Contents
CHAPTER I—LEE IS GIVEN AN IMPOSSIBLE ASSIGNMENT 9
CHAPTER II—THE CONCENTRATION ON THE PENINSULA 14
CHAPTER III—LEE AND THE CONSCRIPTION ACT 27
CHAPTER IV—THE GENESIS OF JACKSON’S VALLEY CAMPAIGN 31
CHAPTER V—THE BATTLE BROUGHT CLOSER TO RICHMOND 40
CHAPTER VI—”DRIVE HIM BACK TOWARD THE POTOMAC” 48
CHAPTER VII—AN ANXIOUS FORTNIGHT ENDS IN A MEMORABLE RIDE 54
CHAPTER VIII—”TÊTE DE L’ARMÉE” 68
CHAPTER IX—LEE AS THE “KING OF SPADES” 76
CHAPTER X—A DUSTY HORSEMAN REACHES HEADQUARTERS 88
CHAPTER XI—LEE SEIZES THE INITIATIVE 93
CHAPTER XII—WHERE IS JACKSON?—(MECHANICSVILLE) 103
CHAPTER XIII—LEE’S FIRST VICTORY—AT HEAVY COST—(GAINES’S MILL) 115
CHAPTER XIV—”A CLOUD BY DAY” 134
CHAPTER XV—THE PURSUIT GOES ASTRAY—(SAVAGE STATION) 140
CHAPTER XVI—THE ARMY SHOWS ITSELF UNREADY FOR A CANNÆ—(FRAYSER’S FARM) 152
CHAPTER XVII—THE FEDERAL ARTILLERY PROVES TOO STRONG—(MALVERN HILL) 169
CHAPTER XVIII—”THE FEDERAL ARMY SHOULD HAVE BEEN DESTROYED” 185
CHAPTER XIX—A DOMESTIC INTERLUDE 207
CHAPTER XX—ENTER GENERAL JOHN POPE 210
CHAPTER XXI—GENERAL POPE RETIRES TOO SOON 227
CHAPTER XXII—BY THE LEFT FLANK UP THE RAPPAHANNOCK 235
CHAPTER XXIII—GREAT NEWS COMES ON A HARD MARCH 247
CHAPTER XXIV—”MY DESIRE HAS BEEN TO AVOID A GENERAL ENGAGEMENT—(THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS) 259
CHAPTER XXV—”MY MARYLAND”—OR HIS? 303
CHAPTER XXVI—WITH EYES ON THE HARPERS FERRY ROAD 326
CHAPTER XXVII—THE BLOODIEST DAY OF THE WAR—(SHARPSBURG) 333
CHAPTER XXVIII—SHARPSBURG IN REVIEW 348
CHAPTER XXIX—MATCHING WITS WITH CHANGING OPPONENTS 355
CHAPTER XXX—TWO SIGNAL GUNS END LONG SUSPENSE 369
CHAPTER XXXI—”IT IS WELL THAT WAR IS SO TERRIBLE…”—(FREDERICKSBURG) 377
CHAPTER XXXII—THE FIRST WARNINGS Of COMING RUIN—(THE WINTER OF 1862‒63) 404
CHAPTER XXXIII—JACKSON DISAPPEARS IN THE FOREST 429
CHAPTER XXXIV—FATE INTERVENES AT LEE’S HIGH NOON 443
CHAPTER XXXV—LEE LOSES HIS “RIGHT ARM” 458
APPENDIX II-1—GENERAL ORDERS, NO. 75 473
APPENDIX II-2—JACKSON’S MARCH OF JUNE 24-26, 1862 475
APPENDIX II-3—THE REASON FOR JACKSON’S FAILURE AT WHITE OAK SWAMP, JUNE 30, 1862 481
APPENDIX II-4—THE TERRAIN OF THE BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL 489
APPENDIX II-5—WHO DEVISED THE LEFT FLANK MOVEMENT AT CHANCELLORSVILLE? 492
SHORT‒TITLE INDEX TO VOLUMES I AND II 496
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER 502