Category: Biographies
PAGE Down the Mississippi--Hotel at Vicksburg--Dinner--Public meeting--News of the progress of the war--Slavery and England--Jackson--Governor Pettus--Insecurity of life--Strong Southern enthusiasm--Troops bound for the North--Approach to Memphis--Slaves for sale--Memphis--Gen...
PAGE Down the Mississippi--Hotel at Vicksburg--Dinner--Public meeting--News of the progress of the war--Slavery and England--Jackson--Governor Pettus--Insecurity of life--Strong...
2. CHAPTER II.Camp Randolph--Cannon practice--Volunteers--“Dixie”--Forced return from the South--Apathy of the North--General retrospect of politics--Energy and earnestness of the South--Fire...
3. CHAPTER III.4. CHAPTER IV.Camp at Cairo--The North and the South in respect to Europe-- Political reflections--Mr. Colonel Oglesby--My speech--Northern and Southern soldiers compared--American country-wa...
5. CHAPTER V.6. CHAPTER VI.7. CHAPTER VII.Niagara--Impression of the Falls--Battle scenes in the neighbourhood--A village of Indians--General Scott--Hostile movements on both sides--The Hudson--Military school at West P...
8. CHAPTER VIII.9. CHAPTER IX.Interview with Mr. Seward--My passport--Mr. Seward’s views as to the war--Illumination at Washington--My “servant” absents himself--New York journalism--The Capitol--Interior of...
10. CHAPTER X.Arlington Heights and the Potomac--Washington--The Federal camp--General M‘Dowell--Flying rumours--Newspaper correspondents --General Fremont--Silencing the Press and Telegraph-...
11. CHAPTER XI.12. CHAPTER XII.13. CHAPTER XIII.Skirmish at Bull’s Run--The crisis in Congress--Dearth of horses--War prices at Washington--Estimate of the effects of Bull’s Run--Password and countersign--Transatlantic view o...
14. CHAPTER XIV.15. CHAPTER XV.A runaway crowd at Washington--The army of the Potomac in retreat--Mail-day--Want of order and authority--Newspaper lies--Alarm at Washington--Confederate prisoners--General M‘C...
16. CHAPTER XVI.Attack of illness--General M‘Clellan--Reception at the White House--Drunkenness among the Volunteers--Visit from Mr. Olmsted--Georgetown--Intense heat--M‘Clellan and the Newspap...
17. CHAPTER XVII.Return to Baltimore--Colonel Carroll--A priest’s view of the abolition of Slavery--Slavery in Maryland--Harper’s Ferry--John Brown--Back by train to Washington--Further accounts...
18. CHAPTER XVIII.A tour of inspection round the camp--A troublesome horse--M‘Dowell and the President--My opinion of Bull Run indorsed by American officers--Influence of the Press--Newspaper cor...
19. CHAPTER XIX.Personal unpopularity--American naval officers--A gun levelled at me in fun--Increase of odium against me--Success of the Hatteras expedition--General Scott and M‘Clellan--M‘Cle...
20. CHAPTER XX.A Crimean acquaintance--Personal abuse of myself--Close firing--A reconnaissance--Major-General Bell--The Prince de Joinville and his nephews--American estimate of Louis Napoleo...
21. CHAPTER XXI.Another Crimean acquaintance--Summary dismissal of a newspaper correspondent--Dinner at Lord Lyons’--Review of artillery-- “Habeas Corpus”--The President’s duties--M‘Clellan’s p...
22. CHAPTER XXII.General Scott’s resignation--Mrs. A. Lincoln--Unofficial mission to Europe--Uneasy feeling with regard to France--Ball given by the United States cavalry--The United States army...
23. CHAPTER XXIII.A Captain under arrest--Opening of Congress--Colonel Dutassy--An ex-pugilist turned Senator--Mr. Cameron--Ball in the officers’ huts--Presentation of standards at Arlington--Din...
24. CHAPTER XXIV.News of the death of the Prince Consort--Mr. Sumner and the Trent Affair--His dispatch to Lord Russell--The Southern Commissioners given up--Effects on the friends of the South-...
25. CHAPTER I._Friday, June 14th._--Last night with my good host from his plantation to the great two-storied steamer General Quitman, at Natchez. She was crowded with planters, soldiers and...
26. CHAPTER II.Camp Randolph--Cannon practice--Volunteers--“Dixie”--Forced return from the South--Apathy of the North--General retrospect of politics--Energy and earnestness of the South--Fire...
