“In writing my experience and what I saw during the war as one of Jackson's " foot cavalry," it is not
my intention to make a comparison of commands, but simply to state what was seen and experienced
by me. When other commands are mentioned, it is done to give their position so that the reader
may the better understand the situation; and when I have a word of praise for them, it is because they came
under my eye. It is needless to make comparisons between different commands of the Army of Northern Virginia.
The world never saw such courage, devotion, and patriotism as was displayed by the men of that army, and
every man in it who did his duty was a hero.”
CONTENTS
I.Commencement of Hostilities, 1861 .... 13
II.Fredericksburg and Aquia Creek 17
III.Camp Lee and Mustering into Service ... 29
IV. West Virginia — Election of President of
Southern Confederacy 39
V.The Valley of Virginia 53
VI.Bath and Romney 57
VII. Winchester Evacuated, 1862 64
VIII. Kernstown 66
IX.Retreat from Kernstown 71
X.McDowell ...77
XI.The Valley Campaign — Front Royal — Middletown,
Winchester, Cross Keys — Port Republic 82
XII.The Seven Days Campaign 97
XIII.Cedar Run 108
XIV.Second Manassas 118
XV.Maryland Campaign, Harper's Ferry — Sharpsburg 136
XVI.Fredericksburg 149
XVII.Winter Quarters, 1862-3 — Picket Duty —
Getting the Mail, Medicines — Recruiting a
New Company 155
XVIII.Lieutenant General Jackson 164
XIX.Williamsport 167
XX.Camp Montpelier, The Great Religious Revival,
Review of Second Corps, The Advance
Against Meade 176
XXI.Payne's Farm and Mine Run 187
XXII.Winter 1863-4. Camp Near Mt. Pisgah Church,
Execution of Three Confederate Soldiers,
Rations, The Negro Cooks 191
XXIII.The Wilderness 200
XXIV,Spottsylvania C. H 208
XXV.Hanover Junction, Bethesda Church, Cold
Harbor 222
XXVI.Lynchburg 227
XXVII.Monocacy 235
XXVIII.Washington, D. C 241
XXIX.Kernstown Second and the Enemy's Cavalry
AT Leetown 245
XXX.Winchester — What Brought on the Battle . 256
XXXI.Returns of Second Army Corps, Aug. 31, 1864 . 269
XXXII.Cedar Creek — Winter, 1864-5, Second Corps Goes
to Petersburg, The Battle of Hatcher's Run,
Fort Steadman, The Flag of the 2IST Va. Regt. 275
XXXIII.The Evacuation of Richmond and Lee's Surrender
— The Arrival of the First Yankees
in Richmond 285
XXXIV.Returning Home 292
XXXV.The Women of the South 295
XXXVI.General Lee 299
XXXVII.Record of F Company, Roster, Killed, Wounded,
&c., Battles, Who Surrendered at Appomattox 301
XXXVIII.Conclusion 340
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