Recollections Of A Confederate Staff Officer [Illustrated Edition]

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RECOLLECTIONS OF A CONFEDERATE STAFF OFFICER

BY

GEN. G. MOXLEY SORREL

Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff Longstreet’s 1st  Army Corps; Brigadier-General commanding Sorrel’s  Brigade, A. P. Hill’s 3d Army Corps, Army of Northern Virginia

WITH INTRODUCTION BY

SENATOR JOHN W. DANIEL

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Contents

TABLE OF CONTENTS 4

DEDICATION 16

INTRODUCTION 17

CHAPTER I — BATTLE OF MANASSAS, JULY 21, 1861. 22

Forbears and Home at Savannah—Fort Sumter attacked—Hostilities begin—Leave for Virginia—Visit to my father —Beauregard’s camp at Manassas—Colonel Jordan—Introduced to General Longstreet—Sketch—General Stuart—General Johnston—The battle—Enemy defeated—Pursuit stopped—March to Centerville—Stonewall Jackson—Prince Napoleon—The review—Colonel Skinner—His Exploits. 22

CHAPTER II — AFTER MANASSAS AT CENTREVILLE 28

Commissioned as captain and acting adjutant-general—Pay of officers—Assigned to Longstreet’s brigade—The Oglethorpe Infantry, of Savannah—Enemy preparing for winter quarters—Beauregard takes command in West—Confederate flag—Presentation of battle-flags — Starting a theatre—Georgia Hussars—A sleigh ride. 28

CHAPTER III — REMINISCENCES AND HORSES. 33

Visit to Mr. Francis Sorrel’s country-seat—Interment of Captain Tillinghast, U. S. A.—Sir William Howard Russell, Times correspondent—McDowell and July 21st—Seward and the French princes—Army begins to march to Peninsula. 33

CHAPTER IV  — SKETCHES 37

Brigadier-Generals Elzey and Early—Leaping horses—Confederate uniforms—Ladies at Fairfax Station—Colonel Stu-art’s Maryland line—Longstreet made Major-General-Sketches of Brigadier-Generals Ewell and Pickett—General Anderson—Major-General Van Dorn—Major-General G. W. Smith—Brigadier Early—Brigadier-General D. R. Jones. 37

CHAPTER V — OUR NATIONAL HYMN 41

Singing among the troops—Van Dorn—Longstreet—Smith and I Puritani for National hymn—Surgeon Francis Sorrel, C. S. A.—Life in Richmond—Troops passing through—Toombs and his brigade—General D. H. Hill. 41

CHAPTER VI — THE PENINSULA AND BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG, MAY 5, 1862 43

Arrival at Yorktown—Major-General Magruder—His skilful defense—Lines at Warwick River—Major-General McClellan—Retreat from Yorktown—Battle of Williamsburg, May 5—Death of Colonel Mott, Nineteenth Mississippi—Destruction of armored ram Virginia—Charge by Georgia Hussars—Explosives behind rearguard rebuked—Promoted major. 43

CHAPTER VII — BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES, MAY 31, 1862. 46

Position taken in front of Richmond—Reception at President Davis’s—Sketch—Mr. Benjamin, Secretary of State—Storm-bound—Richmond—General Johnston wounded—Von Borcke, the German volunteer—His armament. 46

CHAPTER VIII — BATTLES OF THE CHICKAHOMINY, JUNE 26 TO JULY 2, 1862. 49

General Lee in command—Sketch—Reinforced—Preparing for campaign—General Lee’s staff—Longstreet second in command—His division—Artillery reorganized—Washington Artillery of New Orleans—Colonel E. P. Alexander commanding artillery—General W. W. Mackall reports—. Sketch—Civilian prisoners at Fort Warren—General Miles and President Davis—The battles around Richmond—McClellan’s defeat—Stonewall Jackson not on time—Ochil-tree and Eastern fighting—Lord Edward St. Maur a visitor —McClellan on James River in position—Later we take again positions by Richmond. 49

