The Official Virginia Civil War Battlefield Guide

by Salmon, John S.

• ISBN13: 9780811728683
• ISBN10: 0811728684
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-07-01
• Publisher: Stackpole Books

Summary

The comprehensive guide to the most significant battles of the Civil War. No other guidebook on the market today rivals it for historical detail, accuracy, and credibility.

Author Biography

John S. Salmon has been the staff historian for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources, the state historic preservation office, since 1987

Table of Contents

Illustrations	vii
Foreword	ix
Acknowledgments	xi
Introduction	1	(8)
MANASSAS CAMPAIGN, 1861
Aquia Creek	9	(3)
Cockpit Point	12	(3)
Blackburn's Ford	15	(2)
First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)	17	(4)
Ball's Bluff	21	(2)
Dranesville	23	(10)
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGN, 1862
First Battle of Kernstown	33	(2)
McDowell	35	(3)
Front Royal	38	(4)
First Battle of Winchester	42	(3)
Cross Keys	45	(5)
Port Republic	50	(17)
PENINSULA AND SEVEN DAYS' CAMPAIGNS, 1862
Sewell's Point	67	(2)
Big Bethel	69	(3)
Hampton Roads	72	(4)
Yorktown (Dam No. 1)	76	(4)
Williamsburg	80	(3)
Eltham's Landing	83	(3)
Drewry's Bluff	86	(2)
Hanover Court House	88	(3)
Seven Pines	91	(4)
Oak Grove	95	(4)
Beaver Dam Creek	99	(3)
Gaines's Mill	102	(5)
Garnett's and Golding's Farms	107	(2)
Savage's Station	109	(4)
Glendale	113	(4)
White Oak Swamp	117	(2)
Malvern Hill	119	(13)
NORTHERN VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN, 1862
Cedar Mountain	132	(3)
Rappahannock Bridge	135	(4)
Manassas Junction Operations	139	(3)
Thoroughfare Gap	142	(3)
Second Battle of Manassas (Bull Run)	145	(6)
Chantilly	151	(10)
FREDERICKSBURG AND CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGNS, 1862-1863
First Battle of Fredericksburg	161	(4)
Kelly's Ford	165	(3)
Norfleet House (Siege of Suffolk)	168	(2)
Hill's Point (Siege of Suffolk)	170	(3)
Chancellorsville	173	(11)
Second Battle of Fredericksburg	184	(4)
Salem Church	188	(10)
GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN, 1863
Brandy Station	198	(5)
Second Battle of Winchester	203	(4)
Aldie	207	(3)
Middleburg	210	(2)
Upperville	212	(2)
Manassas Gap	214	(12)
BRISTOE STATION AND MINE RUN CAMPAIGNS, 1863
First Battle of Auburn	226	(4)
Second Battle of Auburn	230	(3)
Bristoe Station	233	(4)
Buckland Mills	237	(2)
Rappahannock Station	239	(3)
Mine Run	242	(18)
OVERLAND CAMPAIGN, 1864
Morton's Ford	260	(2)
Walkerton	262	(3)
Wilderness	265	(5)
Spotsylvania Court House	270	(9)
Yellow Tavern	279	(5)
North Anna River	284	(4)
Haw's Shop	288	(2)
Totopotomoy Creek	290	(2)
Old Church	292	(2)
Cold Harbor	294	(4)
Trevilian Station	298	(10)
BERMUDA HUNDRED CAMPAIGN, 1864
Port Walthall Junction	308	(4)
Swift Creek	312	(2)
Fort Clifton	314	(2)
Chester Station	316	(2)
Proctor's Creek	318	(5)
Ware Bottom Church	323	(2)
Wilson's Wharf	325	(13)
SHENANDOAH VALLEY CAMPAIGNS, 1864-1865
New Market	338	(3)
Piedmont	341	(2)
Lynchburg	343	(4)
Hanging Rock	347	(2)
Cool Spring	349	(2)
Rutherford's Farm	351	(2)
Second Battle of Kernstown	353	(2)
Guard Hill	355	(2)
Berryville	357	(2)
Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon)	359	(4)
Fisher's Hill	363	(3)
Tom's Brook	366	(2)
Cedar Creek	368	(4)
Waynesboro	372	(6)
SOUTHWEST VIRGINIA CAMPAIGNS, 1862-1865
Cumberland Gap	378	(2)
Jonesville	380	(2)
Cloyd's Mountain	382	(3)
Cove Mountain	385	(2)
First Battle of Saltville	387	(3)
Marion	390	(2)
Second Battle of Saltville	392	(9)
RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG CAMPAIGN, 1864-1865
First Battle of Petersburg	401	(2)
Petersburg Fortifications	403	(3)
Jerusalem Plank Road	406	(2)
Samaria (Saint Mary's) Church	408	(2)
Staunton River Bridge	410	(3)
Sappony Church	413	(1)
First Battle of Ream's Station	414	(2)
First Battle of Deep Bottom	416	(2)
The Crater	418	(3)
Second Battle of Deep Bottom	421	(3)
Globe Tavern	424	(2)
Second Battle of Ream's Station	426	(3)
Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights	429	(4)
Peebles's Farm	433	(3)
Darbytown and New Market Roads	436	(2)
Darbytown Road	438	(3)
Boydton Plank Road	441	(2)
Fair Oaks and Darbytown Road	443	(3)
Hatcher's Run	446	(2)
Fort Stedman	448	(9)
APPOMATTOX CAMPAIGN, 1865
Lewis's Farm	457	(2)
Dinwiddie Court House	459	(2)
White Oak Road	461	(2)
Five Forks	463	(4)
Capture of Petersburg	467	(4)
Sutherland Station	471	(2)
Namozine Church	473	(1)
Amelia Springs	474	(3)
Sailor's (Sayler's) Creek	477	(3)
High Bridge	480	(3)
Rice's Station	483	(1)
Cumberland Church	484	(3)
Appomattox Station	487	(3)
Appomattox Court House	490	(3)
Epilogue: The Surrender	493	(4)
Glossary	497	(2)
Bibliography	499	(4)
Major Preservation Organizations	503	(4)
Index	507