PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I Personal—Organization—Roll of Company

ORGANIZATION AND ROLL OF COMPANY

CAPTAIN

LIEUTENANTS

ORDERLY SERGEANT

SERGEANTS

CORPORALS

Privates

CHAPTER II Enter the Service—Trouble about Arms—Cause of Secession

TROUBLE ABOUT ARMS

THE CAUSE OF SECESSION

CHAPTER III On to Manassas—The Eleventh Regiment—The First Brigade

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT

THE RIFLE GRAYS, COMPANY A

Privates

LYNCHBURG RIFLES, COMPANY E

Privates

HOME GUARD, COMPANY G

Privates

JEFFERSON DAVIS RIFLE, COMPANY H

Privates

CHAPTER IV Battle of Blackburn's Ford—The Battle Begins—The Enemy Driven Back—Incidents of the Battle

THE BATTLE BEGINS

THE YANKEES DRIVEN BACK

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE

CHAPTER V The Battle of First Manassas—General Johnston to the Rescue—Gen. Kirby Smith Turns the Tide of Battle—The Rebel Yell—The News of Victory—The Enemy Not Pursued—Gathering the Spoils

GENERAL JOHNSTON TO THE RESCUE

GEN. KIRBY SMITH TURNS THE TIDE OF BATTLE

THE REBEL YELL

UNDER SHELLING

THE NEWS OF VICTORY

THE ENEMY NOT PURSUED

GATHERING THE SPOILS

CHAPTER VI To Centreville and Fairfax Court House—Picket Close to the Enemy—Exciting Times on Picket—Back to Centreville—The Fight at Drainesville

ADVANCE TO FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE

PICKET CLOSE TO ENEMY—EXCITING TIMES

BACK TO CENTREVILLE

CHAPTER VII Fall Back From Centreville—The Peninsula Campaign—Yorktown Line Evacuated—The Battle of Williamsburg—"Give it to Them"—Into a Hot Fire—Colonel Garland Wounded—Incidents of the Battle—Garland and Kemper Promoted

THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN

YORKTOWN LINES EVACUATED

BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG

THE BATTLE BEGINS

"GIVE IT TO THEM!"

INTO A HOT FIRE

COLONEL GARLAND WOUNDED

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE

GARLAND AND KEMPER PROMOTED

CHAPTER VIII Back to Richmond—Battle of Seven Pines—The Brigade in Reserve—Into the Fight at Double-Quick—Incidents of the Battle—On the Picket Lines

THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES

THE BRIGADE IN RESERVE

INTO THE FIGHT AT DOUBLE-QUICK

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE

ON THE PICKET LINES

CHAPTER IX Seven Days' Fight Around Richmond—Battle of Gaines' Mill

BATTLE OF GAINES' MILL

CHAPTER X Second Manassas and Maryland Campaign—Sharpsburg—Back to Virginia—From Winchester to Culpeper—To Fredericksburg

SECOND MANASSAS AND THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN

SHARPSBURG

BACK TO VIRGINIA

CHAPTER XI The Battle of Fredericksburg—Kemper's Brigade in Reserve—Spectacular Scene—Behind Marye's Hill—Sharp-Shooting—At Home—Sad Loss

THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG

SPECTACULAR SCENE

BEHIND MARYE'S HILL

SHARP-SHOOTING

CHAPTER XII To Richmond, Chester, and Petersburg—To North Carolina—Back to Virginia, at Suffolk—To Taylorsville—On to Join General Lee

TO RICHMOND

OFF FOR THE OLD NORTH STATE

BACK TO VIRGINIA

CHAPTER XIII Pennsylvania Campaign—Gettysburg—Back to Virginia—General Lee and Army of Northern Virginia

PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN

GETTYSBURG

BACK TO VIRGINIA

GENERAL LEE AND THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

CHAPTER XIV To Taylorsville—At Chafin's Farm—To North Carolina—Marching Through Swamps and Sand—The Capture of Plymouth—Companies C and G Have Serious Experiences—Incidents of the Battle—The Gunboat "Albemarle"—Col. James Dearing Wins Promotion—On to Washington, North Carolina—Newberne Invested

TO TAYLORSVILLE

TO NORTH CAROLINA AGAIN

MARCHING THROUGH SWAMPS AND SAND

THE CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH

COMPANIES C AND G HAVE SERIOUS EXPERIENCE

THE GUNBOAT "ALBEMARLE"

COL. JAMES DEARING WINS PROMOTION

MARCH ON WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

NEWBERNE AGAIN INVESTED

CHAPTER XV Back to Petersburg, Va.—Beast Butler—The Battle of Drury's Bluff—General Gracie's Courage—Into a Heavy Fire at Close Range—Col. Richard F. Maury—Yankee Brigade Captured—General Whiting's Failure—The Yankee Flags

BACK TO PETERSBURG

BEAST BUTLER

THE BATTLE OF DRURY'S BLUFF

GENERAL GRACIE'S COURAGE

INTO A HOT FIRE AT CLOSE RANGE

COL. RICHARD F. MAURY

YANKEE BRIGADE CAPTURED

GENERAL WHITING'S FAILURE

YANKEE FLAGS

CHAPTER XVI To Milford and to Capture—A Prisoner of War—On to Washington

A PRISONER OF WAR

ON TO WASHINGTON

CHAPTER XVII To Fort Delaware—Short Rations—Song—Prison Rules

CHAPTER XVIII Off for Charleston—Alleged Retaliation—On Shipboard—Run Aground—Short of Water—On Morris Island—In Stockade—Under Fire—Prison Rules

ON SHIPBOARD

RUN AGROUND

SHORT OF WATER

IN THE STOCKADE

UNDER FIRE

PRISON RULES

CHAPTER XIX To Fort Pulaski—Rotten Cornmeal and Pickled Rations—A Plot Laid

ROTTEN CORNMEAL AND PICKLED RATIONS

A PLOT LAID

CHAPTER XX Back to Fort Delaware—Disappointment and Great Suffering—Three Deaths and Burials at Sea

DISAPPOINTMENT AND GREAT SUFFERING

THREE DEATHS AND BURIALS AT SEA

CHAPTER XXI Yankee Infamy—Conduct of the War—Sherman's March—Virginia Dismembered

CONDUCT OF THE WAR

SHERMAN'S MARCH

VIRGINIA DISMEMBERED

CHAPTER XXII Lee's Surrender—Lincoln's Assassination—Out of Prison and at Home

LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION

OUT OF PRISON AND AT HOME

CHAPTER XXIII Reconstruction and Since

INDEX

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