United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns
The purpose of this volume is to follow the life of a Confederate private as I lived it and saw it lived by others in the great struggle of 1861-65. The causes leading to the Civil War are history, and need not be enumerated here, except to say that our New England cousins fir...
The purpose of this volume is to follow the life of a Confederate private as I lived it and saw it lived by others in the great struggle of 1861-65. The causes leading to the Ci...
2. CHAPTER II.The object of the expedition we were about to make was to drive from Virginia General W. S. Hancock’s forces, which had crossed the Potomac on pontoon at Sir John’s Run and take...
3. CHAPTER III.On February 19 we left Winchester, arriving at Lynchburg on the 21st. We went into camp near that city, not knowing when we could proceed farther, on account of many washouts be...
4. CHAPTER IV.Our army was moved to Chattanooga, Tenn., by two routes: one by Selma, the other by Mobile. We went by train to Mobile, and there embarked on the side-wheel steamer _Dixie_, and...
5. CHAPTER V.I found the regiment on Duck River in the suburbs of Shelbyville. I was glad to be with the boys again. I did not rest long, for the regiment was busy making detail for digging...
6. CHAPTER VI.While in winter quarters at Dalton, I received a letter from a relative saying that she would soon get married, and had woven on her loom a nice suit of jeans, and that I must c...
7. CHAPTER VII.I found my boys in a comfortable cabin, ten of them in my cousin’s mess. He was just recovering from a wound received at Brandy Station. I was considered as a guest of the boys,...
8. CHAPTER VIII.On May 1 General Lee issued the following order: “Send all extra baggage to the rear”; and on May 3 he issued an order to cook three days’ rations. The first order was easily co...
9. CHAPTER IX.In a few days the transports came along, and we boarded them quickly, reaching Point Lookout May 20; and before getting in line each prisoner was subjected to a search and relie...
10. CHAPTER X.We reached Elmira prison August 2, 1864, and as we marched through the city quite a curious crowd followed us and commented on the appearance of the Rebels, as they termed us. W...
11. CHAPTER XI.On reaching home we found change written upon everything. During our four years and three months’ absence the city government was in control of aliens or carpetbaggers who groun...
12. CHAPTER XII.When the reconstruction of the Southern states had been accomplished by our representatives taking their seats in the halls of legislation, we felt that we were again a part of...
13. CHAPTER XIII.Looking back to the events of the past, I have often thought, “All things work together for good.” But for the Civil War, we would not have had the remarkable scene between Pres...