CHAPTER IX — RIVALRY AND MORE REMINISCENCES. 55

Longstreet’s and A. P. Hill’s divisions—Rivalry between the two—Publications in Richmond Examiner and Whig—General Hill resentful—Refuses recognition of Longstreet’s adjutant-general—Hill in arrest—Personal difficulty between the two major-generals adjusted by General Lee’s influence—General Hill cherishes no rancor—Later gave me a brigade—Army busy drilling—Quartermaster Potts and Major Fairfax—Books among the troops—Gambling. 55

CHAPTER X — SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS, AUGUST 29 AND 30, 1862. 59

Major-General Pope in command of Union troops in Northern Virginia—Religious observances in our army—Homesickness—Furloughs—Rations—March against Pope—Artillery duel at Rappahannock—Spy captured and hung—Jack-son’s marches—Thoroughfare Gap—Longstreet’s attack—Enemy routed—General Wilcox and Union general—Wilcox’s and Couch’s baptismals—Brig-Gen. A. G. Evans—General Toombs and the picket—His arrest—Released and joins brigade in the fight. 59

CHAPTER XI —  BATTLES OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN (BOONSBORO GAP) AND SHARPSBURG (ANTIETAM), SEPT. 14TH AND 17TH, 1862. 64

Accident to General Lee—To Longstreet also—Fight at Chan-tilly—General Kearny killed—Cross the Potomac—Lee’s confidential order found by McClellan—Straggling. 64

CHAPTER XII — BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, CONTINUED 68

Marching through Frederick—Barbara Fritchie and Stonewall Jackson—Commissariat broken down—Green corn for rations—Stampede of horses of a cavalry regiment—D. H. Hill’s horse shot—Longstreet’s staff served guns of Washington Artillery—Cannoneers killed—Colonel John R. Cooke’s gallant fight—Am wounded and carried off the field. 68

CHAPTER XIII — BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, CONCLUDED 71

Toombs’s Georgia Brigade—Longstreet on the field—Lee’s war horse—McClellan superseded by Burnside—A horse trade —Richard H. Anderson’s division—A lost opportunity—Walton and myself find quarters at Shepherdstown among wounded—Driven away by enemy’s shells. 71

CHAPTER XIV — OUR PERSONNEL—VISITORS 74

On duty again, recovered—Army refreshed and in good condition—Reorganization—First and Second Army Corps, Longstreet and Stonewall commanding—Divisions composing them—Cavalry under Stuart—Visitors to our camp in Valley—Three Englishmen, Wolseley, Lawley, and Vizitelly. 74

CHAPTER XV  — THE STAFF 77

Staff of First Corps—Kirkwood Rangers escort—A camp dinner party in state—Lee’s aggressiveness—Ropes’s description of Lee—Duties of the staff. 77

CHAPTER XVI — EVENTS PRECEDING FREDERICKSBURG 80

Burnside in command of Army of the Potomac—Sketch—Lee’s plans—At Fredericksburg—General Patrick, U. S. A.—Flag of truce—Arrival of army in position—Poor defensive works—Bad-weather march—Some expedients by Longstreet—The stone wall—Major-General McLaws, Major-General Hood, Major-General Anderson, Major-General Walker—Sketches. 80

CHAPTER XVII — BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG, DECEMBER 13, 1862 84

Enemy massed on Stafford Heights—Heavy artillery fire—The pontoon bridge—Splendid defense of Mississippians—Enemy crosses—Preparing for his assault—Sumner’s attack on Marye’s Hill—The deadly stone wall—General Cobb killed—General Lee’s position—Jackson in uniform—His answer to Longstreet—Franklin’s attack on Jackson—Enemy escapes across the river—Strength and losses—Bursting of a gun—Old Madeiras in Fredericksburg—An incident, one touch of nature—Enemy not pursued. 84

CHAPTER XVIII — AFTER FREDERICKSBURG—REMINISCENCES 88

Fredericksburg after the battle—Flag of truce—Burying dead —General Wadsworth, U. S. A.—Again on enemy’s side with flag of truce—At their picket fire—Colonel Brown, of Rhode Island—Bitter cold—All night in their camp— Luxuries for the wounded—First Georgia Regulars—They are ordered home—Want of shoes—Captain Cuthbert, of South Carolina. 88

