A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868
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- A PICTURE OF THE DESOLATED STATES; and the work of RESTORATION. 1865–1868
- PREFACE.
- TABLE OF CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. THE START.
- CHAPTER II. THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.
- CHAPTER III. A REMINISCENCE OF CHAMBERSBURG.
- CHAPTER IV. SOUTH MOUNTAIN.
- CHAPTER V. THE FIELD OF ANTIETAM.
- CHAPTER VI. DOWN THE RIVER TO HARPER’S FERRY.
- CHAPTER VII. AROUND HARPER’S FERRY.
- CHAPTER VIII. A TRIP TO CHARLESTOWN.
- CHAPTER IX. A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
- CHAPTER X. BULL RUN.
- CHAPTER XI. A VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON.
- CHAPTER XII. “STATE PRIDE.”
- CHAPTER XIII. THE FIELD OF FREDERICKSBURG.
- CHAPTER XIV. TO CHANCELLORSVILLE.
- CHAPTER XV. THE WILDERNESS.
- CHAPTER XVI. SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE.
- CHAPTER XVII. THE FIELD OF SPOTTSYLVANIA.
- CHAPTER XVIII. “ON TO RICHMOND.”
- CHAPTER XIX. THE BURNT DISTRICT.
- CHAPTER XX. LIBBY, CASTLE THUNDER, AND BELLE ISLE.
- CHAPTER XXI. FEEDING THE DESTITUTE.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE UNION MEN OF RICHMOND.
- CHAPTER XXIII. MARKETS AND FARMING.
- CHAPTER XXIV. IN AND AROUND RICHMOND.
- CHAPTER XXV. PEOPLE AND POLITICS.
- CHAPTER XXVI. FORTIFICATIONS.—DUTCH GAP.—FAIR OAKS.
- CHAPTER XXVII. IN AND ABOUT PETERSBURG.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. JAMES RIVER AND FORTRESS MONROE.
- CHAPTER XXIX. ABOUT HAMPTON.
- CHAPTER XXX. A GENERAL VIEW OF VIRGINIA.
- CHAPTER XXXI. THE “SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA.”
- CHAPTER XXXII. EAST TENNESSEE FARMERS.
- CHAPTER XXXIII. IN AND ABOUT CHATTANOOGA.
- CHAPTER XXXIV. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.
- CHAPTER XXXV. THE SOLDIERS’ CEMETERY.
- CHAPTER XXXVI. MISSION RIDGE AND CHICKAMAUGA.
- CHAPTER XXXVII. FROM CHATTANOOGA TO MURFREESBORO’.
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. STONE RIVER.
- CHAPTER XXXIX. THE HEART OF TENNESSEE.
- CHAPTER XL. BY RAILROAD TO CORINTH.
- CHAPTER XLI. ON HORSEBACK FROM CORINTH.
- CHAPTER XLII. ZEEK.
- CHAPTER XLIII. ZEEK’S FAMILY.
- CHAPTER XLIV. A NIGHT IN A TENNESSEE FARM-HOUSE
- CHAPTER XLV. THE FIELD OF SHILOH.
- CHAPTER XLVI. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN AT MIDNIGHT.
- CHAPTER XLVII. FROM CORINTH TO MEMPHIS.
- CHAPTER XLVIII. FREEDMEN’S SCHOOLS AND THE FREEDMEN’S BUREAU.
- CHAPTER XLIX. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.
- CHAPTER L. IN AND ABOUT VICKSBURG.
- CHAPTER LI. FREE LABOR IN MISSISSIPPI.
- CHAPTER LII. A RECONSTRUCTED STATE.
- CHAPTER LIII. A FEW WORDS ABOUT COTTON.
- CHAPTER LIV. DAVIS’S BEND.—GRAND GULF.—NATCHEZ.
- CHAPTER LV. THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.
- CHAPTER LVI. THE CRESCENT CITY.
- CHAPTER LVII. POLITICS, FREE LABOR, AND SUGAR.
- CHAPTER LVIII. THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY.
- CHAPTER LIX. MOBILE.
- CHAPTER LX. ALABAMA PLANTERS.
- CHAPTER LXI. WILSON’S RAID.
- CHAPTER LXII. NOTES ON ALABAMA.
- CHAPTER LXIII. IN AND ABOUT ATLANTA.
- CHAPTER LXIV. DOWN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
- CHAPTER LXV. ANDERSONVILLE.
- CHAPTER LXVI. SHERMAN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.
- CHAPTER LXVII. PLANTATION GLIMPSES.
- CHAPTER LXVIII. POLITICS AND FREE LABOR IN GEORGIA.
- CHAPTER LXIX. SHERMAN IN EASTERN GEORGIA.
- CHAPTER LXX. A GLANCE AT SAVANNAH.
- CHAPTER LXXI. CHARLESTON AND THE WAR.
- CHAPTER LXXII. A VISIT TO FORT SUMTER.
- CHAPTER LXXIII. A PRISON AND A PRISONER.
- CHAPTER LXXIV. THE SEA ISLANDS.
- CHAPTER LXXV. A VISIT TO JAMES ISLAND.
- CHAPTER LXXVI. SHERMAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
- CHAPTER LXXVII. THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA.
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. NOTES ON SOUTH CAROLINA.
- CHAPTER LXXIX. THE RIDE TO WINNSBORO’.
- CHAPTER LXXX. A GLIMPSE OF THE OLD NORTH STATE.
- CHAPTER LXXXI. CONCLUSIONS.
- CHAPTER LXXXII.[24] THE WORK OF RESTORATION.
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. RECONSTRUCTION.
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. THE WORK OF RESTORATION.
- VOTES OF STATE LEGISLATURES ON THE FOURTEENTH CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT.
- LOYAL STATES.
- INSURRECTIONARY STATES.
- CHAPTER LXXXV. SOCIAL CONDITION.
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. IMPEACHMENT.
- APPENDIX.
- SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF GENERAL U. S. GRANT.
- HON. SCHUYLER COLFAX.
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