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| Preface | p. xi |
| The Author | p. xv |
| Introduction to the Johns Hopkins Edition | p. 1 |
| p. 17 | |
| Development of the Laurel Brigade from the Seventh Regiment of Virginia Cavalry, enlisted under Col. Angus W. McDonald | |
| Border service under Colonel McDonald and Col. Turner Ashby | |
| Heroic death of Capt. Richard Ashby | |
| Destructive expedition against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal | |
| Chew's Battery attached to the command | |
| Romney winter campaign under Jackson | |
| Battle of Kernstown | |
| p. 48 | |
| Daily skirmishes with force of Banks | |
| Addition of new companies and recruits swell the brigade | |
| Jackson orders it divided into two commands, and Ashby tenders his resignation | |
| Jackson revokes the order and Ashby withdraws his resignation | |
| Jackson marches to McDowell and defeats Fremont | |
| Ashby screens the movement from Banks by constant skirmishing in his front | |
| Destroys railroad and telegraph between Front Royal and Strasburg | |
| Attack upon Federal infantry at Buckton, where Captains Sheetz and Fletcher fall | |
| Battle of Winchester and pursuit of Banks | |
| Ashby throws his cavalry between the converging armies of Shields and Fremont and prevents communication between them | |
| Informs Jackson fully of their movements | |
| Capture of Sir Percy Wyndham | |
| Death of Ashby | |
| Cross Keys and Port Republic | |
| p. 72 | |
| Jackson marches from Brown's Gap to the Chickahominy | |
| His ingenious ruses to deceive Shields and Fremont | |
| Munford screens Jackson's movement and follows him with the Second Virginia Cavalry | |
| Genl. Beverly Robertson succeeds in command of Valley cavalry | |
| Reorganization of the Ashby cavalry | |
| Robertson an organizer and disciplinarian | |
| Brigade leaves Valley and joins Jackson near Richmond, July 10th, Company B of Twelfth Virginia Cavalry being left in the Valley | |
| Fighting at Gordonsville and Cedar Run | |
| Genl. J. E. B. Stuart leads cavalry in a reconnoissance | |
| Brandy Station | |
| Catlett's Station | |
| Thoroughfare Gap | |
| Sudley Road fight and death of Major Patrick | |
| Second Manassas campaign | |
| Advance into Maryland | |
| Robertson assigned to Department of North Carolina, and Munford again commands the brigade | |
| Poolesville and Crampton's Gap | |
| Affair at Darksville | |
| Capture of Harper's Ferry | |
| Brigade covers Lee's recrossing of Potomac | |
| Raid into Pennsylvania | |
| Col. William E. Jones takes command | |
| Various skirmishes in the Valley | |
| White's Battalion attached to brigade | |
| Snickers Gap and Castleman's Ferry | |
| Company D of the Eleventh at Romney, and capture of Capt. E. H. McDonald | |
| General Jones in command of the Valley District | |
| Expedition to Moorefield | |
| Scarcity of forage | |
| Midwinter diversions in the Valley | |
| p. 117 | |
| Jones' expedition into Western Virginia | |
| Weak men and horses left in camp | |
| Inclement weather and swollen streams | |
| Dangerous crossing of the Potomac at Petersburg | |
| Heroic assistance of citizens | |
| Rev. Richard Davis | |
| Fight at Greenland Gap | |
| McNeil's Rangers co-operate with Jones | |
| Colonel Harman enters Oakland, destroys railroad bridge | |
| Cranberry Summit | |
| Mountaineers unfriendly and bushwhack our column | |
| Capture of Morgantown | |
| Bridgeport and Fairmont | |
| Destruction of oil wells | |
| A river on fire | |
| Return to the Valley | |
| Results of expedition | |
| Cross the Blue Ridge to join "Jeb" Stuart | |
| A grand review | |
| Battle of Brandy Station | |
| p. 147 | |
| A short rest | |
| The army of Northern Virginia moves northward | |
| Jones' brigade guards the line of the Rappahannock | |
| Federal cavalry in search of Lee make for the passes of the Blue Ridge | |
| Aldie and Middleburg | |
| Fight at Upperville | |
| Stuart makes famous raid in rear of Federal Army | |
| Jones' and Robertson's brigades left to defend passes of the Blue Ridge | |
| Operations of White's Battalion | |
| In Maryland | |
| Sixth Virginia meets Sixth United States Regulars near Fairfield and defeats the latter | |
| Joy of victory turned to sadness by news of Lee's failure at Cemetery Ridge | |
| Jones and Robertson hold the passes of Jack Mountain | |
| Jones saves Ewell's wagon train | |
| Buford and Kilpatrick thwarted | |
| Fighting between Hagerstown and Williamsport | |
