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board the Knickerbocker--At New York--Presentation of
flags--Beauties of monopoly--Hospitality of Philadelphia--Incidents on
the route--Arrival at Washington--In camp.
Chapter II.
Army Life at Washington.
Meridian Hill--Neighboring scenery--First Sunday in
camp--Drills--Sickness--The Hospital--General Casey--"Why don't the
army move?"--Washington blockaded--Burnside's heroes--Orders to
move--Something of a train--Smith's division--Our first
reconnoissance.
Chapter III.
The Manassas Campaign.
Orders to march--A grand spectacle--Bivouac near Fairfax Court
House--The camps at night--Visits to Manassas and Centreville--
Dissatisfaction in the army--A deserted country--Lawless
soldiers--Fairfax Court House--A representative Southerner--Review
by Gen. McClellan--March to Alexandria--"Camp Misery."
Chapter IV.
The Army Transferred to the Peninsula.
The advance to Yorktown--A thunder storm--"Reliable
contrabands"--Facing the enemy--A strong position--The Union line--A
rebel welcome--Digging-- On picket--A dreary country--An

enterprising planter--Active work--Battle of Lee's Mills--Charge of the
Vermont brigade--Progress of the siege--Ravages of disease--A front
seat--Short supplies--The rebels withdraw--Entering the
strongholds--Infernal machines--March to Williamsburgh--Victims of
disease.
Chapter V.
Yorktown.
The advance to Yorktown--A thunder storm--"Reliable
contrabands"--Facing the enemy--A strong position--The Union line--A
rebel welcome--Digging-- On picket--A dreary country--An
enterprising planter--Active work--Battle of Lee's Mills--Charge of the
Vermont brigade--Progress of the siege--Ravages of disease--A front
seat--Short supplies--The rebels withdraw--Entering the
strongholds--Infernal machines--March to Williamsburgh--Victims of
disease.
Chapter VI.
Williamsburgh.
Battle of Williamsburgh--The army not organized--The medical
department--Hooker's gallant fight--Hancock's charge--McClellan at
Yorktown--Night on the battle-field.
Chapter VII.
The March up the Peninsula and the Organization of the Sixth Corps.
March up the Peninsula--Joy of the contrabands--Cumberland
Landing--The Sixth Corps organized--At White House--On the
Chickahominy--Fight at Mechanicsville--Battle of Hanover Court
House.
Chapter VIII.

On the Chickahominy.
Gaines' Farm--The line of battle--Battle of Seven Pines--Sedgwick and
Kearney to the rescue--Hooker's charge--A lost opportunity--Golden's
Farm--Ditching--Malaria--Chickahominy fevers--A German regiment--
Stuart's raid.
Chapter IX.
The Seven Days' Battles.
The army united--Plans and counter plans--Battle of Fair Oaks--Lee's
plan--The situation--Stonewall Jackson on the flank--Battle of
Mechanicsville--Joy in camp--Porter's corps retreats--An astonished
army--Battle of Gaines' Farm--Slocum's division at Games'
Farm--Retreat to the river--Battle of Golden's Farm--A young hero--A
Union victory--Our right exposed--The sick abandoned--A night of
sorrow--The grand retreat commenced--Sad scenes at Savage's
Station--A meteor railroad train.
Chapter X.
The Grand Retreat.
Lee's army in pursuit--Sumner and Smith at Bay--Battle of Savage's
Station--The Vermont Brigade--Sick and wounded abandoned--Retreat
to White Oak Swamp--Battle of White Oak Swamp--An astonished
division--A night march--A mystery--In sight of the James--Battle of
Malvern Hill--Departure of the princes--Gloom and anxiety--Lee's
attack--The rebels demoralized.
Chapter XI.
Harrison's Landing.
March to Harrison's Bar--A scene of confusion--A beautiful
landscape--Fourth of July in camp--Gloom at the north--Cause of the
disasters--Prevalence of disease--Review by the President--A night

demonstration by the enemy--Reconnoissance to Malvern
Hill--Departure of General Davidson--A retrospect.
Chapter XII.
Retreat from the Peninsula, and General Pope's Bull Run Campaign.
Premonitions of a change of base--The transfer commenced--Marching
down the Peninsula--On board transports--A contrast--Arrival at
Alexandria--Unaccountable delays--General Pope's campaign--An
obstinate general--Causes of Pope's failure.
Chapter XIII.
The Maryland Campaign.
General McClellan restored to command--March through
Washington--Leisurely campaigning--Battle of Crampton Pass--Death
of Mathison--Battle of South Mountain Pass--Death of
Reno--Surrender of Harper's Ferry--March to Antietam.
Chapter XIV.
The Battle of Antietam.
The Valley of the Antietam--Gathering of the hosts--The
battle-field--The battle commenced--Splendid fighting of Hooker's
forces--Successes and reverses of Sumner's troops--Timely arrival of
the Sixth corps--A gallant charge--Losses of the corps--Burnside's
attack--Hours of suspense--The enemy defeated at all points--Retreat of
the rebels--Scenes on the battle-field--At the hospitals--At
Sharpsburgh--A division of militia--Couch's division joins the Sixth
corps--Visit of the President--Recruits--Energy at the north--At
rest--Want of clothing--Stuart's raid--Delays--Clear Spring--General
Brooks.
Chapter XV.

The Second Advance into Virginia, and the Battle of Fredericksburgh.
Marching in Maryland--Arrival at New Baltimore--General McClellan
superseded by General Burnside--Thanksgiving in camp--The grand
divisions organized--The march resumed--Fatal delays--In order of
battle--The crossing--Fredericksburgh bombarded--Situation of
Fredericksburgh--Scenes of activity--The Bernard house--Scenes at the
hospital--The battle on the right--Charges of the Pennsylvania
reserves--The river recrossed--Reflections.
Chapter XVI.
The Winter at Falmouth.
Camp at White Oak Church--"The mud march"--Return to
camp--General Neill--General Hooker supersedes General
Burnside--Burnside's magnanimity--General Hooker as a
soldier--Reconstruction--The cavalry organized--Business departments
renovated--The medical department-- Ambulance
system--Quartermasters' and commissary departments--Life in
camp--Snowball battles--In the Seventy-seventh--The Light
division--Review by General Hooker--General John Sedgwick--Scene
at head-quarters--Review of the army by the President--Preparing for
the campaign.
Chapter XVII.
The Chancellorsville Campaign.
Orders to move--The river crossed--Sedgwick's command--The First
corps withdrawn--Gallant conduct of the Light division--Advancing to
the heights--The line of battle--The columns of attack--Attack of
Howe's columns--Of Newton's column--Of Burnham's--Misfortune
following victory--Fight of Bartlett's brigade--The First division at
work--A critical position--The Sixth corps surrounded--Savage fight of
Neill's brigade--The corps withdraws to Banks' Ford--Recrosses the
river--Hooker's operations on the right--Position of the corps--Rout of

the Eleventh corps--The rebels repulsed--Jackson renews the
attack--The rebels again repulsed--Hooker recrosses the river.
Chapter XVIII.
Second Encampment at White Oak Church and the Pennsylvania
Campaign.
The army in its old position--A trip to Dixie--The wounded at the
hospitals--Introduction of army badges--Adornments of the camps--The
"Third crossing"--The Barnard mansion--Exchanging papers--A broken
lieutenant--The Pennsylvania campaign commenced--Restriction of
baggage--A severe march--An army bathing--At Centreville--Bristow
Station--March to Maryland--General Hooker succeeded