Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French Mexican War; War between the States, a Diary; Reconstruction Period, His Experience; Incidents, Reminiscences, etc.

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Leave for Richmond--Ordered to Evansport, Va., to Blockade the 140 Potomac--Worthless Ammunition--Forces on the Maryland Shore--Constant Firing All Winter--Orders to Fall Back to Fredericksburg--"Come to Richmond Immediately"--Orders from Gen. Lee--New Berne Falls--Relieve Branch at Kinston--Ordered to Wilmington--Build Defenses--Fort Fisher Constructed--Col. William Lamb in Command--Running the Blockade--Whitworth Guns--July 17, 1862, Placed in Command of the Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia--Defend a Line from the Appomattox to Cape Fear--July 31, Shell Gen. McClellan's Army--Constructed Defenses of Petersburg--Battle of Fredericksburg--Pelham--President Calls for Me--Gen. Lee's Considerate Conduct--Gen. Foster at Tarboro, N. C.--He Interviews an Old Darky--Railroad Bridge at Goldsboro, N. C., Burned--Weak Defense Made--How I Got Supplies from Suffolk--Mrs. Johnston and Gen. Viele--Was Fannie Cooper a Spy?--Martial Law--Sidney Lanier--Flag of Truce Boats--Exchange of Prisoners