Personal Reminiscences of the War of 1861-5 In Camp—en Bivouac—on the March—on Picket—on the Skirmish Line—on the Battlefield—and in Prison

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 B...

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

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—TH...

The same afternoon we arrived at Hanover Junction, the First Virginia Regiment and five companies of the Eleventh, A, B, C, E and K, under the command of Major Norten, of the Fi...

As a fit climax to, and exhibitory of, Yankee hatred, malice, revenge, and cruelty practiced during the war, the North bound the prostrate South on the rock of negro domination,...

As before said, on the 6th of May we again marched through Williamsburg on towards Richmond. The roads were deep in mud; it was a hot, sultry May morning. A few miles out on the...

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...

There were frequent rumors while in camp at Manassas that the Yankees were advancing. On the 17th of July the report proved true; the Yankees were coming sure enough this time....

About the 1st of June, 1861, the regiment was ordered to Manassas, which name afterwards became historic as a great battle-ground. The first battle of Bull Run, on the 18th of J...

I remained at Fort Delaware until the 20th of August, 1864. Some time previous to this, seventy-five field officers confined at Fort Delaware were selected for retaliation, as t...

Longstreet was in command of the corps, and Gen. Geo. E. Pickett was the division commander, having been assigned to the division in September. The hills along the south side of...

The Yankees were continually giving out to the world exaggerated accounts of the conditions of their soldiers in Confederate prisons, and are still at it, all the while refusing...

On the 24th of July, the brigade broke camp at Manassas and marched to Centreville, where the Eleventh Regiment pitched its tents, just on the outskirts of that little hamlet of...

These troops—Pickett's Division and others—that had been in North Carolina and southeast of Petersburg since February, as before said, halted at Taylorsville, where they remaine...

The company was drilled from time to time, but was not armed until it entered the service about the 1st of May, 1861, at Lynchburg, Va., enlisting for one year. It was mustered...

While I was away Pickett's Division and other troops under Longstreet left the vicinity of Fredericksburg, marched to and through Richmond, and camped on the 13th of February, 1...

After a lapse of more than forty years, I here record brief sketches of my experiences as a Confederate soldier, beginning about the 1st of May, 1861, and ending the 21st day of...

The brigade remained near Richmond some weeks longer. On the afternoon of the 26th of June, 1862, the Seven Days' fights around Richmond commenced at, or near, Mechanicsville, n...

On the 17th of October the prisoners were notified to be ready to move at daylight next morning. In one of the tents the next morning, in order to see how to get ready, one of t...

Prison life at Fort Delaware had not improved any during the absence of the 600; the same bad, scanty rations were still served, with no surcease of the tedious, weary hours. Wh...

About the 3d or 4th of March, I think it was, the soldiers guarding us said an order had been received from General Grant, "an autograph letter," they said, to take us to Norfol...

These officers remained here for about two weeks, when we were taken by boat down the Potomac and Chesapeake Bay, passing out into the ocean between Cape Charles and Cape Henry;...

Some time after the battles around Richmond, the brigade set out on what is called the Maryland campaign. It took part in the second battle of Manassas, on the 30th of August, 1...

When I first undertook to write my war experiences, I had no thought of ever publishing what I wrote. It was only intended as a family paper, written at the solicitation of my c...

To Taylorsville—At Chafin's Farm—To North Carolina again—Marching through swamps and sand—The capture of Plymouth—Companies C and G have serious experience—Incidents of the batt...

Back to Petersburg, Va.—Beast Butler—The battle of Drewry's Bluff— General Gracie's courage—Into a heavy fire at close range—Col. Richard F. Maury—Yankee brigade captured—Genera...

Battle of First Manassas—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—Gatheri...

Fall back from Centreville—The Peninsular campaign—Yorktown lines evacuated—The battle of Williamsburg—"Give it to them"—Into a hot fire— Colonel Garland wounded—Incidents of th...