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My Days and Nights on the Battle-Field
INTRODUCTORY. TO THE YOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES
CHAPTER I. HOW THE REBELLION CAME ABOUT
CHAPTER II. THE GATHERING OF A GREAT ARMY
CHAPTER III. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN
CHAPTER IV. THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY
CHAPTER V. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON
CHAPTER VI. THE SURRENDER
CHAPTER VII. THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING
CHAPTER VIII. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER IX. EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS
CHAPTER X. OPERATIONS AT NEW MADRID
CHAPTER XI. OPERATIONS AT ISLAND NUMBER TEN
CHAPTER XII. FROM FORT PILLOW TO MEMPHIS
CHAPTER XIII. THE NAVAL FIGHT AT MEMPHIS
FOOTNOTES:
Following the Flag
PREFACE
INTRODUCTORY
CHAPTER I. ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC
CHAPTER II. BALL'S BLUFF
CHAPTER III. BATTLE OF DRANESVILLE AND THE WINTER OF 1862
CHAPTER IV. THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN
CHAPTER V. BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG
CHAPTER VI. ON THE CHICKAHOMINY
THE AFFAIR AT HANOVER COURT-HOUSE
CHAPTER VII. FAIR OAKS
CHAPTER VIII. SEVEN DAYS OF FIGHTING
BATTLE OF MECHANICSVILLE
THE BATTLE OF GAINES'S MILLS
THE MOVEMENT TO JAMES RIVER
BATTLE OF SAVAGE STATION
BATTLE OF GLENDALE
THE BATTLE OF MALVERN
CHAPTER IX. AFFAIRS IN FRONT OF WASHINGTON
BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN
CHAPTER X. BATTLE OF GROVETON
THE RETREAT TO WASHINGTON
CHAPTER XI. INVASION OF MARYLAND
BARBARA FRIETCHIE
BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN
SURRENDER OF HARPER'S FERRY
CHAPTER XII. BATTLE OF ANTIETAM
HOOKER'S ATTACK
SUMNER'S ATTACK
THE CENTER
RICHARDSON'S ATTACK
GENERAL FRANKLIN'S ARRIVAL
GENERAL BURNSIDE'S ATTACK
CHAPTER XIII. AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XIV. THE MARCH FROM HARPER'S FERRY TO WARRENTON
REMOVAL OF GENERAL McLELLAN
APPENDIX
ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, APRIL, 1862. CAVALRY RESERVE. BRIG.-GEN. P. ST. G. COOK
ARTILLERY RESERVE. COL. HENRY J. HUNT
VOLUNTEER ENGINEER TROOPS. GEN. WOODBURY
REGULAR ENGINEER TROOPS. CAPT. DUANE
ARTILLERY TROOPS WITH SIEGE TRAIN
SECOND CORPS. GEN. SUMNER
RICHARDSON'S DIVISION
SEDGWICK'S DIVISION
THIRD CORPS. GEN. HEINTZELMAN
PORTER'S DIVISION
HOOKER'S DIVISION
KEARNY'S DIVISION
FOURTH CORPS. GEN. KEYES
COUCH'S DIVISION
SMITH'S DIVISION
CASEY'S DIVISION
PROVOST GUARD
AT GENERAL HEAD-QUARTERS
FIRST CORPS. GEN. McDOWELL
FRANKLIN'S DIVISION
McCALL'S DIVISION
KING'S DIVISION
FIFTH CORPS, GEN. BANKS
WILLIAMS'S DIVISION
SHIELDS'S DIVISION
GENERAL WADSWORTH'S COMMAND
IN CAMP NEAR WASHINGTON
GENERAL DIX'S COMMAND. (BALTIMORE.)
