March, 1864), from Gardner photo. (W. Taber). :

THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN. GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT 97 PREPARING FOR THE CAMPAIGNS OF '04 Illustrations Headquarters of the Army of the Potomac at Brandy Station, from Gardner photo.

(E. J. Meeker) — Headquarters Flag, Army of the Potomac (A. R. Waud) — Bealton Station and Brandy :

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Orange and Alexandria Railway, from sketches by R. K. Sneden (G. A. Tanderhoof) General Meade's Headquarters at Culpeper, from photo, lent by W. H.Whiton (C.A. Tanderhoof) — Major-General George G. Meade, from Brady photo, lent by Colonel George Meade — General U. S. Grant, from Brady photo.— Brevet Major-General M. C. Meigs, Quartermaster-General, U.S. A., from Brady photo.— General — W. T. Sherman, from photo, by Geo. M. Bell General P. H. Sheridan, from photo, by C. D. Mosher Fac-simile of Lincoln's God-speed to Grant — Major-General A. A. Humphreys, from Anthony photo.

Station,

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FROM THE WILDERNESS TO COLD HARBOR

E.

M.

LAIV

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Illustrations: Watering Horses in the Rapidan, from sketch by C. W. Reed (W. Taber) — Union Troops crossing the Rapidan at Germanna Ford (Edwin Forbes) Map of the Field of the WildernessBrevet Major-General Alexander S. Webb, from Brady photo.— Confederate Line waiting Orders in the Capture of a part of the burning Union Breastworks on the Brock Road on Wilderness ( W. L. Sheppard) Brigadier-General Micah Jenkins, C. S. A., from a tintype the afternoon of May 6th (A. R. Waud) Breastworks of Hancock's Corps on the Brock Road on the morning of May 7tli (Edwin Forbes) — McCool's McCool's Farm-house within the "Bloody Angle," Spotsylvania, from photo. (Harm Fenn) House in 1884 (Joseph Fennel!) — Map of the field of Spotsylvania — Spotsylvania Court House and Spoteylvauia Tavern, from photos. (W. Taber) — Four views of Confederate Intreuchments at Spotsylvania, from photos. (J. D. Woodward) — Confederate Trenches at Chesterfield Bridge on the North Anna, from Gardner photo. (A. G. Redwood) — Map of the North Anna — Jericho Mills Union Engineer Corps at work, from Gardner photo. (Harry Fenn) The Pennsylvania Reserves resisting a Confederate attack near the Bethesda Church, June 2d (Edwin Forbes) Map of Cold Harbor — The Tavern at New Cold Harbor ( W. L. Sheppard) — Extreme Right of the Confederate Line, Cold Harbor, from Gardner photo.

(J. D. Woodward) — A Rabbit in a Confederate Camp ( W. L. Slicppard).

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GENERAL GRANT ON THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN (EXTRACT FROM DATED JULY 22A, .805)

HIS

REPORT) S

Illustrations Second Day of the Battle of the Wilderness (Edwin Forbes) — General Grant whittling during the Battle of the Wilderness (G. W. Reed) — Todd's Tavern in war-time, from photo. (J. D. Woodward) The Wilderness Tavern in 1884, from photo. (W. Taber) Brass Coehorns in use at Cold Harbor (A. R. Waud) — Mansion and Grounds on Marye's Hill, Fredericksburg, from photo, lent by W. H. Whiton ( W. Taber) — General Grant and Staff at Bethesda Church, from Gardner photo. ( W. Taber). :

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THROUGH THE WILDERNESS

GENERAL ALEXANDER

S.

IV EBB

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W. Taber) Map of the Relative Positions of Forces, Morning and Evening, May 4th, 1864 Todd's Tavern in 1884 (Joseph Fennel!)

Map of the Wilderness, May 5th, 1864 Throwing up Breastworks in the Wilderness (A. R. Waud) Map of the Wilderness, May 6th, 1864 BrigadierGeneral James S. Wadsworth, from Brady photo.— Distributing Ammunition under Fire to Warren's Fifth Corps, May 6th (A. R. Waud) The Burning Woods, May Gth Rescuing the Wounded (A. R. Waud) View from near the Wilderness Tavern looking toward the Battle-field, 2 P. M., May 7th (Edwin Forbes) Out of the Wilderness, Sunday Morning, May 8th The March to Spotsylvania (Edwin Forbes) Outliue Map of Lee's positions in the Wilderness and at Spotsylvania (Major Jed. Hotehkiss) Map of the Relative

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Major-General John M. Jones, C. 8. A., from AndersonPositions of the Opposing Corps at Spotsylvania Cook photo. Major-General John C. Robinson, from Brady photo. General Burnside's Headquarters at Bethel Church, May 22d, 1864, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber).

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NORTON GALLOWAY — —

HAND-TO-HAND FIGHTING AT SPOTSYLVANIA

G. 170 Illustrations: Struggling for the Works at the " Bloody Angle " (W. T. Trego) Upton's Brigade at Brevet Major-General Emory Upton, the " Bloody Angle," from sketch by G. N. Galloway (F. H. Schell) from Brady photo. Union Hospital at Alsop*s Farm-house near the Brock road, from Gardner photo.

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W. Taber).

THE DEATH OF GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK MCALLISTER'S BRIGADE AT THE "BLOODY _ ANGLE" Illustration

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Center of the Union position at Spotsylvania,

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EDWARDS'S BRIGADE AT THE Illustration

GENERAL MARTIN T. MCMAHON nc ,, CD ., ROBERT urt o C a-r MCALLISTER ^r^rrrc-rna GENERAL

BLOODY ANGLE

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May 10th, 1864 (Edwin Forbes).

JAMES

L.

BOIVEN

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General Grant reeonnoitering the Confederate position at Spotsylvania Court House

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(C. W. Reed).

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT THE BEGINNING OF GRANT'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST RICHMOND ..179 Illustration: Beating the Long Boll (Winslow Homer).

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT COLD HARBOR, JUNE

ist,

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RODENBOUGH 188 Winslow Homer) — Major-General

GENERAL THEO.

SHERIDAN'S RICHMOND RAID

F.

