Military Reminiscences of the Civil War (Vol.1&2) (eBook)

"Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" in 2 volumes is a personal account written by the Union Army general Jacob D. Cox. The author's aim in this book was to reproduce his own experience in the American Civil War in such a way as to help the reader understand just how the duties and the problems of that great conflict presented themselves successively to a man who had an active part in it from the beginning to the end. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
Volume 1:
The Outbreak of the War
Camp Dennison
Mcclellan in West Virginia
The Kanawha Valley
Gauley Bridge
Carnifex Ferry – To Sewell Mountain and Back
Cotton Mountain
Winter- Quarters
Volunteers and Regulars
The Mountain Department – Spring Campaign
Pope in Command – Transfer to Washington
Retreat within the Lines – Reorganization – Halleck and His Subordinates
South Mountain
Antietam: Preliminary Movements
Antietam: the Fight on the Right
Antietam: the Fight on the Left
Mcclellan and Politics – His Removal and Its Cause
Personal Relations of Mcclellan, Burnside, and Porter
Return to West Virginia…
Volume 2:
Grant in Command – Rosecrans Relieved
Siege of Knoxville – End of Burnside's Campaign
Affairs in District of Ohio – Plot to Liberate Prisoners at Johnson's Island
A Winter Ride on the Cumberland Mountains
Winter Bivouacs in East Tennessee
Grant's Visit – The Dandridge Affair
Winter Quarters in East Tennessee – Preparations for a New Campaign
Schofield in East Tennessee – Duties as Chief of Staff – Final Operations in the Valley
Grant, Halleck, and Sherman – Johnston and Mr. Davis
Atlanta Campaign: Dalton and Resaca
Atlanta Campaign: Advance to the Etowah
Atlanta Campaign: New Hope Church and the Kennesaw Lines
Atlanta Campaign: Marietta Lines – Crossing the Chattahoochee
Hood's Defence of Atlanta – Results of Its Capture
The Rest at Atlanta – Staff Organization and Changes…