The new annals of the Civil War / edited by Peter Cozzens and Robert I. Girardi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cozzens, Peter, 1957-

Girardi, Robert I.

Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.

United States.

History.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Genre:

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xiii, 610 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Mechanicsburg, PA : Stackpole Books, [2004]

Summary:

The four-volume Battles and Leaders of the Civil War remains one of the all time best-selling works ever published on the War between the States. First released in 1887, it provided the American public with an absolute treasure trove of articles written by many of the leading figures of the war, along with a visual feast of drawings and paintings by some of the era's most popular artists. Much of the content for this seminal collection was first published serially in Century Magazine. All but lost to subsequent generations were many more accounts written by prominent Civil War leaders. These equally historic and valuable documents -- both articles and artwork -- were featured in such diverse and important publications as the Philadelphia Times, which ran a series entitled 'Annals of War: Chapters of Unwritten History' from 1877 to 1889, Scribner's, Atlantic Monthly, Harper's New Monthly, McClure's, Hearst's Magazine, the National Tribune as well as many articles written in Century Magazine after Battles and Leaders of the Civil War was published. Finally, these often brilliant, sometimes poignant, and always fascinating views into the greatest drama of American history are available again, continuing the tradition of excellence begun over a century ago, brought together by two of the finest Civil War scholars working today.

Contents:

Part 1 The War in 1861

Elmer Ellsworth's Career / Frank E. Brownell 2

The Battle of Belmont / Benjamin F. Sawyer 18

Regaining the Atlantic Coast / Thomas Hall 25

Part 2 The War in 1862

Why Stonewall Jackson Resigned / Henry Kyd Douglas 40

The Battle of Shiloh / James S. Brisbin 49

The Peninsular Campaign: From the Slaughter at Seven Pines to High Living in a Boston Prison / Alexander Hunter 62

How We Resisted McClellan on the Peninsula / Allan B. Magruder 93

Riding around McClellan's Army with Jeb Stuart / Richard E. Frayser 101

The Second Battle of Manassas / Henry Kyd Douglas 113

The Fifth Corps at Manassas / John S. Slater 121

Incidents of the Battle of South Mountain / Henry T. Owen 162

Protecting the Charleston & Savannah Railroad / Joseph Blyth Allston 169

The Battle of Tazewell / Daniel R. Hundley 176

The Battle of Fredericksburg / St. Clair A. Mulholland 189

The Rout of Rosecrans / W. R. Friend 209

The Regulars at Stones River / Alexander S. Johnstone 215

Part 3 The War in 1863

Ironclads against Fort Sumter / Samuel Jones 226

The Battle of Chancellorsville / William T. Forbes 242

Milroy at Winchester / Robert S. Northcott 268

Marching in Clover: A Confederate Brigade's Tramp from the Rappahannock to Gettysburg / Frank H. Foote 274

Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg / William W. Wood 283

Pickett at Gettysburg / Henry T. Owen 294

Cavalry Raiding in 1863 / John D. Imboden 307

Through Tennessee and around Rosecrans' Army / Isaac W. Avery 323

The Battle of Missionary Ridge / I. E. Nagle 331

From Chattanooga to Knoxville with Longstreet's Corps / William M. Robbins 345

Part 4 The War in 1864

The Battle of the Wilderness: The Fourth Alabama in the Slaughter Pen / Pinckney D. Bowles 354

Fighting under Forrest at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads / John W. Morton 363

The Battle of Tupelo / William S. Burns 381

The Crater Battle / Thomas H. Cross 387

The Battle of Trevilian Station / Noble D. Preston 394

Scouts with Wade Hampton / John S. Elliott 407

In Petersburg during the Siege / John D. Young 415

The Ride around Baltimore / Bradley T. Johnson 435

The Battle of Honey Hill / Charles C. Soule 445

Hood's Nashville Campaign / J. W. A. Wright 468

Part 5 The War in 1865

The Peace Commission of 1865 / Robert M. T. Hunter 490

The Fall of Fort Fisher / Braxton Bragg 499

The Fall of Richmond / Godfrey Weitzel 506

The Fighting about Petersburg and the Evacuation of the City / Theodore S. Garnett, Jr. 530

The Death of General A. P. Hill / George W. Tucker 543

The Fall of Charleston / C. F. Hollingsworth 549

The Beginning of the End / Alexander R. Boteler 560

Jefferson Davis' Week at Danville / William D. Coleman 575

The Defense of Spanish Fort / Philip D. Stephenson 589.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (page 599) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harry E. Humphreys Book Fund.

ISBN:

0811700585

OCLC:

53013086