27. CHAPTER III._June 19th._ It is probable the landlord of the Gayoso House was a strong Secessionist, and resolved, therefore, to make the most out of a neutral customer like myself--certainl...
28. CHAPTER IV.Camp at Cairo--The North and the South in respect to Europe-- Political reflections--Mr. Colonel Oglesby--My speech--Northern and Southern soldiers compared--American country-wa...
29. CHAPTER V._June 23rd._--The latest information which I received to-day is of a nature to hasten my departure for Washington; it can no longer be doubted that a battle between the two armi...
30. CHAPTER VI.In the first place the South has been developing every day greater energy in widening the breach between it and the North, and preparing to fill it with dead; and the North, so...
31. CHAPTER VII.Niagara--Impression of the Falls--Battle scenes in the neighbourhood--A village of Indians--General Scott--Hostile movements on both sides--The Hudson--Military school at West P...
32. CHAPTER VIII._July 3rd._--Up early, breakfasted at five a.m., and left my hospitable host’s roof, on my way to Washington. The ferry-boat, which is a long way off, starts for the train at se...
33. CHAPTER IX.Interview with Mr. Seward--My passport--Mr. Seward’s views as to the war--Illumination at Washington--My “servant” absents himself--New York journalism--The Capitol--Interior of...
34. CHAPTER X.Arlington Heights and the Potomac--Washington--The Federal camp--General M‘Dowell--Flying rumours--Newspaper correspondents --General Fremont--Silencing the Press and Telegraph-...
35. CHAPTER XI._July 14th._--At six o’clock this morning the steamer arrived at the wharf under the walls of Fortress Monroe, which presented a very different appearance from the quiet of its...
36. CHAPTER XII._July 19th._--I baffled many curious and civil citizens by breakfasting in my room, where I remained writing till late in the day. In the afternoon I walked to the State House....
37. CHAPTER XIII.Skirmish at Bull’s Run--The crisis in Congress--Dearth of horses--War prices at Washington--Estimate of the effects of Bull’s Run--Password and countersign--Transatlantic view o...
38. CHAPTER XIV.Punctual to time, our carriage appeared at the door, with a spare horse, followed by the black quadruped on which the negro boy sat with difficulty, in consequence of its high s...
39. CHAPTER XV.A runaway crowd at Washington--The army of the Potomac in retreat--Mail-day--Want of order and authority--Newspaper lies--Alarm at Washington--Confederate prisoners--General M‘C...
40. CHAPTER XVI.Attack of illness--General M‘Clellan--Reception at the White House--Drunkenness among the Volunteers--Visit from Mr. Olmsted--Georgetown--Intense heat--M‘Clellan and the Newspap...
41. CHAPTER XVII.Return to Baltimore--Colonel Carroll--A Priest’s view of the Abolition of Slavery--Slavery in Maryland--Harper’s Ferry--John Brown--Back by train to Washington--Further accounts...
42. CHAPTER XVIII.A tour of inspection round the camp--A troublesome horse--M‘Dowell and the President--My description of Bull’s Run endorsed by American officers--Influence of the Press--Newspap...
43. CHAPTER XIX.Personal unpopularity--American naval officers--A gun levelled at me in fun--Increase of odium against me--Success of the Hatteras expedition--General Scott and M‘Clellan--M‘Cle...
44. CHAPTER XX.A Crimean acquaintance--Personal abuse of myself--Close firing--A reconnaissance--Major-General Bell--The Prince de Joinville and his nephews--American estimate of Louis Napoleo...
45. CHAPTER XXI.Another Crimean acquaintance--Summary dismissal of a newspaper correspondent--Dinner at Lord Lyons’--Review of artillery-- “Habeas Corpus”--The President’s duties--M‘Clellan’s p...
46. CHAPTER XXII.General Scott’s resignation--Mrs. A. Lincoln--Unofficial mission to Europe--Uneasy feeling with regard to France--Ball given by the United States cavalry--The United States army...
47. CHAPTER XXIII.A Captain under arrest--Opening of Congress--Colonel Dutassy--An ex-pugilist turned Senator--Mr. Cameron--Ball in the officers’ huts--Presentation of standards at Arlington--Din...
48. CHAPTER XXIV.News of the death of the Prince Consort--Mr. Sumner and the Trent Affair--Dispatch to Lord Russell--The Southern Commissioners given up--Effects on the friends of the South--My...