| Gallant charge of the Eleventh Virginia Cavalry | |
| Funkstown and Boonesboro | |
| Williamsport relieved and Lee's wagon train saved | |
| The Seventh Virginia retaliates upon Sixth Regulars | |
| Artillery practice upon a flying target | |
| Lee recrosses the Potomac | |
| The brigade ordered south of the Potomac to cover Lee's communications with Winchester | |
| The Twelfth, under Colonel Harman, on detached service near Harper's Ferry | |
| Capture of Federal picket reserves | |
| Colonel Harman falls into the hands of the enemy | |
| Brigade encamps near Charles Town and engages in reconnoitering and skirmishes | |
| Lee retires up the Valley and crossing the mountains resumes the line of the Rappahannock | |
| p. 167 | |
| Brigade returns to watch the fords of the Rappahannock | |
| Differences between General Stuart and General Jones | |
| The latter court-martialed and removed to another field of operations | |
| Personality of Jones and attachment of his troopers | |
| Admiration and loyalty of the men soon won by "Jeb" Stuart | |
| Federals under Meade advance towards Culpeper Court House | |
| Hard and continuous cavalry fighting against Buford and Kilpatrick, in which the brigade now under command of General Lomax takes prominent part | |
| Capt. Samuel B. Coyner of the Seventh Virginia Cavalry killed | |
| Enemy surround and capture one of Thompson's guns of Chew's Battery | |
| A front and rear fight at Jack's Shop | |
| Successful charge against infantry by Company B of the Twelfth Virginia | |
| Second battle at Brandy Station | |
| Fight at Fauquier Surphur Springs | |
| Notable exploit at the Rappahannock bridge | |
| Stuart in a tight place at Auburn | |
| Bold dash and escape of his command | |
| p. 196 | |
| A new commander | |
| Sketch of Thomas L. Rosser | |
| The Buckland races | |
| Camp at Flint Hill | |
| At Hamilton's Crossing | |
| Night surprise of a Federal camp | |
| Dash upon Meade's wagon trains in the Wilderness | |
| Back to Hamilton's Crossing | |
| Hard fight at Parker's Store | |
| Watching Meade | |
| Raid around Meade's army | |
| Night attack upon Sangster's Station and death of Captain Cartmell | |
| Brigade heads for the Valley and crosses the Shenandoah | |
| Joins the force of Early at Mt. Jackson | |
| A Merry Christmas in the Valley | |
| p. 215 | |
| Rosser with Fitz Lee | |
| They make midwinter raid to capture cattle for Lee's army | |
| March down the Patterson Creek Valley | |
| Capture a Federal wagon train | |
| Move towards New Creek | |
| Return to Early in the Valley | |
| Fitz Lee with his division returns to the Army of Northern Virginia | |
| Early and Rosser make the Petersburg raid | |
| Returning, the Laurel Brigade camps at Weyer's Cave | |
| Rest and hilarity | |
| Across the Blue Ridge to catch Kilpatrick | |
| Return to Valley | |
| The camp in Rockbridge county | |
| Recruiting | |
| Grant moves his multitudes | |
| A call from Lee | |
| The Laurel joins Lee in the Wilderness | |
| The 5th and 6th of May | |
| Join Hampton at Shady Grove | |
| Yellow Tavern | |
| Death of Stuart | |
| p. 215 | |
| Hampton takes command of cavalry | |
| Milford | |
| Haw's Shop | |
| Atlee's Station | |
| Depleted condition of brigade | |
| Scarcity of food and forage | |
| Grant develops his wearing out policy | |
| Assails Lee's lines of communication | |
| Wilson attempts to cut the Virginia Central Railroad | |
| Fight at Ashland | |
| Heroic act of Maj. Holmes Conrad | |
| Wilson defeated and pursued | |
| Another affair at Haw's Shop | |
| White's Comanches charge Federal breastworks | |
| Hampton sent to meet Sheridan's raiders | |
| The battle of Trevilians | |
| Pursues Sheridan to the North Anna | |
| Hard fare for men and horses | |
| Some types of vandals | |
| Skirmishing near White House | |
| Cavalry against infantry and gunboats | |
| Hanging on Sheridan's flank | |
| White's Battalion detached | |
| Sheridan entrenches at Samaria Church | |
| Is driven out of entrenchments, leaving dead and wounded | |
| Col. Thomas E. Massie of the Twelfth wounded | |
| Pursuit of Sheridan to Charles City Court House | |
| p. 262 | |
| Hampton marches towards Richmond | |
| Federals cross to south side of James River, and Hampton follows, crossing near Drury's Bluff | |
| Moves below Petersburg | |
| Camp near Reams Station | |
| Intercepts Wilson's raiders, and sharp fight near Sapony Church | |
| Lieutenant Vandiver's account of the engagement | |
| Ruffian marauders | |
