From Bull Run to Appomattox

CHAPTER II.

Christened "Stonewall Jackson" by General Bee at the first battle of Manassas.]

CHAPTER II.

This was the state of things as I saw them in and around Manassas on the eve of the first battle of Bull Run. Before the rising of the sun on that beautiful Sabbath day, July 21, 1861, the cannon could be heard in the distance, which told us that the two combatants had locked horns. All day long we could hear the booming of the guns and see the smoke of the battle over the tops of the low pines in our front, and I was ever so anxious to get closer and see the real thing, but soldiers cannot go just where they may desire, especially when a great battle is in progress.

CHAPTER III.

The fall and winter months following the battle of Bull Run were spent for the most part by both sides in recruiting their armies and getting ready for a desperate struggle, which would inevitably come when spring arrived the following year.

CHAPTER IV.

This is called the Second Battle of Manassas to distinguish it from the first battle fought on the same ground, and called by the North the Battle of Bull Run, but by the South as the First Battle of Manassas.

CHAPTER IV.

The Battle of Cedar Run--Jackson's Flank Movement--McClellan Moves His Army Back to Washington--Second Battle of Manassas--The Defeat of Pope--His Retreat to the Defenses of Washington--The Captured Stores and Losses on Both Sides--Lee Crosses the Potomac Into Maryland--The Stragglers of Lee's Army--A Dinner Party--The Capture of Harper's Ferry--Battle of Antietam--Result of the Battle--Lee Recrosses the Potomac--Lee in a Trap.

CHAPTER II.

Christened "Stonewall Jackson" by General Bee at the first battle of Manassas.]

CHAPTER II.

This was the state of things as I saw them in and around Manassas on the eve of the first battle of Bull Run. Before the rising of the sun on that beautiful Sabbath day, July 21, 1861, the cannon could be heard in the distance, which told us that the two combatants had locked horns. All day long we could hear the booming of the guns and see the smoke of the battle over the tops of the low pines in our front, and I was ever so anxious to get closer and see the real thing, but soldiers cannot go just where they may desire, especially when a great battle is in progress.

CHAPTER III.

The fall and winter months following the battle of Bull Run were spent for the most part by both sides in recruiting their armies and getting ready for a desperate struggle, which would inevitably come when spring arrived the following year.