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First Causes.-United States Property Seized.-Uprising of the North.

-The Little Band at the Nation's Outpost.-From Moultrie to

Sumter. The Landing at Night.-Moultrie in Flames.-Star of

the West.-No Help Yet.-Alone to Defend the Old Flag.-Starva-

tion Ahead.-Communications Cut Off.--No Surrender. The Bom-

bardment.-Terrific Cannonading.-The Barracks on Fire.-Not a

Biscuit Left.-Out of Ammunition.-Wigfall and his White Flag.—

Sumter Surrenders on its Own Terms.-The Defeat a Glorious

General Butler at Fortress Monroe.-Decides to Attack the Rebels at

Big Bethel.-Plan of Major Winthrop.-Crossing the Hampton

River at Midnight.-Colonel Duryea joined by General Pierce.-

Fatal Mistake of Colonel Bendix.-The Confederates Retreat from

Little Bethel.-Battle of Big Bethel, and fall of Major Winthrop.-

Gallantry and Death of Lieutenant Grebble.-Official Report of the

Date of the Battle.-Military Talent Displayed on Both Sides.-Gen-

eral Beauregard in Command of the Confederate Forces.-Expecta

tions of the North and South Concerning the Result of the Battle.-

The Division Generals Engaged.-Slow Progress of McDowell's

Army.-Heavy Skirmish at Blackburn's Ford.-Sluggishness of

Army Movements.-Patterson's Failure to Engage Johnston.-Hos-

tilities Commenced.-Attack of Confederate Batteries on Burnside's

Brigade. Struggle for the Hill beyond Warrenton Turnpike.-

Colonel Hunter Severely Wounded.-Success of the Union Arms

up to Three o'clock P. M.-Confederate Reënforcements Turn the

Scale.-Panic of our Forces. They Break and Fly in Confusion.

The Union Army a Mass of Fugitives.-Disastrous end of the Bat-

tle.-Patterson Blamed.

WILSON'S CREEK.

General Fremont in Command of the Western Department.-Rendez-

vous at St. Louis.-Lyon in a Critical Situation.-The March at

Night.-Out of the Streets of Springfield.-The Midnight Halt.

Camp Fires of the Enemy.-The Rebels at Breakfast.-Sigel adds

an Unexpected Dish to their Morning Repast.-Panic and Flight.-

Battle and Victory, followed by Confusion.-The Mistaken Troops.-

"Our Friends are Firing Upon us."-Sigel's Disaster.-General

Lyon at the Front.-They cannot Break His Lines.-Heroism and

Bravery Conquer Numbers.-Lyon's Last Charge.-Victory and

Death. The Nation's Beloved Hero.-Rebel Army Routed and in

Full Retreat.-Withdrawal to Springfield.

Situation of Ball's Bluff.-The Hostile Armies on Opposite Banks of

the River.-Reconnoitre at Drainesville.-Feint of Gorman's Brig-

ade at Edward's Ferry.-Attack of the Enemy from the Woods.-

Union Troops Exposed to a Murderous Fire.-Death of Baker.-

Ineffectual Means of Transportation.-Attempts to Regain the

Maryland Shore.-Troops Shot or Drowned in Crossing.-Defeat

of the Union Arms.-Causes of the Disaster.

Geographical Location of Mill Spring.-Encampment of Zollicoffer.-

Occupancy of Logan's Cross Roads by Union Troops.-The Enemy

Hedged in.-Starvation or Battle.-Zollicoffer Leads the Rebel Aď-

vance.-Colonel Fry Discovers a General's Uniform under a Rubber

Overcoat.-The Fatal Shot.-Zollicoffer Falls.-Consternation and

Rout of the Enemy.-A Deserted Camp.-Victory for the "Boys

The Boston Mountains Camp.-Red Skin Re-enforcements.-Sigel's

Ten-mile Fight.-The Long Battle- Line.-" War's Thunders and

Flowers of Red Shot."-Sigel Frustrates McCulloch.-Struggle

Between Osterhaus and McCulloch.-Bold Charge of Indiana

Troops.-Re-enforcements.-Night brings a Suspension of Hostili-

ties.-Battle at Sunrise.-Terrible Array of Union Batteries.-Two

Hours of Iron Hail.-The Enemy Completely Routed.-Precipitous

Retreat to the Boston Mountains.-Death of McCulloch.-Fearful

Barbarities.-Burial of the Dead.-Elk Horn.