CHAPTER XIX — TO SOUTH VIRGINIA FOR SUPPLIES 92

Burnside’s mud march—His removal—Hooker superseding him—Our great want of supplies—Longstreet ordered to south Virginia—Hood’s and Pickett’s divisions with him—I precede them—Inspecting fort at Washington, N. C.—Rejoin the command at Suffolk—Gathering supplies—Operations against Suffolk not successful—Ordered back to Lee—All haste—No time lost, but too late for Chancellorsville—Pickett’s courtship—Harrison, the scout—Death of Stonewall Jackson—Lieutenant Habersham. 92

CHAPTER XX — PREPARING FOR GETTYSBURG 95

Preparations for summer campaign—Army reorganized—Three Army Corps—A. P. Hill made lieutenant-general, commanding Third Corps—Lieutenant-General Ewell commanding Second Corps—Stuart’s cavalry reviewed—Its fine condition—Longstreet and his scout Harrison—Lee’s intricate operations—Stuart’s cavalry movements—He crosses below—The loss to Lee—The march through Maryland and Pennsylvania—No depredations—Halt at Chambersburg—Scout Harrison reports Meade in command, superceding Hooker—Ewell ordered to leave—March resumed, A. P. Hill leading, gaining decided success. 95

CHAPTER XXI — BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG, JULY I, 2, 3, 1863. 99

Expectation of revelations—Longstreet and Lee—Attacks not in good combination between the three corps—July 2, situation unfavorable—Our heavy attack on the right—Ground and guns taken—Round Top reinforced checks us—Longstreet leads—Hood and Longstreet—Am slightly wounded—Lieutenant-Colonel Freemantle, Coldstream Guards—Captain Ross, Austrian Army—July 3, necessity of a stroke—Pickett’s charge—His repulse—Lee’s noble encouragements—July 4, not attacked—Holding ground—Withdrawal at night—The retreat, and passage of the river. 99

CHAPTER XXII — GETTYSBURG AFTERMATH 105

Retrospective—Invasion of Pennsylvania—Some characteristics — Pickett and perfumery — An acquisition — The inhabitants, Pennsylvania Dutch—Their cookery—Colonel Freemantle’s activity—Figures as to strength and losses—Lieutenant Dawson—A curious meeting—The sweating soldier—Death of Captain Fraser. 105

CHAPTER XXIII — N VIRGINIA AGAIN 108

Lee moves across the ridge into the Piedmont country—Camps taken near Rapidan—Our Headquarters at Taylor’s—Festivities and gaieties—Buying remounts—Scout Harrison again—Longstreet and two divisions start for Chickamauga—In Richmond—Harrison as Cassius—His dis-missal—The First Army Corps—Dissensions in Hood’s Division—Jenkins and Law. 108

CHAPTER XXIV — LONGSTREET TO REINFORCE BRAGG 111

The movement to reinforce Bragg—Good work of the Quarter-master-General—General A. R. Lawton, of Georgia—The journey through the States—Ovations to the troops. 111

CHAPTER XXV — BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA, SEPTEMBER 20, 1863. 113

Arrival at Catoosa—Riding to General Bragg—The meeting —Order of battle—Polk the right wing, Longstreet the left—Attack to begin on right—Delayed some hours—Left wing takes it up victoriously—Attack on right checked—Thomas reinforces his right against Longstreet’s assaults—Cannot stand and retreats toward Chattanooga—A great victory for the Confederates—Pursuit next day expected—Bragg says no—Army marches to positions in front of Chattanooga—A barren result—Lieutenant-General Polk —Sketch. 113

CHAPTER XXVI — CHATTANOOGA—INCIDENTS 117

The Western army—Its general appearance—Feeling toward Bragg—President Davis’s visit—An incident in battle—General W. W. Mackall, chief of Bragg’s staff—Losses--A captured saber—General Forrest—General Benning and Longstreet—Vizitelly’s battle-picture—Quartermaster Mitchell dead—Manning wounded—President Davis’s escort—The Austrian captain’s brilliant uniform. 117