FOOTNOTES
The Boys of '61
PREFATORY NOTE
INTRODUCTORY. BEGINNING OF THE CONFLICT
CHAPTER I. AROUND WASHINGTON
CHAPTER II. BULL RUN
CHAPTER III. THE FALL OF 1861
CHAPTER IV. AFFAIRS IN THE WEST
CHAPTER V. CENTRAL KENTUCKY
CHAPTER VI. THE OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN IN TENNESSEE
CHAPTER VII. PITTSBURG LANDING, FORT PILLOW, AND MEMPHIS
CHAPTER VIII. INVASION OF MARYLAND
CHAPTER IX. INVASION OF KENTUCKY
CHAPTER X. FROM HARPER'S FERRY TO FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER XI. BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
THE MORNING
THE ATTACK ON THE LEFT
THE ATTACK ON THE RIGHT
THE LAST ATTACK
CHAPTER XII. THE WINTER AT FALMOUTH
CHAPTER XIII. CHANCELLORSVILLE
THE BATTLE OF SUNDAY
SECOND BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG
CHAPTER XIV. CAVALRY OPERATIONS
CHAPTER XV. THE ATLANTIC COAST
CHAPTER XVI. THE IRONCLADS IN ACTION
CHAPTER XVII. THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA
CHAPTER XVIII. THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
SECOND DAY
THIRD DAY
CHAPTER XIX. FROM THE RAPIDAN TO COLD HARBOR
CHAPTER XX. TO PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XXI. SIEGE OPERATIONS
CHAPTER XXII. THIRD INVASION OF MARYLAND
CHAPTER XXIII. SHERMAN'S ARMY
CHAPTER XXIV. CHRISTIANITY AND BARBARISM
CHAPTER XXV. SCENES IN SAVANNAH
CHAPTER XXVI. SHERMAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA
CHAPTER XXVII. SOUTH CAROLINA BEFORE THE WAR
CHAPTER XXVIII. SUMTER
CHAPTER XXIX. CHARLESTON
CHAPTER XXX. THE LAST CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XXXI. RICHMOND
CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONFEDERATE LOAN
CHAPTER XXXIII. SURRENDER OF LEE
CHAPTER XXXIV. CONCLUSION
Footnotes
Winning His Way
CHAPTER I. FIRST YEARS
CHAPTER II. HARD TIMES
CHAPTER III. MERRY TIMES
CHAPTER IV. MUSIC AND PAINTING
CHAPTER V. THE NIGHT-HAWKS
CHAPTER VI. PAUL'S FRIENDS
CHAPTER VII. IN A TRAP
CHAPTER VIII. KEEPING SCHOOL
CHAPTER IX. RALLYING ROUND THE FLAG
CHAPTER X. A SOLDIER
CHAPTER XI. SCOUTING
CHAPTER XII. MISSED FROM HOME
CHAPTER XIII. THE MARCH
CHAPTER XIV. THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XV. SHOWING WHAT HE WAS MADE OF
CHAPTER XVI. HONOR TO THE BRAVE
CHAPTER XVII. CHICKAMAUGA
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW HE LIVED IN THE MEMORY OF HIS FRIENDS
CHAPTER XIX. WHAT BECAME OF A TRAITOR
CHAPTER XX. DARK DAYS
CHAPTER XXI. CONSECRATION
CHAPTER XXII. UNDER THE OLD FLAG
CHAPTER XXIII. THE JAWS OF DEATH
CHAPTER XXIV. HOME
Charles Carleton Coffin
Observations and Experiences of Charles Carleton Coffin From the American Battlegrounds
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“I made it my duty to seek out and attend upon the wounded, and the more so when I found that the work of alleviating their sufferings was performed with evident reluctance and want of zeal by many of those whose duty it was to do it. I looked upon the poor fellows only as suffering fellow-mortals, brothers in need of help, and made no distinction between friend and foe; nay, I must own that I was prompted to give the preference to the latter, for the reason that some of our men met with attention from their relations and friends, who had flocked to the field in numbers to see them. But in doing so I had to encounter opposition, and was even pointed at by some with muttered curses as a traitor to the cause of the Confederacy for bestowing any attention on the d —— Yankees.”
Notwithstanding the inhuman treatment they received at the hands of their captors, there were men on that field who never quailed, — men with patriotism so fervent, deep, and unquenchable, that they lay down cheerfully to their death-sleep. This officer in the Rebel service went out upon the field where the fight had been thickest. It was night. Around him were the dying and the dead. There was a young Union officer, with both feet crushed by a cannon-shot. There were tears upon his cheeks.
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