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Illustrations: Unhorsed Troopers retiring from Sheridan's Raid ( George A. Custer, from Gardner photo.— Map of the Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid, of Sheridan's Richmond Raid, and of Sheridan's Trevilian Raid (Jacob Wells) — Portrait group of General P. H. Sheridan, General D. McM. Gregg, General A. T. A. Torbert, General James H. Wilson, General Henry E. Davies, Jr.. and General Wesley Merritt, from Gardner photo.

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Major-General Fitzhugh Lee,

C. S. A.,

THE DEATH OF GENERAL Illustration

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BY A PRIVATE OF THE SIXTH GIN IA CAVALRY

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from Anderson-Cook photo.

GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD 195 Illustrations Looking for a Friend ( W. Taber) — Map of Operations at Drewry's Bluff, Bermuda Hundred, and Deep Bottom in 1864 (Jacob Wells) — Major-General R. F. Hoke, C. S. A., from photo.— Confederate Roll-Call (A. C. Redwood).

THE DEFENSE OF DREWRY'S BLUFF :

GENERAL IVM. FARRAR SMITH 206 BUTLER'S ATTACK ON DREWRY'S BLUFF Illustrations A Fifteen-inch Gun, from Gardner photo. ( G. R. Halm) — Major-General John A. Dix, from photo, by J. W. Black — Brevet Major-General Joseph R. Hawley, from photo, by Prescott & Gage — :

Major-General Godfrey Weitzel, from Anthony photo.

GENERAL MARTIN

COLD HARBOR

T.

MCMAHON ... 213

Illustrations Fording the Mattapony, from sketch by C. W. Reed (W. Taber) — Map of Confederate Map of Cold Harbor MajorPositions at the North Anna and at Cold Harbor (Major Jed. Hotchkiss) General Francis C. Barlow, from Brady photo.— Cold Harbor, June 3d, Bomb-Proofs on the line of the Second Corps (Edwin Forbes). :

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GENERAL IVM. FARRAR SMITH

THE EIGHTEENTH CORPS AT COLD HARBOR

221

Explosion of a Bomb-shell under an Artillery Camp-fire at Cold Harbor, from sketch

by C. W. Reed (W. Taber) View of the Union Breastworks on the Cold Harbor Line, June 1st (Edwin Forbes) — Major-General Horatio G. Wright, from Brady photo.

Illustrations

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GEORGE CARY EGGLESTON GENERAL THEO. F. RODENBOUGH

NOTES ON COLD HARBOR

SHERIDAN'S TREVILIAN RAID Illustration: Map of the Battle of Trevilian Station (Jacob Wells).

GENERAL M. C. THE CAVALRY FIGHT AT TREVILIAN STATION .

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S. A.,

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BUTLER

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Illustrations: Major-General Thomas L. Rosser, C. Eaton) — Waiting for his Breakfast ( Winslow Homer).

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from photo, lent by James Blair

(Wi/att

.COLONEL CHARLES S. VENABLE .240 IN THE WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN Major-General G. W. Illustrations: Uniform of the Maryland Guard, C. S. A. (A. C. Redwood) C. Lee, C. S. A., from Anderson-Cook photo— Major-General Stephen D. Ramseur, C. S. A., from photo.

— Major-General Edward Johnson, C. S. A., from photo.— Brigadier-General George H. Steuart, C. S. A., from Anderson-Cook photo.— A Call for Reinforcements, Fac-simile of a Dispatch from General Lee to General Beauregard View of Belle Plain, Potomac Creek, a Union Base of Supplies, in May, 1864, from photo, lent by W. H. Whiton ( C. A. Tanderlioof).

GENERAL LEE

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ATLANTA. THE GRAND STRATEGY OF THE LAST YEAR 247 T SHERMAN " GENERAL OF THE WAR ) Illustrations A Shell at Headquarters ( W. Taber) — Map of the Atlanta Campaign — General William

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Sherman

at Atlanta,

from photo.— Ration Day at Chattanooga in

1864 (T/ieo. R.

Davis)— The

" Calico

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PAGE House," General Sherman's First Headquarters in Atlanta, from photo, lent by Miss Orelia Key Bell (W. Taber).

260 OPPOSING SHERMAN'S ADVANCE TO ATLANTA. ..GENERAL JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON Illustrations: Buzzard-Roost Gap (Tlieo. R. Davis) —The Battle of Besaca, Ga., May 14th, 1864, and Confederates dragging Guns up Kenesaw Mountain, from " The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia " — General Sherman and General Thomas during the assault at Kenesaw MountaiD, June 27th, 1864 (Tlieo. R. Davis) —General John B. Hood, C. S. A., from Anderson-Cook photo.

COLONEL IV. C. P. BRECKINRIDGE. .277 Part of the Confederate Intrenehments at Besaca, from photo, by G. N". Barnard (C. A.

THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN Illustration

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THE CONFEDERATE STRENGTH CAMPAIGN Illustration

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THE ATLANTA J I

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(E. J. Meeker).

THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN GENERAL OLIVER THE STRUGGLE FOR ATLANTA

284

HOWARD

O. 293 Illustrations Saving a Gun (W. Taber) Map of the Region from Chattanooga to Calhoun — MajorGeneral John M. Palmer, from ambrotype lent by his son — Part of the Battle-field of Besaca, from photo,

by G. N. Barnard (E. J. Meeker) — Extreme left (view looking South) of the Confederate Lines at Resaca, from photo, by G.N. Barnard ( W. Taber) — Map of the Region from Resaca to Vanwert — Brevet BrigadierGeneral Benjamin Harrison, from photo, lent by Mrs. Benjamin Harrison — Major-General E. C. Walthall.

