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authorities in California.-Declares for the Southern Confederacy, and "annexes" Arizona.-In command of the Western armies.-Picture of a hero. —Proclamation on the occupation of Kentucky.-Foolish exaltation of Southern hopes.-True situation of Gen. Johnston.-His noble silence in the face of clamour.-Letter on the fall of Fort Donelson.-A glance at the Western map of the war.-The Confederate line broken and the campaign transferred to the southern bank of the Tennessee river.-Battle of Shiloh. -Gen. Johnston riding on to victory.-His death-wound.-Lamentations in the South.-Tributes to his memory.-A classic inscription,

CHAPTER XXIV.

GEN. BRAXTON BRAGG.

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Equivocal reputation of Gen. Bragg in the war.-His services in Mexico.Offers his sword to Louisiana.-His command at Pensacola.-Gallant participation in the battle of Shiloh.--His reflections upon Gen. Beauregard. -In command of the Western forces.-His Kentucky campaign, as correspondent to the Virginia campaign of 1862.-Battle of Perrysville.-Gen. Bragg's retreat through Cumberland Gap.-Criticisms and recriminations touching the campaign,

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CHAPTER XXV.

Battle of Murfreesboro.-Interval of repose.-Retreat to Chattanooga.-Gen. Bragg refuses to fight at the instance of the War Department.-Reinforced from the Army of Northern Virginia.-Battle of Chickamauga.-A_commentary in the Richmond Whig.-Violent quarrel between Gens. Bragg and Longstreet.-The disaster of Missionary Ridge.-Gen. Bragg relieved from command and appointed "military adviser" of President Davis.Explanations in a Richmond journal.-Gen. Bragg's last service in the field. -Fall of Wilmington.-Gen. Bragg's military career criticised.-His ardent Southern patriotism, 295

CHAPTER XXVI.

MAJ.-GEN. STERLING PRICE.

Anomaly of the Missouri Campaign.-Early life of Sterling Price.-Governor of Missouri.-His Politics.-Formation of "The Missouri State Guard."Personal appearance of the Commander.-His correspondence with Gen. Harney.-Affair at Booneville.-Gen. Price reinforced by Gens. McCulloch and Pearce.Battle of Oak Hill or Wilson's Creek.-Gen. Price's movement upon Lexington.-His success.-Designs against St. Louis.-Why they were abandoned.-Retreat of the Patriot Army of Missouri.-The State joins the Southern Confederacy.-Gen. Price's Proclamation at Neosho, 309

CHAPTER XXVII.

Gen. Price at the head of ten thousand men.-McCulloch refuses to coöperate. -Admirable retreat of Price's army to Boston Mountains.-Hardihood of his troops. A message from Gen. Halleck.—Gen. Van Dorn appointed Confederate Commander of the Trans-Mississippi.-Battle of Elk Horn.-Its importance.-Heroism of Gen. Price on the field.-The Missouri troops cross the Mississippi River.-Gen. Price's eloquent address to "the State Guard,"

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CHAPTER XXVIII.

Career of Gen. Price as a subordinate.-Mortality record of the Missouri Guard.

-Their participation in the battle of Corinth.-Battle of Helena.-Gen.

Price's cherished idea of liberating Missouri.-His agreement with Gen. Fre-

mont for the humanities of the war.-How the enemy violated it.-Gen.

Price's last attempt to save Missouri.-His final retreat from the State.-Sum-

mary of the character of Gen. Price.—A defect in his military career.-Gen.

Price as an exile,

GEN. JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON.

Some account of "the first families" of Virginia.-Ancestry of Joseph Eggles-

ton.-Peter Johnston in the Revolutionary War, and in the State councils of

Virginia.-Early life of Joseph E. Johnston.-Military tastes of the boy.—

Services of Lieut. Johnston in the Florida War.-An incident of desperate

courage.-Services in the Mexican War.—Bon Mot of Gen. Scott.—Johnston

appointed Quartermaster-General,

Gen. Johnston's resignation from the United States Army.-He visits Mont-

gomery.-Appointed a full General.-Ordered to Harper's Ferry. The place

a cul de sac.-Johnston abandons it.-Reasons for destroying the property of

the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.-How Gen. Johnston amused Patterson.-

He asks permission to join Beauregard at Manassas Junction.-The march

to Piedmont, and transportation hence to Manassas,
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Gen. Johnston's survey of the field of Manassas.-He indicates the enemy's

design to flank the Confederate left.-His anxiety about Patterson's move-

ments.-Plan of attack upon Centreville.-Why it failed.-Non-arrival of part

of the Army of the Shenandoah.-Popular misrepresentations of the battle of

Manassas.-The real plans of action on each side.-How Gen. Johnston over-

lapped the flanking movement of the enemy.-His orders to Gen. Bonham to

attack on Centreville.-The most brilliant opportunity of the day lost.-Gen.

