Off  for  Manassas — First  Glimpse  of  An  Army  and  a  Battle-
field— The  Richmond  Howitzers — Intellectual  Atmosphere  of
the  Camp — Essential  Spirit  of  the  Southern  Volunteer 44


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CHAPTER  V.    FIELD  ARTILLERY  IN  THE  ARMY  OF  NORTHERN  VIRGINIA.
Inadequacy  of  General  Equipment — Formation  During  First
Two  Years — High  Character  of  Men  Accounted  For — An  Ex-
traordinary Story 52


CHAPTER  VI.      -  FROM    MANASSAS   TO   LEESBURG.
March  and  Counter-march — Longstreet  and  Prince  Napoleon
— Leesburg — The  Battle — The  Mississippians — D.  H.  Hill —
Fort  Johnston 59


CHAPTER  VII. THE  PENINSULA  CAMPAIGN.
Reenlistment  and  Reorganization  in  the  Spring  of  '62 — Gen.
McClellan — The  Peninsula  Lines — The  Texans — The  Battle  of
Williamsburg — The  Mud 73


CHAPTER  VIII.      -      SEVEN  PINES  AND  THE  SEVEN  DAYS'  BATTLES.
Joseph  E.Johnston — The  Change  of  Commanders — Lee's
Plan  of  the  Seven  Days'  Battles — Rainsford — The  Pursuit —
Playing  at  Lost  Ball— "Little  Mac's  Lost  the  Thrigger"—
Early  Dawn  on  a  Battle-field — Lee  and  Jackson 87


CHAPTER  IX.    MALVERN  HILL  AND  THE  EFFECT  OF  THE  SEVEN  DAYS'

BATTLES.
Not  a  Confederate  Victory — The  Federal  Artillery  Fire — De-
moralization of  Lee's  Army — "McClellan  Will  Be  Gone  by  Day-
light"— The  Weight  of  Lee's  Sword — Stuart — Pelham — Pegram
—"Extra  Billy"— To  Battle  in  a  Trotting  Sulky— The  Standard
of  Courage 101


CONTENTS  xi

CHAPTER  X.    -    SECOND  MANASSAS — SHARPSBURG — FREDERICKSBURG.