C. S. A., from photo.— Map of the Region from Rome to Marietta, Ga.— Major-General Jacob D. Cox, from photo.— Confederate Intrenehments near New Hope Church, from Brady photo. (E. J. Mecl;er) — Union Earth-works in front of Big and Little Kenesaw, and Confederate Works on the South Bank of the Chattahoochee, from photos, by G. N. Barnard (C. A. Yandcrhoof) — Map of the Siege of Atlanta — General Sherman's Headquarters at the Howard House in front of Atlanta (Tlieo. R. Daris) — Sprague's Brigade Protecting the Wagon Trains of Sherman's Army at Decatur, Ga., July 22d, 1864 (Tlieo. R. Davis) — Scene of General McPherson's Death, on the Battle-held of July 22d, 1864, from Brady photos. (E. J. Meeker) Major-General James B. McPhersoi;, from Brady photo.— Battle of Atlanta, July 22d, 1864 — The Contest on Bald Hill, Fourth Division, Fifteenth Corps in the Foreground, from the Panorama of Atlanta — Major-General John A. Logan, from Brady photo— The Battle of Ezra Church, July 28th, 1864 (Tlieo. R. Davis) — Major-Gcneral John M. Corse, who " held the fort" at Allatoona, from photo.— Allatoona Pass, looking North, from photo, by G. N. Barnard (W. Taber) — The Battle of Allatoona, October 5th, 1864 (from "The Mountain Campaigns in Georgia") — Brevet Major-General Truman E. G.Ransom, from photo, lent

by Norman Williams.

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326 MAJOR IV. H. CHAMBERLIN The Battle of Atlanta, July 22d, (James E. Taylor) — Recapture from the Confederates De Gress's Battery (two cuts), from the Panorama of Atlanta.

HOOD'S SECOND SORTIE AT ATLANTA Illustrations of

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GENERAL GUSTAVUS W. SMITH GENERAL JOHN B. HOOD

THE GEORGIA MILITIA ABOUT ATLANTA THE DEFENSE OF ATLANTA

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of the Battle of Peach Tree Creek from General Hooker's Position (Tlieo. R. Lieutenaut-General Alex. P. Stewart, C. S. A., from photo.— Major-General W. H. T. Walker,

Illustrations Davis)

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:

View

from photo.— Effect of the Union Fire on the Potter House, Atlanta, from photo, by G. N. Barnard; View of the Confederate Line at the Potter House, looking Eastward, and View of ConfederUnion Defenses at Allatoona ate Defenses of Atlanta, looking North-east, from photos. (E. J. Meeker) Pass, from photo, by G. N. Barnard (C. A. Vanderhoof).

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FINAL OPERATIONS

IN

ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI. COLONEL RICHARD

THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGN

B.

IRIVIN

345

Illustrations A. J. Smith's and Porter's Expedition Starting from Vicksburg for the Red River, from sketch by Rear-Admiral Walke (F H. Selietl and Thomas Hoyan) — 'Naj)ot the Red River, and Arkausas and Missouri Campaigns of 1864 (Jacob Wells)— Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks, from photo. Major-General A. J. Smith, from Brady photo.— Major-General J. A. Mower, from Brady photo.— Alexandria, on the Red River, from photo, lent by Loyall Farragut (W. Taber) Brevet MajorGeneral Joseph Bailey, from photo, lent by R. T. Holcombe — Map and Sections of the Red River Dams above Alexandria (Greyor Noetzel) Section of the Bracket Dam, Crib of Stone and Brick, Section of the Tree Dam, from prints lent by General James Grant Wilson (August Will)— The "Lexington" passing over the Falls at the Dam, from sketch by James M. Alden (A. M. Turner) — United States Hospital Ship, " Red Rover," from photo, lent by Major J. H. Benton (J. O. Davidson). :

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THE NAVY

IN

THE RED RIVER

Illustration: The Fight Thomas Hoyan).

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at Blair's Plantation,

CAP TAIN THOS. O. SELFRIDGE, Jr. .362 from sketch by Rear-Admiral Walke (F. B.Schellaai

MISSISSIPPI FLOTILLA IN THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION Illustration: On the Mississippi River Hospital-boat "D. A. January"

366 (Tlieo. R.

Davis).

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THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE RED RIVER CAMPAIGN THE OPPOSING FORCES IN ARKANSAS. (April 20th, 1864) THE DEFENSE OF THE RED RIVER GENERAL

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KIRBY SMITH

E.

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Illustrations: Lieutenant-General Richard Taylor, from Brady photo.— The Confederate Fort De Russy, about Ten Miles below Alexandria, from sketch by James M. Alden (('. A. Vanderhoof) — Brigadier-General C.

.1.

Polignac, C.

S. A.,

from photo.

RESUME OF MILITARY OPERATIONS SOURI AND ARKANSAS, 1804-03

IN MIS-

WILEY BR1TTON

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MOBILE AND THE GULF. FARRAGUT AT MOBILE BAY

LIEUT.

JOHN CODDINGTON KINNEY

379

Illustrations: Surrender of the "Tennessee," Battle of Mobile Bay (J. 0. Davidson) — The "Brooklyn " after the Battle of Mobile (Xanthus Smith)— The "Richmond" and the "Lackawanna" stripped for the Fight (Xanthus Smith) -Fort Morgan (Light-house, The South-east Bastion, The Citadel from the north side), from photos, by McPherson and Oliver, lent by Loyall Farragttt (O. A. Vanderhoof) — Map of the Battle of Mobile Bay (E. E. Court)— The Battle of Mobile, and The Battle of Mobile looking south and eastward, from sketches by Rear-Admiral Walke (F. H. Schell and Thomas FLoijan) — The "Galena" after the Fight in Mobile Bay (Xanthus Smith) — Captain Tunis A.M.Craven, from Brady photo.— United States Steamship "Monongahela," showing injuries received in the Fight (Xanthus Smith) — RearAdmiral Thornton A. Jenkins, from photo.— Capture of Confederate Gun-boat "Selma" by the "Metacomet" (Xanthus Smith) Captain George H. Perkins, from photo, lent by Miss Susan G. Perkins — Rear-Admiral James E. Jouett, from photo, by Benedict — Fight between the "Chickasaw" and Fort Powell, August 5th, 1864, from sketch by E. B. Hough (F. H. Schell).

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400

COMMANDER JAMES

D.

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Illustrations: The Confederate Iron-clad "Tennessee" (Xanthus Smith) The " Monongahela" ramming the " Tennessee " (Xanthus Smith)— The "Hartford" in Collision with the " Tennessee " (F. H. Schell) Surrender of the "Tennessee" (Xanthus Smith) Commander J. D. Johnston, C.S.N. .from oil-painting by W. L. de Guillaume.

