. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . Movements West of the River.—Crossingthe River.— Battle of Port Gibson, — Battle at Jackson.—Battle of Champion Hill.— Battle at Big Black RiverBridge. — Vicksburg Invested. — The Siege. — Pembertons Sur-render.— Fall of Port Hudson, 263 CHAPTER XL Maneuvering Bragg out of Tennessee.—The Chattanooga Cam-paign.— Rosecranss Army in Peril.—Battle of Chickamauga.—Thomas to the Rescue. — Braggs Plans Foiled. — Starving inChattanooga


. Battle fields and camp fires. A narrative of the principle military operations of the civil war from the removal of McClellan to the accession of Grant. (1862-1863) . Movements West of the River.—Crossingthe River.— Battle of Port Gibson, — Battle at Jackson.—Battle of Champion Hill.— Battle at Big Black RiverBridge. — Vicksburg Invested. — The Siege. — Pembertons Sur-render.— Fall of Port Hudson, 263 CHAPTER XL Maneuvering Bragg out of Tennessee.—The Chattanooga Cam-paign.— Rosecranss Army in Peril.—Battle of Chickamauga.—Thomas to the Rescue. — Braggs Plans Foiled. — Starving inChattanooga. — Opening the Cracker Line. — Grant in Com-mand.— Battle of Wauhatchie. — Battle of Lookout Moun-tain.— Missionary Ridge. — Braggs Final Defeat, , . 29S BATTLE FIELDS AND CAMP FIRES. CHAPTER XII. PAGE In Charleston Harbor. — Confederate Efforts to Break theBlockade. — General Gillmore in Command. — Union Troops onFolly Island. — A Lodgment on Morris Island. — Attack onFort Wagner. — Bombardment of Fort Sumter. — The SwampAngel. — Bombardment of Fort Wagner.—Victory of theFederals. — The End, -334. ILLUSTRATIONS. ^ Rations at Vicksburg Front;s/.iece ■^ Looting Manassas Junction 17 V Starkes Brigade Fighting with Stones 35 . Death of General Kearnev 43 ^ Holding Turners Gap 57 -The Charge at Burnsides Bridge 75 ^ The Surprise at Richmond 87 BuRL^L OF General Little 105 . Storming of Battery Robinett 113 ^Gathering the Wounded from the Battle-field 131 V The Stone Wall at Fredericksburg 151 Fi(;hting it out , 157 Fording the Rapidan 171 \j Death of Jackson 1S3 Charge of Union Cavalry, Brandy Station 199 ■ wilkeson at gettysburg . _. , ... 213 Climbing Little Round Top 229 Xll ILLUSTRATIONS. Around thk Camp FireRaid upon a Baggage Train . • Running the Vickst-urg Batteries .A Sheli, in the Streets of In the Trenches Dragginc; Battery through a Marsh In the Wake of Battle The Charge at Fort Wagner . In


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