The New Annals of the Civil War

by Cozzens, Peter; Girardi, Robert I.

• ISBN13: 9780811700580
• ISBN10: 0811700585
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

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. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Peter Cozzens is a Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State and the author of several acclaimed books on the Civil War and Western history Robert I. Girardi is a Chicago police detective, Civil War historian, and president of the Chicago Civil War Round Table

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations and Maps	viii
Introduction	x
PART ONE: The War in 1861
Elmer Ellsworth's Career
Frank E. Brownell	2	(16)
The Battle of Belmont
Benjamin E. Sawyer	18	(7)
Regaining the Atlantic Coast
Thomas Hall	25	(15)
PART TWO: The War in 1862
Why Stonewall Jackson Resigned
Henry Kyd Douglas	40	(9)
The Battle of Shiloh
James S. Brisbin	49	(13)
The Peninsular Campaign: From the Slaughter at Seven Pines to High Living in a Boston Prison
Alexander Hunter	62	(31)
How We Resisted McClellan on the Peninsula
Allan B. Magruder	93	(8)
Riding around McClellan's Army with Jeb Stuart
Richard E. Frayser	101	(12)
The Second Battle of Manassas
Henry Kyd Douglas	113	(8)
The Fifth Corps at Manassas
John S. Slater	121	(41)
Incidents of the Battle of South Mountain
Henry T. Owen	162	(7)
Protecting the Charleston & Savannah Railroad
Joseph Blyth Allston	169	(7)
The Battle of Tazewell
Daniel R. Hundley	176	(13)
The Battle of Fredericksburg
St. Clair A. Mulholland	189	(20)
The Rout of Rosecrans
W.R. Friend	209	(6)
The Regulars at Stones River
Alexander S. Johnstone	215	(11)
PART THREE: The War in 1863
Ironclads against Fort Sumter
Samuel Jones	226	(16)
The Battle of Chancellorsville
William T. Forbes	242	(26)
Milroy at Winchester
Robert S. Northcott	268	(6)
Marching in Clover: A Confederate Brigade's Tramp from the Rappahannock to Gettysburg
Frank H. Foote	274	(9)
Pickett's Charge at Gettysburg
William W. Wood	283	(11)
Pickett at Gettysburg
Henry T. Owen	294	(13)
Cavalry Raiding in 1863
John D. Imboden	307	(16)
Through Tennessee and around Rosecrans' Army
Isaac W. Avery	323	(8)
The Battle of Missionary Ridge
I.E. Nagle	331	(14)
From Chattanooga to Knoxville with Longstreet's Corps
William M. Robbins	345	(9)
PART FOUR: The War in 1864
The Battle of the Wilderness: The Fourth Alabama in the Slaughter Pen
Pinckney D. Bowles	354	(9)
Fighting under Forrest at the Battle of Brice's Crossroads
John W. Morton	363	(18)
The Battle of Tupelo
William S. Burns	381	(6)
The Crater Battle
Thomas H. Cross	387	(7)
The Battle of Trevilian Station
Noble D. Preston	394	(13)
Scouts with Wade Hampton
John S. Elliott	407	(8)
In Petersburg during the Siege
John D. Young	415	(20)
The Ride around Baltimore
Bradley T. Johnson	435	(10)
The Battle of Honey Hill
Charles C. Soule	445	(23)
Hood's Nashville Campaign
J.W.A. Wright	468	(22)
PART FIVE: The War in 1865
The Peace Commission of 1865
Robert M.T. Hunter	490	(9)
The Fall of Fort Fisher
Braxton Bragg	499	(7)
The Fall of Richmond
Godfrey Weitzel	506	(24)
The Fighting about Petersburg and The Evacuation of the City
Theodore S. Garnett, Jr	530	(13)
The Death of General A.P. Hill
George W. Tucker	543	(6)
The Fall of Charleston
C.F. Hollingsworth	549	(11)
The Beginning of the End
Alexander R. Boteler	560	(15)
Jefferson Davis' Week at Danville
William D. Coleman	575	(14)
The Defense of Spanish Fort
Philip D. Stephenson	589	(10)
Map and Illustration Credits	599	(2)
Index	601