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11.

CAPT.

J.

CRITTENDEN WATSON 406

LIEUT.-COM. JOSEPH

GENERAL RICHARD

L.

MARTHON

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PAGE 408 — Brigadier-

Illustrations: Fort Morgan, Mobile Bay, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (W. H. Goater) General Richard L. Page, C. S. A., from photo.

LAND OPERATIONS AGAINST MOBILE IN THE GULF AND

CLOSING OPERATIONS WESTERN RIVERS

COLONEL RICHARD

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SOLEY 412

CAVALRY OPERATIONS ON THE TENNESSEE LINE. CAVALRY OPERATIONS THE WEST UNDER >„.„_.„,. TU „ CDCcn CAPTA™ ™ OMAS SPEED "3 ROSECRANS AND SHERMAN IN

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Illustrations Taber)

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The Levee

B. Forrest, C. S. A.,

down the Cumberland, from photo, by R. Poole (W. Tennessee and North Alabama (Jacob Wells) Lieut.-General'N.

at Nashville, looking

— Map of Operations in Middle

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from photo.

THE SOOY SMITH EXPEDITION. (February, 1864) COLONEL GEORGE E. WARING, THE CAPTURE OF FORT PILLOW. (April 12th, 1864) FORREST'S DEFEAT OF STURG.S AT BR.CE'S T E HUNN HANSON j

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CROSS-ROADS.

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JOHN MORGAN

1864) IN

1864

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SMITH'S DEFEAT OF FORREST AT TUPELO. (July 14th,

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HOOD'S INVASION OF TENNESSEE. THE INVASION OF TENNESSEE

GENERAL

J.

B.

HOOD

Illustrations: Major-General William B. Bate, C. S. A., from photo.— A Southern Private, from ambrotype (H. A. Ogden) — Map of the Battle-field of Franklin, Tennessee — Major-General Patrick R. Cleburne, C. S. A., killed at Franklin, November 30th, 1864, from photo, lent by General Marcus J.

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PAGE Wright — Map

of the Battle-Held of Nashville,

quarters at Nashville, from photo. (Harry

December 15th-16th,

1861

Fenn) — Major-General J.

— Overton's House, Hood's

B. Steedman,

from Brady photo.

GENERAL B. F. CHEATHAM GENERAL CHEATHAM AT SPRING HILL ADAMS AND CLEBURNE GENERALS THE DEATH OF .COLONEL HENRY STONE REPELLING HOOD'S INVASION OF TENNESSEE .

438

439 440

.

.

Head-

Illustrations Defending an Embrasure ( W. Taber) — Major-General George H. Thomas, from photo.

View of the Winstead Hills, Franklin, where Hood formed his Line of Battle, from photo. (Harry Fenn)— Brevet Major-General Emerson Opdycke, from photo, by Kurtz The Battle-field of Franklin, Tennessee, from photo, by L. T. Shull (Harry Fenn) — Major-Geueral D. 8. Stanley, from photo, by Teeple & Co.— The Carter House from the side toward the town, the Carter House from the Confederate — Front View of the Gin-House, and side, and Front View of the Carter House, from photos. (W. Taber) View of the Gin-House from the Pike, from photos. ( W. Taber) — Bridge at Franklin over the Harpeth River, looking up-stream, from photo. ( W. Taber) — Hill near Nashville from which Bate's Confederate The Capitol, Nashville, from warDivision was driven on December 16th, from photo. (Harry Fenn) time photo. C W. Taber) — Views of Fort Negley on the left of the Union Entrenchments, Nashville, between View of a part of the Union Lines at the Franklin and Nolensville Pikes, from photos. (Harry Fenn) South-west Front of the Capitol at Nashville, from warNashville, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber) :

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—

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time photo. (W. Taber).

THE UNION CAVALRY

IN

THE HOOD CAMPAIGN

GENERAL JAMES HARRISON IVILSON .4(15

Illustrations: Bridge over the Cumberland at Nashville, from war-time photo. (W. Taber) General James H. Wilson, from photo, by William Klauser.

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT NASHVILLE, DECEMBER

UP AND OPE A T

51"

— Major472

isth-ioth, 1864

DOWN THE SHENANDOAH.

TENNESSEE AND SOUTH "

GUERRANT 475 — Illustrations Reveille, from sketch by C. W. Reed ( Taber) Brigadier-General J. M. Shackelford, from Brady photo.— Brigadier-General Jacob Ammen, from photo, by P. Ball — Map of Operations against

W E S? VIRGINIA

REV. EDIVARD O.

I

IF.

:

the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad (Jaeob Wells).

THE BATTLE OF NEW MARKET,

MAY

VA.,

15th,

|

804

-,„,_„., ,,,„., n IMBODhN GtNkRAL OHN D. ,,, D «„ D]k ,

•

1

480

I

,

—

Illustrations: Cadet of the Virginia Military Institute in Marching Outfit (W. Taber) Map of the New Market, Va. (Jaeob Wells) — Brevet Major-General William W. Averell, from photo,

by Gurney — Major-General George Crook, from photo.

Battle-field of

THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY IN 1804 GENERAL FRANZ SIGEL THE OPPOSING FORCES AT NEW MARKET, VA THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE LYNCHBURG EXPEDITION

SIGEL

IN

EARLY'S

MARCH TO WASHINGTON

Illustrations Wells)

:

Map

GENERAL JUBAL

1804

A.

