--General Joseph E. Johnston and Jefferson Davis--Alexander
H. Stephens.

CHAPTER IV.

OPENING OF THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. 31

McClellan as an Organizer--The James River Route to
Richmond--Army of Northern Virginia moved to Orange Court
House--Straggling--General Ewell--Bugeaud's "Maxims"--Uselessness
of Tents--Counsels to Young Officers.

CHAPTER V.

THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN. 42

The Army moved to Gordonsville--Joseph E. Johnston as a
Commander--Valley of Virginia--Stonewall Jackson--Belle
Boyd--Federals routed at Front Royal--Cuirassiers strapped to their
Horses--Battle of Winchester--A "Walk Over" at Strasburg--General
Ashby--Battle of Port Republic.

CHAPTER VI.

"THE SEVEN DAYS AROUND RICHMOND." 83

Clever Strategy--The Valley Army summoned to the Defense of
Richmond--Battles of Cold Harbor, Frazier's Farm, Malvern
Hill--Ignorance of the Topography--McClellan as a Commander--General
R.E. Lee--His magnificent Strategy--His Mistakes.

CHAPTER VII.

THE DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. 99

General Bragg--Invasion of Kentucky--Western Louisiana--Its
Topography and River Systems--The Attakapas, Home of the
Acadians--The Creole Population.

CHAPTER VIII.

OPERATIONS IN LOUISIANA AND ON THE MISSISSIPPI. 111

Federal Post at Bayou Des Allemands Surprised--Marauding by
the Federals--Salt Mines at Petit Anse--General Pemberton--Major
Brent Chief of Artillery--Federal Operations on the Lafourche--Gunboat
Cotton--General Weitzel Advances up the Teche--Capture of Federal
Gunboats--General Kirby Smith.

CHAPTER IX.

ATTACKED BY THE FEDERALS--ATTEMPT TO RELIEVE VICKSBURG--CAPTURE
OF BERWICK'S BAY. 129

Federal Advance against Bisland--Retreat of the
Confederates--Banks's Dispatches--Relief of Vicksburg
impracticable--Capture of Federal Post at Berwick's Bay--Attack
on Fort Butler--Fall of Vicksburg and of Port Hudson.

CHAPTER X.

MOVEMENT TO THE RED RIVER--CAMPAIGN AGAINST BANKS. 148

The Confederate Losses at Vicksburg and Port Hudson--Federals
beaten at Bayou Bourbeau--Trans-Mississippi Department, its Bureaux
and Staff--A Federal Fleet and Army ascend Red River--Battle of
Pleasant Hill--Success of the Confederates--Perilous Situation
of