MERRIMAC AND MONITOR.

The Projection of the Monitor.-Ericsson's Visit to Washington.-The

Merrimac Launched.-Arrival off Newport News.-Attack on the

Cumberland-Heroism of the Crew.-No Surrender.-Sublime

Bravery. Sinking of the ill-fated Frigate.-The Burning of the

Congress.-Despair of the Fleet.-The Speck of Light on the

Waves.-Arrival of the Monitor.-The Merrimac Again Appears.-

The Strange Looking Antagonist.-The Fight Opens.-Fierce Con-

flict. The Baptism of Fire.-Four Hours of Battle.-The Merri-

mac Signals for Help.-The Monitor Victorious.-Our Fleet Saved.-

Cheers of the Multitude.
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The City and its Connections.-Rebel Fortifications.-Assemblage of

Gunboats at Hatteras.-The Advance Down Pamlico Sound.-

Slocum's Creek Landing.-The Long March. The Forest Camp

Fires.-Attack on the Outer Fortifications.-Impetuous Bravery

of Union Troops.-Heroic Charge Through an Embrasure.-The

Old Flag Floats Over the Captured Fort.-Entrance into New-

bern. Ten o'clock and All is Well. Battle of the Fleet.-Brilliant

Advance of the Gunboats.-All Difficulties Conquered -Victory

and its Spoils.-The Sabbath Bells.

Topography of the Battle-Ground.—General Banks' Occupation of

Winchester.-Stonewall Jackson's Attack.-Disposition of Forces.-

The Battle.-Unwavering Firmness of Union Troops.-Heroic

Defence of the National Colors by the Fifth Ohio." "Tis sweet for

One's Country to Die."-The Enemy put to Rout.-Stonewall

Jackson in Retreat.-A Night of Sleep After a Day of Battle.—

Kernstown.-Sheridan's Ride.

FALMOUTH HEIGHTS.

General McDowell in Command of the Army of Virginia.-Advance

to Bristoe and Falmouth.-Harris Light Leading the Advance.--

Sudden Fire on the Van-guard.-Furious Charge upon the Rebel

Cavalry.-Death of Lieutenant Decker.-His Comrades Avenge

His Death.-The Enemy Scattered Like Chaff Before the Whirl-

wind.-Outposts, Stores and Provisions Captured.-A Loyal

Southern Citizen Greets the Old Flag.-Plan for a Night Attack

on Falmouth.-Brilliant Capture of the Place by Kilpatrick. 112

PITTSBURG LANDING.

The Log Cabin Church.-Buell's March from Nashville.-The Union

Camp Surprised.-The Rude Awakening.-Sleep Exchanged for

Death.-Rally of the Boys in Blue.-Slaughter from the Woods.-

Stand on the Corinth Road.--The Brave Resistance.-The Wave

of Rebellion Hurled Back.-Six Hours of Magnificent Fighting.-

A Glorious Record.-Wallace Falls.-The Impregnable Line.

Tyler and Lexington Gunboats.-Death of Confederate Johnston.—

Buell Reaches the Landing.-Last Day's Fight.-Capture of Field

Pieces.-Confederates in Retreat.-Splendid Victory.-Harvest of

Battle of Williamsburg.-Scene of the Battle.-Historic Monuments.-

College of William and Mary.-Washington and Patrick Henry.-

Amusing Inscriptions on Tombstones.-The Battle Opens.-At-

tack of General Hooker.-Approaches to Fort McGruder.-Bravery

of Kearney.-Gallantry of General Heintzelman. -Defeat and Re-

treat of the Enemy.