492 490

EARLY

Campaigns of 1864-65, and Map of the Battle of Monocacy (Jacob Washington (Jaeob Wells) — Fort Stevens, Washington, from Gardner and Thomas Hoyun). of the Virginia

— Map of the Defenses

photo. (F. H. Sehell

IN

487 491

of

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT THE MONOCACY, MD SHERIDAN IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY GENERAL WESLEY MERRITT

499

500

Illustrations Tart of Sheridan's Wagon Train (A. B. Wand) — Major-General Wesley Merritt, from Brady photo.— Brevet Major-General David A. Russell, from Brady photo.— General Philip H. Sheridan, from photo, lent by Robert W. Traver Map of the Battle of Winchester — Sprout's Spring Mill, Opequon River, Va,, Hospital of the Sixth Army Corps during the Battle of Winchester, September 19th, 1864, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (Huyhson HawUy) Fac-simile (reduced) of President Lincoln's Letter to General Sheridan— The Battle of Winchester; Ricketts's Advance against Rodes's Division on the Morning of September 19th, 1864 (A F. Wand) Map of the Battle of Fisher's Hill, September 22d, 1864— The Rear-Guard; General Custer's Division retiring from Mount Jackson, October 7th, 1864 (A.S. Wand) — The Surprise at Cedar Creek (A. R. Wand) — Hill at Cedar Creek occupied by Sheridan's left, October 19th, 1864, as seen from Kershaw's Ford, from photo, taken in 1885by Wm. G. Reed (Otto H. Baehcr)—Map of the Battle of Cedar Creek (Jaeob Wells) — Reduced Facsimile of President Lincoln's Congratulations to General Sheridan on the Battle of Cedar Creek— Colonel Charles Russell Lowell, from Brady photo.

Brigadier-General Bradley T. Johnson, C. S. A., from photo, by Dusey. :

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WINCHESTER, FISHER'S HILL, AND CEDAR CREEK

GENERAL JUBAL

A.

EARLY

522

Illustrations View on the Valley Turnpike where Sheridan joined the army at Cedar Creek, from photo, taken in 1885 by Wm. G. Reed (O. A. Vanderhoof) Lieutenant-General John B. Gordon, C. S. A., from photo.— Lieutenant-General .Tubal A. Early, C. S. A., from photo, by Lee. :

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THE OPPOSING FORCES AT CEDAR CREEK

530

CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR.

xv

PETERSBURG. PAGE

OPERATIONS SOUTH OF THE JAMES RIVER

'"

\

\

ii.

GENERAL AUGUST V. KAUTZ GENERAL R. E. COLSTON

533 535

. .

Illustrations: Union Battery near Dunn's house, Petersburg, from Gardner photo. ( ir. Tuber) — Major-General M. C. Butler. C. S. A., from photo, by C. M. Bell Reservoir Hill, where Kautz's advance was stopped June 9th, 1864, from sketch made in 1886 (J. P. Woodward) — Two Maps of the Siege of Petersburg, Va. (Jacob Wells).

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FOUR DAYS OF BATTLE AT PETERSBURG

GENERAL G. T. BEAUREGARD 540 Illustrations: View of the Confederate line taken up by General Beauregard, June l«th (J. D. Woodward) — Interior View of the Confederate lines at Grade's Calient, from Gardner photo. (E. J.

Meeker).

THE BATTLE OF THE PETERSBURG GRATER

.MAJOR WILLIAM H. POWELL 545 from a point south-east of the mouth of the Mine (J. D. Woodward) — Profile of the Ground between the Crater and the mouth of the Mine: two views (J. D. Woodward) —Brevet Brigadier-General Henry Pleasants, from photo.— Details of the Mine — Diagram of the Crater ( J. F. Runge) Carrying Powder to the Mine (A. R. Waudj — The Charge to the Crater (A. R. Wand) — The Confederate side of the Crater, looking toward the Union lines (J. B. Woodward)— The Crater, as seen from the Union side (W. L. Slieppard) — The Confederate line, as reconstructed at the Crater, from sketch by Lieutenant Henderson (E. J. Meeker) — Major-General Robert B. Potter, from Brady photo.— Relics in the Crater Museum (J. D. Woodward) — Sides and edge of two Bullets that met point to point at the Crater, from photos. (W. Tuber) — The Siege of Petersburg: 1. Sharpshooters on the line of the Eighteenth Corps. 2. Bivouac of the Fifth Corps in the Rifle-pits (A. R. Wa ud).

Illustrations

:

The approach

.

.

.

to the Crater as seen

—

IN

THE CRATER

MAJOR CHARLES

Illustration: Explosion of the Mine (A.

It.

H.

HOUGHTON

561

Wand).

THE COLORED TROOPS AT PETERSBURG

HENRY GODDARD THOMAS.

GEN.

.

Illustrations: Guidon of Thomas's Brigade of the Colored Division (Fred E. Silts) — Song of the Colored Division before Charging into the Crater (General H. G. Thomas) — Brevet Major-General Henry G. Thomas, from photo.— The Battle of the Crater, from an oil-painting (J. A. Elder) — Lieutenant Christopher Penuell, from photo, lent by General H. G. Thomas.

GENERAL ORLANDO

ACTIONS ON THE WELDON RAILROAD

B.

IVILLCOX

.

563

568

.

Illustrations Union picket post in front of Fort Sedgwick and facing the Confederate picket line in front of Fort Mahone, from Brady photo. (W. Taber) — Map of the Petersburg and Appomattox Campaigns (Jacob Wells) — Major-General Henry Heth, C. S. A., from Anderson-Cook photo. Major-General W. H. ¥. Lee, C. S. A., from photo. General Warren's Headquarters at Globe Tavern (A. R. Waitd) — Major-General John Gibbon, from Brady photo. :

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GENERAL GRANT ON THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG. (Extract from Lieut. -General U. S. Grant's Report) 574 Illustrations: Map of the Defenses of Richmond Excavating the Dutch Gap Canal (A. R. Wavd) — Vertical Plan of the Dutch Gap Canal — Headquarters of General Grant and Base of Supplies, City Point, on the James River, from oil-painting by Edward L. Henry in possession of the Union League ClubUnion Railroad Battery, Petersburg, from Gardner photo, W. Taber) — Major-General Orlando B. Willcox, from Anthony photo.

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r

GORDON'S ATTACK AT FORT STEDMAN

GEORGE

L.

KILMER

579

Petersburg (Winslow Homer) — Diagram of the Union Lines at Forts Haskell and Stednian Fort Haskell from Gracie's Salient, and Fort Stedman from Colquitt's Salient (J. IK Woo<lirur(l) — Geuera\ Hospital at City Point, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber).

Illustrations:

Men

of the Second (Union) Corps

who fought

at

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THE RECAPTURE OF FORT STEDMAN

GENERAL JOHN

F.