| Wilson escapes after punishment and loss | |
| A short rest, watermelons and hospitality | |
| Brigade recuperates by return of men from hospitals and horse furloughs | |
| Fitz Lee with his division sent to the Shenandoah Valley | |
| Hampton kept to hold the lines on Lee's right | |
| Grant creates a diversion on the north side of the James | |
| Hampton ordered to Culpeper, but was recalled when he reached Beaver Dam | |
| Fight at White Oak Swamp | |
| Brigade returns to south side | |
| Monk Neck's Bridge | |
| Hatcher's Run | |
| Reams Station | |
| The newspaper raid | |
| Hampton's cattle raid | |
| p. 299 | |
| The return to the Valley | |
| Tedious march and worn out horses | |
| Eager to avenge the outrages of Sheridan | |
| Federals devastate the Shenandoah Valley | |
| Fitz Lee having been wounded, Rosser commands the Cavalry Division | |
| Fight at Mill Creek | |
| Toms Brook | |
| A much-mooted night attempt to surprise and bag Custer | |
| Cedar Creek | |
| Brent's Farm | |
| Fighting on the Back Road | |
| Death of Lieut.-Col. Thomas Marshall | |
| Brigade camps and rest at Fisher's Hill and Timberville | |
| Kershaw's division and Crosby's brigade of cavalry withdrawn from Early's army | |
| Sheridan with superior numbers hesitates to attack Early | |
| p. 321 | |
| Difficulty of supplying subsistence for Early's army | |
| Plenty beyond the mountains westward | |
| Rosser starts out for New Creek with the Laurels and Payne's brigade | |
| New Creek a Federal stronghold | |
| Rosser joined by McNeil's Partisan Rangers | |
| McNeil defeats Federals at Parsons Ford | |
| Some unexpected happenings | |
| A council of war | |
| Rosser decides | |
| The surprise | |
| A successful ruse | |
| Capture of New Creek | |
| Homeward bound with captures, flocks, and herds | |
| Brigade camps near Timberville | |
| Moves to near Swopes Depot | |
| Custer with large cavalry force threatens Staunton | |
| Rosser and Payne make night attack on Custer's camp | |
| Back to old camp at Swopes Depot | |
| Lack of forage | |
| Companies detached in order to subsist | |
| Beverly | |
| p. 341 | |
| The capture of the Federal Major-Generals Crook and Kelly, in the City of Cumberland by McNeil | |
| The capture proposed and planned by John B. Fay, formerly of Company F, Seventh Virginia Cavalry, but at the time a member of McNeil's partisan company | |
| Fay with Ritchie Hallar reconnoiters in the neighborhood of Cumberland | |
| They locate the sleeping apartments of each of the generals, and the outpost and reserve pickets | |
| The hazards of the undertaking | |
| The surprise and capture | |
| Two future Presidents of the United States narrowly escape | |
| A future judge not so fortunate | |
| Federals pursue but give it up | |
| Prisoners transported to Dixie | |
| p. 357 | |
| After the return from Beverly, Munford's and Payne's brigades ordered east of the Blue Ridge | |
| Wharton's division of infantry and Rosser's brigade of cavalry only force left under Early in the Valley to face Sheridan | |
| Government supplies almost fail, and home supplies no longer cheer the soldiers | |
| Sheridan lays waste the Valley, and with 10,000 sabres advances | |
| Rosser meets him with 300 men and, aided by high water, retards him at North River | |
| Early withdraws towards Charlottesville, is overtaken, defeated, and his army captured or dispersed near Waynesboro | |
| Rosser attempts to recapture the prisoners, but fails | |
| Rosser made major-general and Dearing takes command of the Laurel Brigade | |
| The trail of Sheridan | |
| Division under Rosser, not over 1,200 men, moves below Petersburg | |
| Federals capture Five Forks | |
| Rosser's division forms rear guard of Fitz Lee's column. Advancing Federals punished in their onsets | |
| Deep Creek | |
| Brigade, April 5th, with rest of division moves towards Amelia Court House | |
| Soldiers depressed but resolute | |
| Desperate charge of Dearing near Amelia Springs | |
| Desperate fighting by great fighters | |
| Federals driven back into Jetersville | |
| Death of Captains Rutherford and Hugh McGuire | |
| High Bridge | |
| Death of Dearing, Knott, Thompson and others and the wounding of many | |
| White takes command of brigade | |
| Appomattox | |
| The last charge | |
| Brigade disbanded near Lynchburg by Colonel "Lige" White | |
| Remnant of the Twelfth Regiment, under Lieut. Wm. F. Anderson, surrenders at Appomattox | |
| Index | p. 383 |
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