Four Years of Fighting : A Volume of Personal Observation with the Army and Navy from the First Battle of Bull Run to the Fall of Richmond

by Coffin, Charles Carleton

• ISBN13: 9781417903863
• ISBN10: 1417903864
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-04-30
• Publisher: Kessinger Pub

Summary

1866. From the Prefatory Note: This volume, though historic, is not a history of the Rebellion, but a record of personal observations and experiences during the war, with an occasional look at affairs in general to give clearness to the narrative. The time has not arrived for the writing of an impartial history of the conflict between Slavery and Freedom in the United States. Contents: Beginning of the Conflict; Around Washington; Bull Run; The Fall of 1861; Affairs in the West; Central Kentucky; The Opening of the Campaign in Tennessee; Pittsburgh Landing, Fort Pillow, and Memphis; Invasion of Maryland; Invasion of Kentucky; From Harper's Ferry to Fredericksburg; Battle of Fredericksburg; The Winter at Falmouth; Chancellorsville; Calvary Operations; The Atlantic Coast; The Iron-Clads in Action; The Invasion of Pennsylvania; The Battle of Gettysburg; From the Rapidan to Cold Harbor; To Petersburg; Siege Operations; Third Invasion of Maryland; Sherman's Army; Christianity and Barbarism; Scenes in Savannah; Sherman in South Carolina; South Carolina Before the War; Siege Operations; Third Invasion of Maryland; Sherman's Army; Sumter; Charleston; The Last Campaign; Richmond; The Confederate Loan; and Surrender of Lee. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.