Johnston's published reasons for not attacking Washington.-This explana-

tion criticised.-Evidence of McClellan.-The Confederate Army demoralized

by their victory.-Sequel of Manassas,
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An early council of the Confederate Government.-Unpopularity of Gen. John-

ston. He indicates the value of concentration, and proposes an aggressive

movement against the Potomac.-Overruled by President Davis.-Attempt

to bring McClellan to battle.-Blockade of the Potomac River.-True theory

of the battle of Leesburg, or Ball's Bluff.-Gen. Johnston meditates a retreat

from North Virginia.—A notable Council of War in Richmond.-Gen. John-

ston's advice overruled by President Davis and Gen. Lee.-Transfer of

Johnston's Army to Yorktown.- Why he abandoned the Peninsula.-Gen.

Johnston's share in Jackson's Valley Campaign.-Battle of Seven Pines.—

How its results were limited.-Gen. Johnston wounded.-He loses command

of the Army of Northern Virginia,
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CHAPTER XXXIII.

Gen. Johnston's designs against McClellan.-Why he considered his wound

fortunate for the Confederacy.-Anecdote of a dinner-party in Richmond.--

Gen. Johnston's mission to the west.-True nature of his appointment and

powers.-Rather a Local Secretary of War than a Commanding-General.

Interesting conference between Gen. Johnston and Secretary Randolph.-

He proposes to make one military department of the whole Mississippi Valley.

-Gen. Johnston's visit to Bragg's Army.-The defence of Vicksburg.-

Antecedents of Gen. Pemberton.-Detailed account of the correspondence

and relations between Gens. Johnston and Pemberton.-Gen. Johnston's

orders twice disobeyed.-His last order, "Hold out," as involving the fate

of the Confederacy.- Surrender of Vicksburg, and its train of consequences

to the close of the war,

Important supplement to the story of Vicksburg.-President Davis' part in the

disaster. Radical difference of military views of the President and of Gen.

Johnston.—The disaster of Missionary Ridge.-Gen. Johnston takes com-

mand of the Army of Tennessee. His successful reorganization of it.-Com-

parison of forces with the enemy.-Gen. Johnston's reasons for withdrawing

from Dalton.-Sherman's plan of campaign.-The retreat towards Atlanta

and its incidents.-Gen. Johnston removed from command.-"All hell fol-

lowed."-A sharp dispatch to Richmond.-Injustice of the government to

Gen. Johnston,
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The fall of Atlanta and what it involved.--Gen. Johnston foretells Sherman's

"march to the sea."
"-The Vae Victis.-Gen. Johnston restored to command.

-The North Carolina campaign.-Sherman's stipulations for a surrender.-

Interference from Washington.-Qualities of Gen. Johnston as a great com-

mander. His military peculiarities.-Compared to George Washington.-

His patriotic and noble silence under censure.—His person and deportment.

-Literary accomplishments.-His advice to the Southern people on their

duties after the surrender,
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LIEUT.-GEN. JAMES LONGSTREET.

His early military services.-Affair of Blackburn's Ford.-Battle of Williams-

burg.-Gallantry at Gaines' Mills.—Incident of march to Second Manassas.

-Separate command in South Virginia.-Desperate fighting at Gettys-

burg. Sobriquet of "The Bull-dog."-Decisive part in the battle of Chicka-

mauga.-Quarrel with Gen. Bragg.-Campaign in East Tennessee.--Its

errours.—A sharp correspondence with the Federal General Foster.—Gen.

Longstreet rebuked by President Davis.-He is wounded in the Wilder-

ness.-Military character and aptitude of the man.-Fraternal relations

with Gen. Lee.-His personal appearance,
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CHAPTER XXXVII.

LIEUT.-GEN. J. E. B. STUART.

Unique figure of Stuart in the war.-His first cavalry command in the valley

of Virginia.-Adventure with Capt. Perkins.-Complimented by Gen.

Johnston. The action of Dranesville.-" The Ride around McClellan.".

Adventure at Verdiersville.-Capture of Gen. Pope's coat and papers.-Ex-

pedition into Pennsylvania.-At Fredericksburg.-At Chancellorsville.-

His characteristic intercourse with Stonewall Jackson.-Splendid review at

Brandy Station.-The scene changed into bloodiest battle.-Gen. Stuart's

serious omission in the Gettysburg campaign.—Adventure in the flanking

movement in North Carolina.-Hair-breadth escapes of the commander.

He is shot down at Yellow Tavern.-His last moments.-Criticism of his

military character,

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

LIEUT.-GEN. AMBROSE P. HILL.

His record in the United States Army.-His part in the battles around Rich-

mond, 1862.--Conspicuous gallantry at Frazier's Farm.-He repulses six

assaults in the second battle of Manassas.--Critical service at Sharpsburg.

-Episode of Boteler's Ford.-Bristoe Station.-Failure of General Hill's

health. He resumes command in front of Petersburg.-Reams' Station.-

Tragic death of the Commander.-His virtues and gallantry,

LIEUT.-GEN. DANIEL H. HILL.

