n of Pennsylvania--Campaign and Battle of Gettysburg--Lee's
Retreat Across the Potomac, and Losses on Both Sides
CHAPTER III
New York Riots, 1863--Pursuit of Lee's Army to the Rappahannock--Action
of Wapping Heights, and Skirmishes--Western Troops Sent to New York
to Enforce the Draft--Their Return--Incidents, etc.
CHAPTER IV
Advance of Lee's Army, October, 1863, and Retreat of the Army of
the Potomac to Centreville--Battle of Bristoe Station--Advance of
the Union Army, November, 1863--Assault and Capture of Rappahannock
Station, and Forcing the Fords--Affair Near Brandy Station, and
Retreat of Confederate Army Behind the Rapidan--Incidents, etc.
CHAPTER V
Mine Run Campaign and Battle of Orange Grove, November, 1863--Winter
Cantonment (1863-4) of Army of the Potomac at Culpeper Court-House,
and its Reorganization--Grant Assigned to Command the Union Armies,
and Preparation for Aggressive War
CHAPTER VI
Plans of Campaigns, Union and Confederate--Campaign and Battle of
the Wilderness, May, 1864--Author Wounded, and Personal Matters--
Movements of the Army to the James River, with Mention of Battles
of Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, and Other Engagements, and Statement
of Losses and Captures
CHAPTER VII
Campaign South of James River and Petersburg--Hunter's Raid--Battle
of Monocacy--Early's Advance on Washington (1864)--Sheridan's
Movements in Shenandoah Valley, and Other Events
CHAPTER VIII
Personal Mention of Generals Sheridan, Wright, and Ricketts, and
Mrs. Ricketts; also Generals Crook and Hayes--Battle of Opequon,
under Sheridan, September 1864, and Incidents
CHAPTER IX
Battle of Fisher's Hill--Pursuit of Early--Devastation of the
Shenandoah Valley (1864)--Cavalry Battle at Tom's Brook, and Minor
Events
CHAPTER X
Battle of Cedar Creek, October 19, 1864, with Comments thereon--
also Personal Mention and Incidents
CHAPTER XI
Peace Negotiations--Lee's Suggestion to Jefferson Davis, 1862--
Fernando Wood's Correspondence with Mr. Lincoln, 1862--Mr. Stephens
at Fortress Monroe, 1863--Horace Greeley, Niagara Falls Conference,
1864--Jacquess-Gilmore's Visits to Richmond, 1863-4--F. P. Blair,
Sen., Conferences with Mr. Davis, 1865--Hampton Roads Conference,
Mr. Lincoln and Seward and Stephens and Others, 1865--Ord-Longstreet,
Lee and Grant, Correspondence, 1865; and Lew Wallace and General
Slaughter, Point Isabel Conference, 1865
CHAPTER XII
Siege of Richmond and Petersburg--Capture and Recapture of
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