HARTRANFT

584

Illustrations: Major-General John a. Parke, from Brady photo.— Interior of Fort Stedman, from Gardner photo. (E. J. Meeker) — Brevet Major-General John F. Hartranft, from photo, by F. Gutekunst, lent by C. X. Farr.

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND

590

THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS. THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS Illustrations: Captain James D. Bulloch, C. S. Brooke, C. S. N., from photo, by Vannerson A Jones.

PROFESSOR JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY 595 from photo, by Kurtz — Commander John M. .

X..

CRUISE AND COMBATS OF THE " ALABAMA "..... CAPTAIN

JOHN McINTOSH KELL ....

Illustrations: Initial (A. C. Redwood)— The Confederate cruiser "Alabama," after a war-time sketch (W. Taber) — Rear-Admiral Raphael Seunnes, C. S. N., Captain of the " Alabama," from photo, lent by Mrs. John Mcintosh Kell — Chart of the Cruise of the " Alabama " (Jacob Wells) — Captain John Mcintosh Kell, Executive Officer of the " Alabama," from photo.— Chart of the Action oft" Cherbourg (Jacob Wells) Fighting in a Circle (J. O. Davidson) — Assistant-Surgeon David Herbert Llewellyn, from portrait in

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR.

xvi

PAGE " London News " — Returning for the Wounded (M. J. Burns) — The Sinking ot the "Alabama " Kearsarge " at the time of the Encounter with the (J. O. Davidson) — The United States Screw-sloop "Alabama," from war-time drawing (TV. Taber). _ DUEL BETWEEN THE « ALABAMA » AND THE l 61 " Illustrated

THE

^ BRQmm

"KEARSARGE"

I

Kearsarge" at Quarters, from photo, lent by Illustrations: Initial (TV. Taber) — The Crew Henry McCoimell — Rear- Admiral John A. Winslow, Captain of the "Kearsarge " — Captain Thomas S. Thornton, Executive Officer of the " Kearsarge " — William Smith, Quartermaster of the " Kearsarge " and Captain of the After Pivot-gun — James R. Wheeler, Acting Master of the "Kearsarge," from photos, lent by Surgeon John M. Browne — The Eleven-inch Forward Pivot-gun on the " Kearsarge " in action (J. " Kearsarge," from photo, by Taylor, O. Davidson) —Seaman William Gouin, mortaUy wounded on the lent by Henry A. Chaney — Close of the Combat — The "Kearsarge" getting into position to rake the " Alabama " (J. 0. Davidson — The Boat from the " Alabama " announcing the Surrender and asking for Assistance (J. O. Davidson) — The Shell in the Stern-post of the " Kearsarge," from photo. (TV. Taber). of the "

)

THE CONFEDERATE RAM "ALBEMARLE."

^

THE F.RST BATTLE OF THE CONFEDERATE RAM

"ALBEMARLE"

J

I

Edwards's Ferry, after sketch by Miss M. H. Hoke (J. O. Illustrations Building the " Albemarle Davidson) Plan of the " Albemarle "— Captain J. W. Cooke, C. S. N., from photo, by Walter — Commander " at

:

—

C.

W.

Flusser, U. S. N.,

from tintype.

EDGAR HOLDEN

THE "ALBEMARLE" AND THE " SASSACUS "

628

—

Illustrations: The Sinking of the "Southfield" (April 18th, 1861) (J. 0. Davidson) Maps of the Coast of the Caroliuas (Jacob Weils) — Rear- Admiral F. A. Roe, U. S. N., from photo.— Chart of the Engagement The " Sassacus" in Albemarle Sound, May 5th, 1864, from drawing lent by Commander John R. Bartlett ramming the "Albemarle" (J. 0. Davidson —The "Sassacus" disabled after ramming (J. O. Daridson) Paymaster George de F. Barton, Acting Aide and Signal Officer to Commander Roc during the Engagement with the " Albemarle," from photo, by Ludovici Acting Master Charles A. Boutelle, U. S. N., from photo.— Commander W. B. Cashing, U. S. N., from Brady photo.— The "Albemarle " ready for action (21. H. Hoke).

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)

—

COMMANDER

" W. B. CUSHING 634 Gushing' s Launch of Smoke-stack of the "Albemarle," from photo. ( IK Taber) Part the Illustrations and Torpedo, showing Methods of Working, and Sectional View of Torpedo, two views, from drawings The Wreck lent by Commander John R. Bartlett.— The, Blowing-up of the " Albemarle " (J. O. Davidson) Captain Alexander F. Warley, of the "Albemarle," from photo, lent by William L. Welch (J. O. Davidson) C. S. N., from photo, lent by Miss M. T>. Huger (V. Gribayedoff).

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "ALBEMARLE

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:

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NOTEON THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "ALBEMARLE "CAPTAIN

A.

E.

WARLEY

641

THE CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER. COLONEL WILLIAM LAMB

THE DEFENSE OF FORT FISHER

642

Illustrations Map of the Naval and Military Attacks on Fort Fisher, January 15th, 1865, showing direction of Are of Union vessels, and Plan and Sections of Fort Fisher (E. E. Court) — Colonel William Lamb, 0. S. A., from photo, by C. M. Van Orsdell (Wyatt Eaton) — View of the Land Front from the Second Traverse of the North-west Salient and Interior View of the three Traverses of the North-west Salient, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber)— Lieutenant Wiley H. Williford, C. S. A., from photo, lent by Colonel William Lamb Interior View of the North-east Angle, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber) —The Bombardment of Fort Fisher, as seen from the Mound Battery, from lithograph by Endicott & Co., lent

by Colonel William Lamb — The Mound Battery from the Fort side, the Sea-face of the Sixth to the Brevet Major-General Eleventh Traverses, and Battery Buchanan, from Gardner photos. (W. Taber) Newton M. Curtis, from photo, by Dow Brevet Major-General Galusha Penuypaeker, from photo, by F. Mulnier — Brevet Major-General Adelbert Ames, from Brady photo.— Colonel Louis Bell, from photo. :

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THE NAVY AT FORT FISHER

CAPT. THOS.

O.