The Preliminaries of Battle.-Cannonading and Picket-firing.-Vig.

orous Attack of the Confederates.-Undaunted Bravery of the

Unionists.-General Casey Unjustly Censured.-Testimony of the

Enemy. Incidents of the Battle-field.-Sufferings of the Wounded.

-The First Night after Battle.

Positions Occupied by the Contending Forces.-General Hooker Com-

mences the Action.-Advance of Sickles, Grover, and Robinson.-

General Kearney and Colonel Hicks Protect the Flanks.-Both

Armies Enveloped in a Cloud of Smoke.-The Engagement Becomes

General.-Defeat of the Rebels.-They Fly to Their Entrench-

ments.-McClellan Orders a Cessation of Hostilities.-Renewal of

the Battle.-Rout and Final Defeat of the Enemy.

Battle of Malvern Hill.-The Final Engagement of the Peninsular

Campaign.-Scene of the Battle.-Influence of our Gunboats.-At-

tack of the Rebels led by General Magruder.-Destructive Fire

from Federal Cannon.-The Rebels Repulsed.-They Reform and

Charge Again.-Another Tempest of Fire from our Batteries

Sweeps them from the Field.-Their Guns are Silenced, the Horses

Killed and Regiments Cut Down. -McClellan Orders a Retreat to

Harrison's Landing.-Indignation of the Army.-General Kearney

Protests Against the Order for Retreat.-General Martindale Sheds

Tears of Shame.

CEDAR MOUNTAIN.

The Battle-ground.-Jackson En route for Culpepper.-Occupancy of

Cedar Mountain.-Three Miles of Batteries.-Banks Receives the

Attack.-A Rain of Fire.-Charge on Enemy's Battery.-Over-

whelmed by Superior Numbers.-Ricketts to the Front.-Enemy

Compelled to Fall Back.-Artillery Battle at Night.-Interment of

Fallen Braves.-Losses.-The Enemy Retires.- Cedar Mountain

Occupied by Union Troops.

BRANDY STATION.

First Battle.-Lee Resumes Hostilities.-Stuart's Cavalry Attack.-

Gallant Repulse by Kilpatrick.-Second Battle.-Skirmish at Kelly's

Ford.-Splendid Charge of the Union Army.-Complete Rout of the

Enemy. Heroic Feats on the Field.-Charge of the First Maine.-

Fall of Colonel Davis.-Third Battle.-The Enemy Swept from the

Plains.-Prisoners and Materials of War Captured.-Fourth Bat-

tle.-Critical Situation of Kilpatrick.-Bravery of Custer and Da-

vies.-The Exultant Battle Cry.- Fresh Laurels for the Union

Troops.-Scene on the Battle-field.-The Writer's Part in the Four

MANASSAS, OR SECOND BULL RUN.

The Opening Scene.-Sigel in the Foreground.-Sharp Skirmish on

the Twenty-eighth.-Fitz-John Porter's Delay.-Attack on the

Twenty-ninth.-Bayonet Charge of Grover's Brigade.-Thorough-

fare Gap Left Open.-The Enemy Re-enforced.-Victory on the

Twenty-ninth-Where Was Porter?-Pope's Despatch.-Battle of

the Thirtieth.-Exhausted Troops.-Out of Rations.-Pope Dis-

couraged. Our Forces at Centreville.-Personal Experience.-A

Shell from the Enemy and What it Did.-An Unknown Hero.-

"Tear off Your Chevrons."-Successful Stand.-Charge of the

Harris Light Cavalry.
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Union Troops on the Defensive.-Historic Chantilly.-Pope at Fair

fax Court-House.-Stonewall Jackson's Attack.-The Battle of the

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