TABLE OF CONTENTS – Volume 3
CHAPTER.I Virginia in i860— Her Seven Grand Divisions-
Geological Characteristics, Climate and Agricultural Prod-
ucts—Her Population— Political and Histmcal Importance 3
CHAPTER II. Slavery in Virginia— The Agitation of the
Slavery Question — Distribution of Slaves in The State— John
Brown's invasion 17
CHAPTER IIL Prom John Brown's Execution to the Federal
Invasion — The Election of President Lincoln — Meeting of
the Virginia Convention — Governor Letcher's Reply to the
Call for Troops — Seizure of Harper's Ferry — Union with the
Confederate States 33
CHAPTER IV. The Plan of Invasion— Northwestern Virginia
— Grafton, Philippi and Rich Mountain — May to July, 1861 43
CHAPTER V. The First Kanawha Valley Campaign, April to
July, 1861 57
CHAPTER VL The First Shenandoah Valley Campaign,
April to July, 1861 63
CHAPTER VII. The Bull Run, or Manassas, Campaign,
January to July, i86i 91
CHAPTER VIII. Operations about Norfolk and Yorktown—
Battle of Big Bethel— Burning of Hampton 133
CHAPTER IX. The Tygart's Valley and Cheat Mountain Cam-
paifi;n — Battle of Greenbrier River, or Camp Bartow — Battle
of Alleghany Mountain 153
CHAPTER X. Operations along the Potomac— From First
Manassas to Battle of Leesburg 178
CHAPTER XL Battle of Leesburg— Operations on the Lower
Potomac and East Shore — Action at JDranesville 187
CHAPTER XII. Stonewall Jackson's Romney Campaign 197
CHAPTER XIII. Review of Military Conditions, Spring of
1863 308
CHAPTER XIV. Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign of
1863 314
CHAPTER XV. The Peninsula Campaign of 1863— Yorktown,
Williamsburg and Seven Pines 369
CHAPTER XVI. The Seven Days' Battles before Richmond. . 381
CHAPTER XVIL Stonewall Jackson's Cedar Run Campaign 304
CHAPTER XVIII. Lee's Campaign against Pope in Northern
Virginia 315
CHAPTER XIX. The Maryland Campaign against McClellan 335
CHAPTER XX. The Fredericksburg Campaign 360
CHAPTER XXI. The Chancellorsville Campaign and Death
of Jackson 375
CHAPTER XXIII The Champaign in Pennsylvania 395
CHAPTER XXIII. The Autumn and Winter Campaigns of
1863 433
CHAPTER XXIV. The Wilderness Campaign against Grant 431
CHAPTER XXV. The Battles of Spottsylvania Court House—
The Defeat of Sigel and Butler 445
CHAPTER XXVI. The Maneuvers on the North Anna River. 458
CHAPTER XXVII. The Richmond Campaign of 1864 463
CHAPTER XXVIII. Early's Lynchburg and Valley Cam-
paigns. 476
CHAPTER XXIX. The Siege of Petersburg 516
CHAPTER XXX. Closing Events in Southwest Virginia and
the Valley 533
CHAPTER XXXI. The Appomattox Campaign and Lee's
Surrender ' 546
APPENDIX 558
BIOGRAPHICAL 573
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.