SELFRIDGE, Jr

....

655

of the first six Traverses on the Sea-face of Fort Fisher, from Gardner photo. (TF. rafter-; The Bombardment of Fort Captain T. O. Selfridge, Jr., from photo, by Bachrach Fisher, January 15th, 1865, from lithograph by Endicott & Co. (J. 0. Davidson) Captain K. R, Breese,

Illustrations

:

Interior

View

—

—

—

from photo, by D. Fowler — Major-General A. H. Terry, from Brady photo.— Assault of the Naval Column on the North-east Salient of Fort Fisher (TV. Taber) — Commander James Parker, from photo, by W. R. Tobias — North-east Salient of Fort Fisher, showing on the left the Ground over which the Naval Column charged, from Gardner photo. (TV. Ta ber) — Lieutenant Samuel W. Preston, from Brady photo.— Lieutenant Benjamin H. Porter, from Brady photo.

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT FORT FISHER,

N.

C

661

SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH THE CONFEDERACY. SHERMAN'S ADVANCE FROM ATLANTA

GENERAL OLIVER

—

O.

HOWARD

Illustrations: Marching through Georgia (TV. Taber) Hook used by General Sherman's Army for twisting ami destroying Railroad Iron, from print lent by General O. M. Poe Sherman's Troops destroy-

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CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR.

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PAGE

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ing Railroads at Atlanta, from photo. ( W. Taber) General Sherman sending his Last Telegram before cutting the wires and abandoning all communication with the North (Iheo. R. Davis) Sherman's Army leaving Atlanta (Theo. R. Davis).

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GEORGIA

THE

MILITIA

DURING

SHERMAN'S

MARCH TO THE SEA

__.,__„_.,„..,.„ GENERAL GUSTAVUS

1

Illustration: Incident of Sherman's March — the Fate of a Rail-fence (A.

MARCHING

THROUGH

„,

IV.

,„_ u SMITH

GG7

\

GEORGIA

AND

THE

R.

Wand).

^D ^ ncl OAKEY CAPTAIN DANIEL Atlanta to Savannah — Camp of the 2d

CAROL.NAS

\

671

\

Illustrations: Map of Sherman's March from Mass., City Hall Square, Atlanta, from photo. (W. Taber) A Bivouac among the Georgia Pines, and Destroying Sherman's Foragers on a Georgia Plantation (James E. Taylor) Map of a Railroad ( W. L. Slieppard) Routes of Sherman's Army from Savannah to Columbia The Road from McPhersonville Sherman and his Staff passing through water and mire (A. It. Waud) The Storming of the Little Salkehatchie River Sherman's "Bummers" capturing FayettebyWever's Brigade of the Fifteenth Corps (A. R. Waud ville Court House, N. C. (Theo. It. Davis).

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THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE HARDEE FR ° M SAVANNAH A RCH SHER

p™vn

COL. ALEX. ROBER T CHISOLM

...

10 \

R BEN FONVILLEp

679

GENERAL HENRY iV.SLOCUM.

...681

)

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Illustrations: Advancing under

Difficulties fir"- Taber) Generals W. T. Sherman, O. O. Howard, Davis, J. A. Mower, William B. Hazen, and Henry W. Slocum, from Brady photo.

Fort McAllister, after a war-time sketch (W. H. Goater) — Railway Destruction as a Military Art ( W. Taber) Skirmishers Crossing the North Edisto, 8. G, on a Floating Foot-bridge (A. li. Wand) The Right Wing under Howard crossing the Saluda River, from a sketch in " Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (J. E. Taylor) — Sherman's Soldiers guarding the Palmetto Monument, Columbia (Theo. R. Davis) Raising the Union Flag over the old State-house, Columbia (A. R. Waad) Contrabands in the wake of Sherman's Army (E. W. Kemble) Views of the Ruins of Columbia, from Brady photos. (C. A. Arsenal at Fayetteville, and Sherman's men driving the enemy out of Fayctteville, from Vandcrhoof) sketches in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (E. J. Meeker) —'She Fourteenth Corps entering Fayetteville (Theo. R. Davis) Map of the Routes of Sherman's Army from Columbia to Goldsboro' and Raleigh Bentonville the Morning after the Battle, from a sketch in "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (E. J. Meeker).

John A. Logan,

Jeff. C.

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THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROL1NAS THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE GENERAL WADE HAMPTON Map

Illustrations:

Hampton,

C. S. A.,

of the Battle of Bentonville, N. C. (Jacob Wells)

— Lieutenant-General

6

96

700 Wade

from Anderson-Cook photo.

FROM THE JAMES TO APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE. CLOSING OPERATIONS FIVE FORKS

IN

THE JAMES RIVER

AND THE PURSUIT OF LEE

PROFESSOR JAMES RUSSELL SOLEY 705 GENERAL HORACE PORTER 708 .

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Illustrations: Music on Sheridan's Line of Battle fir. Taber) Union Artillery at Petersburg proby Mantelets (A. R. Wand) — Map of the Battle of Five Forks, Va. (Jaeob Wells)— View on the Confederate Lines covering Petersburg, from Gardner photo. (E. J. Meeker) — Fort Sedgwick, known as "Fort Hell," opposite the Confederate Fort Mahone — Outer Works of Fort Sedgwick — Bomb-proofs inside Fort Sedgwick, from Gardner photos, f IT. Taber) Interior View on the Confederate Works covering Petersburg, from Gardner photo, fir. Taber) — Lieutenant-General Richard H. Anderson, C. S. A., from photo.— Capture of Guns and the Destruction of a Confederate Wagon-train at Paine ville, April 5th,

by Davies's Cavalry Brigade of Crook's Division (A. R. Waud) — Captain John R. Tucker, C. S. N., from photo, lent by James Blair — The Capture of Ewell's Corps, April 6th, 1865 (A. R. Wand) —Confederates destroying the Railroad from Appomattox toward Lynchburg, and Artillerymen destroying Guncarriages, at nightfall, Saturday, April 8th ( IT. L. Slieppard). tected

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GENERAL WARREN AT FIVE FORKS, AND THE COURT OF INQUIRY LEE'S REPORT OF THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX

723

724

THE FALL OF RICHMOND. i.

n.

