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CONFEDERATE
MILITARY HISTORY
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A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH, AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT A. EVANS OF GEORGIA. . . . .
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VOL. VII.
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Atlanta, Ga.
Confederate Publishing Company
1899
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Copyright, 1899,
by Confederate Publishing Company.
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CONTENTS—ALABAMA.
- CHAPTER I. Introductory—The First Spanish Occupation of Alabama—Battles Fought by De Soto—Settlement at Mobile—French and Spanish wars—English Control—Indian Wars—War of 1812–Seminole and Florida Wars —Alabamians in the War with Mexico
3 - CHAPTER II. Secession and Its Causes—The Slavery Question—Alabama's Declaration Prior to the Nomination of Lincoln—The Charleston Convention—Result of the Election—Hope of Peaceable Secession—Expressions of Adams and Webster—Greeley Opposed to Coercion
16 - CHAPTER III. The State Convention—Variance of Opinion on Secession—Adoption of the Ordinance of Secession—Organization of Military Forces–Campaigns and Battles in Alabama—Some of Alabama's Distinguished Soldiers
34 - CHAPTER IV. The Alabama Infantry Regiments—Brief History of Each Organization–Their Service as Shown by the Official Records
52 - CHAPTER V. The Alabama Cavalry Commands—Regiments, Battalions and Detached Companies—References to Their Services in the Official Records
249 - CHAPTER VI. Batteries Composed of Alabama Troops—Their Organization and Officers—Records from the Official Reports
309 383 - Alabama, Map of
Between pages 382 and 383 - Allen, William W.
412 - Baker, Alpheus
392 - Battle, Cullen A.
400 - Bowles, Pinckney D.
392 - Bulger, Michael J.
412 - Cantey, James
400 - Clanton, James H.
400 - Clayton, Henry D.
392 - Deas, Zachariah C.
400 - Deshler, James
400 - Forney, John H.
412 - Forney, William H.
392 - Fry, Birkett D.
400 - Garrott, Isham W.
400 - Gorgas, Josiah
400 - Gracie, Archibald
412 - Hagan, James
392 - Holtzclaw, James T.
392 - Johnston, George D.
392 - Law, Evander M.
392 - Leadbetter, Danville
392 - Mobile, Map of the Defenses of
45 - Moody, Young M.
400 - Morgan, John T.
392 - O'Neal, Edward A.
460 - Perry, William F.
400 - Pettus, Edmond W.
412 - Roddey, Phillip D.
392 - Rodes, Robert E.
412 - Sanders. John C. C.
412 - Shelley, Charles M.
400, 444 - Tracy, Edward D.
412 - Wheeler, Joseph
1 - Withers, Jones M.
392 - Wood, S. A. M.
412 - CHAPTER I. Civil Action of the State in Seceding from the Federal Union—Review of the Reasons for Secession–Legislature Provides for Convention–Proceedings of the Same
3 - CHAPTER II. Purchase of Arms—Organization of State Troops—Jefferson Davis Commander-in-Chief–Troops at Corinth—First Hostilities on the Mississippi
10 - CHAPTER III. Mississippi Troops Without the State, 1861—At Pensacola—Fight at Santa Rosa Island—The Regiments in Virginia—Their Service at First Manassas and Leesburg
19 - CHAPTER IV. Defense of the Mississippi River—Albert Sidney Johnston's Army—State Troops in Kentucky—Battle of Belmont—Fishing Creek—Fort Henry—Fort Donelson—Reorganization at Corinth—Battle of Shiloh
31 - CHAPTER V. Siege of Corinth—Engagements at Farmington and Serratt's House—Evacuation of Corinth—Affair at Booneville–Organization at Tupelo—Patriotism of the People—Bragg Moves to Chattanooga
52 - CHAPTER VI. Blockade of the Mississippi River—Ship Island—Biloxi and Pass Christian—Fall of New Orleans—First Attack on Vicksburg—Exploits of the Ram Arkansas—Battle of Baton Rouge
67 - CHAPTER VII. Campaigns of Price and Van Dorn—Battle of Iuka—Mississippi Commands in Van Dorn's Army—Battle of Corinth—Hatchie Bridge—Grant's Campaign on the Central Railroad—Invasion from Arkansas—Forrest in West Tennessee—Van Dorn at Holly Springs—President Davis Visits Mississippi—Sherman Defeated at Chickasaw Bayou.
83 - CHAPTER VIII. Service of Mississippians Without the State in 1862—Munfordville—Perryville—Murfreesboro—Yorktown—Seven Pines–Shenandoah Valley—Seven Days' Battles—Second Manassas—Harper's Ferry—Sharpsburg—Fredericksburg
108 - CHAPTER IX. Operations in Mississippi—January to July, 1863—Federal Forces at Young's Point—Expeditions North of Vicksburg — Organization of Confederate Forces—Grierson's Raid—Grant at Bruinsburg–Battles of Fort Gibson and Raymond—Plans of Johnston and Pemberton—Battle of Baker's Creek—Big Black Bridge—Siege of Vicksburg—Pemberton's Capitulation
122 - CHAPTER X. Operations in Mississippi—July to December, 1863—Siege of Jackson—Minor Operations in the State—Service of Mississippians Outside the State—Battle of Chickamauga—Knoxville—Chancellorsville—Missionary Ridge—Ringgold—Gettysburg
161 CHAPTER XI. Events of 1864—Federal Plans of Campaign—Organization under General Polk—Sherman's Meridian
- Expedition–Federal Defeat at Sakatonchee Creek and Okolona—Destruction of Meridian—Forrest in West Tennessee–Organization under Gen. S. D. Lee—Victory at Tishamingo Creek–Battle of Harrisburg–Raid to Memphis–Raid on the Tennessee River–Minor Operations
186 - CHAPTER XII. Mississippi Commands Without the State, 1864—Atlanta Campaign—Nashville Campaign—Eastern Virginia Campaign—Shenandoah Valley Campaign
211 - CHAPTER XIII. Events of 1865—Forrest in Command—Deplorable Suffering of the People—Cavalry Organizations—Battle of Selma—General Taylor at Meridian—Mississippians in Virginia and the Carolinas—Capitulation of General Taylor—Summary of Mississippi's Contribution of Soldiers—Inauguration of Governor Humphreys
223 233 - Adams, Wirt
236 - Alcorn, James L.
236 - Baker's Creek, Battlefield of (Map)
144 - Baldwin, William E.
236 - Barksdale, William
252 - Benton, Samuel
252 - Brandon, William L.
252 - Brantly, William F.
236 - Chalmers, James R.
236 - Clark, Charles
252 - Cooper, Douglas H.
252 - Davis, Joseph R.
236 - Davis, Reuben
252 - Featherston, Winfield S.
252 - French, Samuel G.
236 - Griffith, Richard
252 - Gholson, Samuel J.
236 - Harris, Nathaniel H.
252 - Harrisburg, Battlefield of (Map)
201 - Hooker, Charles E.
1 - Humphreys, Benjamin G.
252 - Lowrey, Mark P.
236 - Lowry, Robert
273 - Martin, Will T.
236 - Mississippi, Map of
232 - Posey, Carnot
273 - Sears, Claudius W.
273 - Sharp, Jacob H.
273 - Smith, James A.
273 - Starke, Peter B.
273 - Tucker, William F.
273 - Van Dorn, Earl
273 - Vicksburg Campaign, Map of
160 - Walthall, Edward C.
273
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ILLUSTRATIONS—MISSISSIPPI.
ILLUSTRATIONS—ALABAMA.
CONTENTS—MISSISSIPPI.
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