CHAPTER XXVII — THE EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN, NOVEMBER 1863, TO APRIL, 1864. 122

Ordered by Bragg to move against Burnside and Knoxville—Our two divisions—Wheeler’s cavalry with artillery—Burnside’s strength—At Sweetwater, November 21st—Disappointed in supplies—The railway—Pontoons, but no train—Cross Holston at Loudon—Enemy escapes into Knoxville—Hood’s old division —Generals Jenkins and Law —Siege of Knoxville—Bull Winthrop—McLaws ready for an assault—Troops ordered to support—General Lead-better, of Bragg’s staff, orders assault—Brigadiers Wofford, Humphreys, and Bryan attacked—Repulsed at Fort Saunders—General Longstreet assumes the blame—Losses. 122

CHAPTER XXVIII — THE EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN, CONTINUED 126

In front of Knoxville after repulse—Position serious—Bragg defeated at Missionary Ridge—Reinforcements pressing to Burnside—We withdraw to the eastward—Halt at Rogersville—Foraging good—Supplies in valleys sufficient—We decide to winter there—Occasional operations without importance—Affair at Bean’s Station—Much uneasiness at Washington at Longstreet’s presence in East Tennessee—General Grant ordered to drive him out—Affair at Dandridge—Great want of shoes—A supply from Quartermaster General—General McLaws relieved from duty—The correspondence — General McLaws’s resignation — Intense cold—Roads almost impassable—Inhabitants of the valleys and mountaineers—The fierce old woman—Mountain fastnesses—Deserters from a North Carolina regiment—Their capture and execution—General Schofield in command of Union army—We take position and make camps near Bull’s Gap. 126

CHAPTER XXIX — AT HOME IN SAVANNAH—SKETCHES 130

Leave of absence—Visiting home with Doctor Sorrell—Traveling by rail—Old Savannah—Few changes—Many friends—Happiness in meeting them—Return to the army—Longstreet’s correspondence with Schofield—Attempt in same line near Richmond with General Ord—General Grant declines negotiations for peace—Andrew Johnson’s Masome paraphernalia saved by Captain Goree—Sketch—Longstreet at Richmond—In conference with President and General Lee—Without result—First corps ordered back to Lee—Began moving late in April—Arrived at Mechanicsville last of month—Major-General Field assigned to command of Hood’s division—Sketch—Congress votes thanks to First Corps (see Appendix)—Charlottesville—Sketch—Prices of various articles. 130

CHAPTER XXX — BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, MAY 6, 1864. 134

General Grant in command of all the Union forces—Takes station with Army of the Potomac—His career—His successes—Later kind feelings of Southern people toward him—His dinner party at Savannah—His plan of campaign—The policy of attrition—Grant moves his army—The Wilderness—Disparity of numbers—Courier service an example of our economy in men—Kershaw promoted major-general, commanding McLaws’s division—Sketch—Lee decides to strike—Grant on the march—They meet on May 5th—An indecisive partial contest—Early on May 6 Longstreet comes up—Finds situation serious—Hancock’s successful attack on Third Corps—It is checked—Our flank attack on Hancock’s left—He is rolled up and sent back—General Lee wants to lead troops—Longstreet wounded and Jenkins killed by fire of our own men—Major-General Wadsworth, U. S. A., killed—Attack resumed later—Not successful—Night ends long day’s fighting. 134

CHAPTER XXXI — COINCIDENCES—LONGSTREET’S SUCCESSOR 140

Longstreet borne from the field—His letter to Lee from Lynchburg—Return of General Wadsworth’s map to his son—Coincidence in the wounding of Jackson and Longstreet—General Lee summons me—Talks of assignment to command of First Corps—He decides on General Richard H. Anderson. 140