"Bethel" Hill a curiosity as well as celebrity of the war.-His Revolutionary

ancestry.-Services in Mexico.-His adventures as a Professor and litera-

teur.-Curiosities of "Hill's Algebra."-The affair of Bethel and its exag-

geration.-Gen. Hill's account of McClellan's retreat from Richmond.-His

most memorable and heroic service at South Mountain Pass.-Gen. Hill's

criticism of the battle of Sharpsburg.-Heroic record of a North Carolina

regiment.—Gen. Hill at Chickamauga.—Removed from command.—His

literary exploits and eccentricities,

LIEUT.-GEN. RICHARD S. EWELL.

Gen. Ewell as the companion and friend of Stonewall Jackson.-His military

life anteriour to 1861.-Curious apparition at Fairfax Court-House.-His

share in Jackson's Valley campaign.-Cross Keys.-Port Republic.-Com-

pliment to "the Maryland line."-Gen. Ewell wounded at Groveton.—He

succeeds to Stonewall Jackson's command.-Enacts part of the old drama

at Winchester.-Services in 1864.-He commands the Department of Hen-

rico.-Burning of the city of Richmond,

LIEUT.-GEN. JUBAL A. EARLY.

His early life as a soldier and politician.--His "Union" sentiments in the

Virginia Convention.--Why he became an actor in the war.-Reflections

upon the Unionists and Secessionists.-Gen. Early's services in 1862.--The

disaster of Rappahannock Station.-His different commands in the last

year of the war.-His independent campaign into the Valley and Mary-

land.--Outrages of the enemy in the Valley.-Gen. Early's advance upon

Washington City.-Why he did not attack it.-His return to the Valley.-

Battle of Winchester.-The dramatic story of Cedar Creek-Failure of the

Valley campaign.-The affair of Waynesboro.-Narrow escape of Gen.

Early.-Gen. Lee's letter relieving him from command.-Review of the

operations in the Valley.—Remarkable character of Gen. Early.—The “bad

old man."-His jokes and peculiarities.-Anecdotes of the camp.-Escape

of Gen. Early across the Mississippi River.-His choice of exile,

MAJ.-GEN. GUSTAVUS W. SMITH.

His family in Kentucky.-He serves in the Mexican war.-Complimentary

notices from Gen. Scott.-Appointed Street Commissioner of New York.—

Resigns, visits Kentucky, and accepts a Major-Generalship in the Confede-

rate service. His slight record in the war.-His resignation.-Injustice of

President Davis.-Volunteer services of Gen. Smith in the latter period of

MAJ.-GEN. LAFAYETTE M'LAWS.

Services in the United States Army.-Appointed a Brigadier-General in the

Confederate States Army, September, 1861.-Promoted in front of Richmond.

His part in the capture of Harper's Ferry.-His glorious and bloody work

at Fredericksburg.—The East Tennessee campaign, 1863.—Gen. McLaws

opposes the assault on Knoxville.-Extraordinary reply of Gen. Longstreet.

-Defective reconnoissances of the enemy's works.-Why the assault failed-

Gen. McLaws court-martialed and triumphantly acquitted.—A remarkable

peculiarity of his military career,

MAJ.-GEN. CADMUS M. WILCOX.

Military services in Mexico.-His gallantry at Chapultepec.-Subsequent ser-

vices in the United States Army.-His first command in the Confederate

States Army.-Heroic conduct of his brigade in the battles around Richmond,

1862.-At Gaines' Mills.-At Frazier's Farm.-An incident on the second

field of Manassas.-Battle of Salem Church.-Important action of Wilcox's

Brigade on the second day of Gettysburg.-A narrow chance of victory.-

Why the supports failed.--Amusing anecdote of Gen. Wilcox and a chicken-

thief.-Promoted Major-General.--Record of services in the campaign of

1864-5.-Heroic story of Fort Gregg.-Last scenes of the surrender,

MAJ.-GEN. GEORGE E. PICKETT.

His gallantry in the Mexican War.-Spirited Action of Capt. Pickett in the "San

Juan Difficulty."-Position of the State of Virginia in the Sectional Contro-

versies.-Pickett's Early Appointments in the Confederate States Service.—

"The Game-Cock Brigade," in Longstreet's Division.-Memorable and

Heroic Action of Pickett's Division at Gettysburg.-Account of it in the

Richmond Enquirer.-Gen. Pickett's Expedition on the North Carolina

Coast.-His Return to Petersburg.-How "The Cockade City" was narrowly

Saved. Operations around Petersburg.-Gen. Lee's Compliment to Pickett's

Men.-The Battle of Five Forks.-The suppressed Official Report of Gen.

Pickett.-His Last Tribute to his Troops.-Historical Glory of "The Vir-

ginia Division,
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MAJ.-GEN. CHARLES W. FIELD.

Services in the United States Army and at West Point.-Commands a Brig-

ade in the "Seven Days Battles" around Richmond.-Promoted Major-

General in 1864.-Field's Division restores the Battle in the Wilderness.-

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