CAPTAIN CLEMENT SULIVANE THOMAS THA TCHER GRAPES

THE EVACUATION THE OCCUPATION Illustrations:

The Ruins

—

725 726

Richmond between the Canal Basin and Capitol Square, from Brady Richmond in Capitol Square during the Conflagration ( W. L. Sheppard) —

of

photo, f W. Taber) Citizens of President Lincoln leaving the Davis Mansion (W. L. Sheppard).

THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE GENERAL HORACE PORTER

—

Illustrations: Appomattox Court House, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber) The, Village of Appomattox Court House, from sketch by R. K. Snedeu (Sughson Uawley) —McLean's House, Appomattox

729

CONTENTS OF VOLUME

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FOUR..

PAGE

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The Surrender at Appomattox (W. Tdber) Fac-simile Court House, from Gardner photo. (TV. Taber) of the Conclusion of a Note from General Grant to Mr. T. D. Jeffress in reply to a question— General Lee and Colonel Marshall leaving McLean's House after the Surrender (A. R. VTaud) Union Soldiers sharing General Lee's return to his Lines after the Surrender their Rations with the Confederates (A. R. Waucl) (W. L. Sheppard).

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GENERAL LEE'S FAREWELL ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY. COLONEL CHARLES MARSHALL THE OPPOSING FORCES IN THE APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN Illustration

Graves of Union Soldiers at City Point, from Gardner photo. (E.

:

J.

.

.

.

.747

748

Meeker).

CLOSING OPERATIONS. FINAL OPERATIONS OF SHERMAN'S

ARMY

GENERAL-

H. IV.

SLOCUM

754

Illustrations View of Goldsboro', North Carolina, from sketch in " Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper" (E. J. Meeker)— Grand Eevie wing-stand in front of the White House, Washington, on May 23d and 24th, 1865, from Gardner photo. (E. J. Meeker). :

IN WILSONS RAID, MARCH 22d-APRIL 20th, r8o=, THROUGH ALABAMA AND GEORGIA GENERAL BASIL W. DUKE LAST DAYS OF THE CONFEDERACY NOTES ON THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES

OPPOSING FORCES

759

WILSON'S RAID

759

Illustration

:

Fort Sumter at the close of the

War

(Tlico. R.

762

767

Davis).

INDEX TO THE FOUR VOLUMES

769

MAPS. CHARLESTON HARBOR AND VICINITY THE SOUTH CAROLINA COAST THE BLOCKADE OF CONFEDERATE PORTS

3 5

34 84 THE FIELD OF OPERATIONS OF NOVEMBER, 803 89 THE WILDERNESS 120 SPOTSYLVANIA 131 NORTH ANNA 136 COLD HARBOR 140, 216 RELATIVE POSITIONS OF FORCES, MORNING AND EVENING, MAY 4, 1804 153 THE WILDERNESS, MAY 5, 1864 155 " " MAY 0, 1804 159 OUTLINE MAP OF LEE'S POSITIONS IN THE WILDERNESS AND AT SPOTSYLVANIA 166 RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE OPPOSING CORPS AT SPOTSYLVANIA, MAY 8-21, 1864.. 167 THE KILPATRICK-DAHLGREN RAID; SHERIDAN'S RICHMOND AND TREVILIAN RAIDS .. 190 OPERATIONS AT DREWRY'S BLUFF, BERMUDA HUNDRED, AND DEEP BOTTOM 198 CONFEDERATE POSITIONS AT THE NORTH ANNA AND AT COLD HARBOR 214 THE BATTLE OF TREVILIAN STATION, VA 235 THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN 251

NORTHERN

VIRGINIA

1

'

ROUTES OF SHERMAN'S ARMY FROM CHATTANOOGA TO RESACA RESACA TO ALLATOONA " " " ROME TO MARIETTA SIEGE OF ATLANTA, GA THE RED RIVER, AND ARKANSAS AND MISSOURI CAMPAIGNS OF 1864 MAP AND SECTIONS OF THE RED RIVER DAMS ABOVE ALEXANDRIA THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY OPERATIONS IN MIDDLE TENNESSEE AND NORTH ALABAMA, 1863-6=; BATTLE-FIELD OF FRANKLIN, TENN BATTLE-FIELD OF NASHVILLE, TENN OPERATIONS AGAINST THE VIRGINIA AND TENNESSEE RAILROAD BATTLE-FIELD OF NEW MARKET, VA THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS OF 864-65 THE BATTLE OF THE MONOCACY '

1

295 300 304 312 348 358 334 414 430 434 478 482 494 495

CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR.

xix PAGE

DEFENSES OF WASHINGTON, D. C BATTLE OF WINCHESTER, VA BATTLE OF FISHER'S HILL, VA BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK, VA SIEGE OF PETERSBURG, VA., MAP No.

THE THE THE THE

53 8

i

MAP No. 2 THE PETERSBURG AND APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGNS THE DEFENSES OF RICHMOND, VA CHART OF THE CRUISE OF THE "ALABAMA" CHART OF THE ACTION OFF CHERBOURG, FRANCE THE COAST OF THE CAROLINAS CHART OF THE ENGAGEMENT IN ALBEMARLE SOUND, MAY 5, 1804 THE NAVAL AND MILITARY ATTACKS ON FORT FISHER, N. C, JANUARY is, PLAN AND SECTIONS OF FORT FISHER, N. C ROUTES OF SHERMAN'S ARMY FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH, GA SAVANNAH, GA., TO COLUMBIA, S. C COLUMBIA, S. C, TO RALEIGH, N. C THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE, N. C THE BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS, VA "

"

"

49G 504 511 517

,

"

539 5G9 574 604 608 6 29 634 G40 645 070 676 094 702 712

1865..

ARTISTS. BACHER, OTTO

GO A TER, IVAL TER

H.

CHAMPNEY, J.

GRIBAYEDOFF, V. WELLS HALM, GEORGE R.

DAVIDSON,

O.

BURNS, M.

J.

J.

HAWLEY,

H.

PENNELL, JOSEPH

HUGHSON REDWOOD, ALLEN

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