CHAPTER XXXII — BATTLES OF SPOTTSYLVANIA C. H., MAY 10 AND 12, AND COLD HARBOR, JUNE 3, 1864. 143

The night’s horrors—The forest on fire—Sufferings of the wounded—On same ground May 7th—Anderson in command of First Corps—Characteristics—The great strategic contest between Grant and Lee—Grant moves for Spottsylvania Court House—Lee follows in time—Both sides entrench—Union attack of 10th checked—Not so on the 12th—Edward Johnson’s division suddenly assailed—Is captured with guns and colors—A serious loss keenly felt—Salient was exposed—New line established—Terrific fire for its possession by Gordon’s fresh troops—We hold the new ground after heavy losses—Sedgwick killed on 10th—Stuart, our cavalry leader, shot on May 12th—General Lee not in good health—Attack by Grant at Cold Harbor—Great slaughter of Union soldiers—Assaults abandoned—Grant asks for truce to bury dead—Lee in doubt as to enemy’s movements—Grant stole a march and nearly had Petersburg—Saved by Beauregard—Reinforcements and losses—An accident by falling chimney—Death of Colonel Edward Willis—General Hampton assigned to command of cavalry—Sketch. 143

CHAPTER XXXIII — THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG, JUNE, 1864, TO MARCH, 1865 149

Siege of Petersburg—Lines closely drawn—Attacks on Lee’s right—Mahone’s defense—Mining for an explosion—North side threatened—Troops sent—Capture of Battery Harrison—Lee’s attempt to retake it—The repulse—General Lee and General Pemberton—Attack on Fort Gilmer—Negroes in the van—General Lee’s activity—His head-quarters—Enemy’s fire on Petersburg—Meeting with Twelfth Virginia Infantry—Lee attacks in front of Richmond—Beats Kautz and takes his cannon—Kautz retreats to a fort—Lee attacks and is repulsed—Union troops armed with Spencer rifles—General Lee’s quick eye for horses—Ewell’s fall from his horse—Kershaw’s Division sent to Valley—Destruction of barns and houses—Kershaw returns—Capture of a remount—The crater—Intercourse between pickets—Continuous firing—General E. P. Alexander’s love of shooting. 149

CHAPTER XXXIV — LONGSTREET’S RETURN—FAREWELL TO LEE 155

Return of Longstreet—Am promoted brigadier-general—Parting with the First Corps—Report to A. P. Hill and Mahone—Sketches—Assume command of brigade of Georgians—its staff—Drill and exercises—Laying out a camp—General Lee’s encouragement—Want of field officers—Captain H. H. Perry—Mahone’s bread ovens—Christmas, 1864—Sherman’s march in Georgia—Grant’s Virginia strategy—Our division moves out in bitter cold—Demonstration on our extreme right against the rail-road—Brigade forms line—No close firing—Enemy rejoins his main command—Received a slight wound—The return to camp—Its bad condition in our absence—Valuable boots burnt in bivouac—In February again ordered out to right—Serious collision with enemy in force at Hatcher’s Run—General Pegram killed—Am shot in lung and borne from the field—Moved to Richmond and thence to Colonel Watts’s, in southwest Virginia for convalescence—My recovery—Marriage of Doctor Sorrel—At Lynchburg—Hear of Lee’s surrender—Take to the mountains—Again at Colonel Watts’s—Hunter and Crook—Homeward bound—Lady Godiva—Farewell to Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia. 155

REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 165

APPENDIX 166

MAPS 177

I – CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE MAPS - 1861 177

Charleston Harbor, Bombardment of Fort Sumter – 12th & 13th April 1861 177

1st Bull Run Campaign – Theatre Overview July 1861 178

Bull Run – 21st July 1861 179

1st Bull Run Campaign – Situation 18th July 1861 180

1st Bull Run Campaign – Situation 21st July 1861 (Morning) 181

1st Bull Run Campaign - 21st July 1861 Actions 1-3 p.m. 182

1st Bull Run Campaign - 21st July 1861 Union Retreat 4 P.M. to Dusk 183

II – CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE MAPS - 1862 184

Battle of Mill Springs – 19th January 1862 (6-8.30 A.M.) Confederate Attacks 184

Battle of Mill Springs – 19th January 1862 (9 A.M.) Union Attacks 185

Forts Henry and Donelson – 6th to 16th February 1862 186

Battle of Fort Donelson – 14th February 1862 187

Battle of Fort Donelson – 15th February 1862 Morning 188

Battle of Fort Donelson – 15th February 1862 Morning 189

New Madrid and Island No. 10 – March 1862 190

Pea Ridge – 5th to 8th March 1862 191

First Battle of Kernstown – 23rd March 1862, 11 – 16:45 192

Shiloh (or Pittsburg Landing) - 6th & 7th April 1862 193

Battle of Shiloh – 6th April 1862 - Morning 194

Battle of Shiloh – 6th April 1862 – P.M. 195

Battle of Yorktown – 5th to 16th April 1862 196

Jackson’s Valley Campaign – 24th to 25th May 1862 - Actions 197

Williamsburg – 5th May 1862 198

Fair Oaks – 31st May to 1st June 1862 199

Battle of Seven Pines – 31st May 1862 200

Seven Days – 26th June to 2nd July 1862 201

Seven Days Battles – 25th June to 1st July 1862 - Overview 202

Seven Days Battles – 26th & 27th June 1862 203

Seven Days Battles – 30th June 1862 204

Seven Days Battles – 1st July 1862 205

Battle of Gaines Mill – 27th June 1862 2.30 P.M. Hill’s Attacks 206

Battle of Gaines Mill – 27th June 1862 3.30 P.M. Ewell’s Attacks 207

Battle of Gaines Mill – 27th June 1862 7 P.M. General Confederate Attacks 208

Pope’s Campaign - 24th August 1862 209

Pope’s Campaign - 28th August 1862 A.M. 210

Pope’s Campaign - 28th August 1862 6 P.M. 211

Second Battle of Bull Run – 28th August 1862 212

Second Battle of Bull Run – 29th August 1862 10 A.M. 213

Second Battle of Bull Run – 29th August 1862 12 P.M. 214

Second Battle of Bull Run – 29th August 1862 5 P.M. 215

Pope’s Campaign – 29th August 1862 Noon. 216

Second Battle of Bull Run – 30th August 1862 3 P.M. 217

Second Battle of Bull Run – 30th August 1862 4.30 P.M. 218

Second Battle of Bull Run – 30th August 1862 5 P.M. 219

Battle of Harpers Ferry – 15th September 1862 220

Antietam – 16th & 17th September 1862 221

Battle of Antietam – 17th September 1862 Overview 222

Battle of Antietam – 17th September 1862 6 A.M. 223

Battle of Antietam – 17th September 1862 7.30 A.M. 224

Battle of Antietam – 17th September 1862 9 A.M. 225

Battle of Antietam – 17th September 1862 10 A.M. 226

Iuka – 19th September 1862 227

Battle of Iuka – 19th September 1862 228

Corinth – 3rd & 4th October 1862 229

Second Battle of Corinth – 3rd October 1862 230

Second Battle of Corinth – 4th October 1862 231

Perryville – 8th October 1862 232

Battle of Perryville – 8th October 1862 – 2 P.M. 233

Battle of Perryville – 8th October 1862 – 3 P.M. 234

Battle of Perryville – 8th October 1862 – 3.45 P.M. 235

Battle of Perryville – 8th October 1862 – 4 P.M. 236

Battle of Perryville – 8th October 1862 – 4.15 P.M. 237

Battle of Perryville – 8th October 1862 – 5.45 P.M. 238

Fredericksburg – 13th December 1862 239

Battle of Fredericksburg – 13th December 1862 Overview 240

Battle of Fredericksburg – 13th December 1862 Sumner’s Assault 241

Battle of Fredericksburg – 13th December 1862 Hooker’s Assault 242

Battle of Chickasaw Bayou – 26th to 29th December 1862 243

Stone’s River – 31st December 1862 244

Battle of Stones River – 30th December 1862 245

Battle of Stones River – 31st December 1862 – 8.00 A.M. 246

Battle of Stones River – 31st December 1862 – 9.45 A.M. 247

Battle of Stones River – 31st December 1862 – 11.00 A.M. 248

III – CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE MAPS - 1863 249

Battle of Stones River – 2nd January 1863 – 4 P.M. 249

Battle of Stones River – 2nd January 1863 – 4 P.M. 250

Battle of Stones River – 2nd January 1863 – 4.45 P.M. 251

Chancellorsville Campaign (Hooker’s Plan) – April 1863 252

Battle of Chancellorsville – 1st May 1863 Actions 253

Battle of Chancellorsville – 2nd May 1863 Actions 254

Chancellorsville – 2nd May 1863 255

Chancellorsville – 3rd to 5th May 1863 256

Battle of Chancellorsville – 3rd May 1863 Actions 6 A.M. 257

Battle of Chancellorsville – 3rd May 1863 Actions 10 A.M. – 5 P.M. 258

Battle of Chancellorsville – 4th to 6th May 1863. 259

Battle of Brandy Station – 8th June 1863 260

Siege of Vicksburg – 25th May to 4th July 1863 261

Siege of Vicksburg – 19th May 1863 - Assaults 262

Siege of Vicksburg – 22nd May 1863 - Assaults 263

Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 264

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 Overview 265

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 7 A.M. 266

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 10 A.M. 267

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 10.45 A.M. 268

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 11 A.M. 269

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 12.30 P.M. 270

Battle of Gettysburg – 1st July 1863 2 P.M. 271

Gettysburg – 2nd to 4th July 1863 272

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Lee’s Plan 273

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Overview 274

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Cemetary Ridge A.M. 275

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Culp’s Hill – Initial Defence 276

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Culp’s Hill – Evening attacks 277

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Hood’s Assaults 278

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Peach Orchard Initial Assaults 279

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Peach Orchard and Cemetary Ridge 280

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Wheatfield – Initial Assaults 281

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Wheatfield – Second Phase 282

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Cemetery Hill Evening 283

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Little Round Top (1) 284

Battle of Gettysburg – 2nd July 1863 Little Round Top (2) 285

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 Overview 286

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 – Pickett’s Charge 287

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 – Pickett’s Charge Detail 288

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 Culp’s Hill – Johnson’s Third Attack 289

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 East Cavalry Field – Opening Positions 290

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 East Cavalry Field – First Phase 291

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 East Cavalry Field – Second Phase 292

Battle of Gettysburg – 3rd July 1863 South Cavalry Field 293

Battle of Gettysburg – Battlefield Overview 294

Fight at Monterey Pass – 4th to 5th July 1863 295

Chickamauga – 19th & 20th September 1863 296

Chickamauga Campaign – Davis’s Crossroads – 11th September 1863 297

Chickamauga Campaign – 18th September 1863 After Dark 298

Battle of Chickamauga – 19th September 1863 Morning 299

Battle of Chickamauga – 19th September 1863 Early Afternoon 300

Battle of Chickamauga – 19th September 1863 Early Afternoon 301

Battle of Chickamauga – 20th September 1863 9 A.M. to 11 A.M. 302

Battle of Chickamauga – 20th September 1863 11 A.M. to Mid-Afternoon 303

Battle of Chickamauga – 20th September 1863 Mid-Afternoon to Dark 304

Battle of Chickamauga – 20th September 1863 Brigade Details 305

Chattanooga – 23rd to 25th November 1863 306

Chattanooga Campaign – 24th & 25th November 1863 307

Chattanooga Campaign – Federal Supply Lines and Wheeler’s Raid 308

Battle of Missionary Ridge – 25th November 1863 309

Mine Run – 26th to 30th November 1863 310

IV – CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE MAPS - 1864 311

Siege of Petersburg – Actions 29th to 31st March 1864 311

Wilderness – 5th & 6th May 1864 312

Battle of the Wilderness – 5th May 1864 – Positions 7 A.M. 313

Battle of the Wilderness – 5th May 1864 - Actions 314

Battle of the Wilderness – 6th May 1864 – Actions 5 A.M. 315

Battle of the Wilderness – 6th May 1864 – Actions 6 A.M. 316

Battle of the Wilderness – 6th May 1864 – Actions 11 A.M. 317

Battle of the Wilderness – 6th May 1864 – Actions 2 P.M. 318

Spotsylvania – 8th to 21st May 1864 319

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 7th & 8th May 1864 - Movements 320

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 8th May 1864 - Actions 321

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 9th May 1864 - Actions 322

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 10th May 1864 - Actions 323

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 12th May 1864 - Actions 324

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 13th May 1864 - Actions 325

Battle of Spotsylvania Court House – 17th May 1864 - Actions 326

North Anna – 23rd to 26th May 1864 327

Battle of North Anna – 23rd May 1864 328

Battle of North Anna – 24th May 1864 329

Battle of North Anna – 25th May 1864 330

Battle of Haw’s Shop – 28th May 1864 331

Battle of Bethseda Church (1) – 30th May 1864 332

Battle of Bethseda Church (2) – 30th May 1864 333

Cold Harbor – 31st May to 12th June 1864 334

Battle of Cold Harbor – 1st June 1864 335

Battle of Cold Harbor – 3rd June 1864 336

Pickett’s Mills and New Hope Church – 25th to 27th May 1864 337

Battle of Kennesaw Mountain – 27th June 1864 338

Siege of Petersburg – Actions 15th to 18th June 1864 339

Siege of Petersburg – Actions 21st to 22nd June 1864 340

Siege of Petersburg – Actions 30th July 1864 341

Wilson-Kautz Raid – 22nd June to 1st July 1864 342

First Battle of Deep Bottom – 27th to 29th July 1864 343

Second Battle of Deep Bottom – 14th to 20th August 1864 344

Siege of Petersburg – Actions 18th to 19th August 1864 345

Opequon, or Winchester, Va. – 19th September 1864 346

Fisher’s Hill – 22nd September 1864 347

Siege of Petersburg – Actions 27th October 1864 348

Cedar Creek – 19th October 1864 349

Battle of Cedar Creek – 19th October 1864 5-9 A.M. Confederate Attacks 350

Battle of Spring Hill – 29th November 1864 – Afternoon 351

Battle of Spring Hill – 29th November 1864 – Evening 352

Battle of Cedar Creek – 19th October 1864 4-5 P.M. Union Counterattack 353

Franklin – 30th November 1864 354

Battle of Franklin – Hood’s Approach 30th November 1864 355

Battle of Franklin – 30th November 1864 Actions after 4.30 P.M. 356

Nashville – 15th & 16th December 1864 357

V – OVERVIEWS 358

1 – Map of the States that Succeeded – 1860-1861 358

Fort Henry Campaign – February 1862 359

Forts Henry and Donelson – February 1862 360

Jackson’s Valley Campaign – 23rd March to 8th May 1862 361

Peninsula Campaign – 17th March to 31st May 1862 362

Jackson’s Valley Campaign – 21st May to 9th June 1862 363

Northern Virginia Campaign – 7th to 28th August 1862 364

Maryland Campaign – September 1862 365

Iuka-Corinth Campaign – First Phase – 10th to 19th September 1862 366

Iuka-Corinth Campaign – Second Phase – 20th September – 3rd October 1862 367

Fredericksburg Campaign – Movements mid-November to 10th December 1862 368

Memphis to Vicksburg – 1862-1863 369

Operations Against Vicksburg and Grant’s Bayou Operations – November 1862 to April 1863 370

Campaign Against Vicksburg – 1863 371

Grant’s Operations Against Vicksburg – April to July 1863 372

Knoxville Campaign - 1863 373

Tullahoma Campaign – 24th June – 3rd July 1863 374

Gettysburg Campaign – Retreat 5th to 14th July 1863 375

Rosecrans’ Manoeuvre – 20th August to 17th September 1963 376

Bristoe Campaign – 9th October to 9th November 1863 377

Mine Run Campaign