Under Both Flags : Personal Stories of Sacrifice and Struggle During the Civil War

by Edited by Tim Goff

• ISBN13: 9781592281640
• ISBN10: 1592281648
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-10-01
• Publisher: The Lyons Press

Summary

Although the cataclysm of the Civil War altered American life forever, by 1896 the scars left from those four long years of turmoil and strife had begun to heal, making it possible for both Union and Confederate veterans to come together and share their stories. In these vivid firsthand accounts you'll feel as if you are standing on the smoke-enshrouded deck of the Hartford with Admiral Farragut as flaming shells leap over its bow, experience the desperate exhaustion of the lone scout making his way from Vicksburg to New Orleans through enemy country, and suffer alongside the army surgeon who can save so few of his wounded comrades. UNDER BOTH FLAGS is an unvarnished presentation of the issues that divided our country, as told in the personal recollections of those who participated in the campaigns, marches, sufferings, and countless instaances of courage during this gigantic struggle. As its original editors note: "The war of the sixties is over; but the price of its lesson was the blood and treasure it cost. The men of the North and the men of the South each fought differently; but the bravest and most sincere expressed their opinions on the battlefield, and in their glorious record the world recognizes the unparalleled valor of the American soldier." Richly illustrated with contemporary photographs and illustrations, this is a unique collection that will prove an invaluable reference for Civil War enthusiasts and history buffs.

Author Biography

Tim Goff is a sales manager for SBC Communications. He lives in Connecticut

Table of Contents

ALL QUIET ALONG THE POTOMAC TONIGHT	456	(17)
AMENITIES OF WAR	473
ANECDOTE OF GENERAL POLK	394
ANTIETAM	333	(195)
ANTIETAM, SEPTEMBER, '62	528
ANTISTAM--SHARPSBURG	109	(361)
APPOMATTOX	470
ARRESTED BULLET, AN	251	(17)
ARTILLERY FIGHT AT SHORT RANGE	268
AT CHICKAMAUGA	146	(176)
BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS, THE	322	(116)
BATTLE BONDS	438
BATTLE OF ATLANTA, THE	162	(224)
BATTLE OF NASHVILLE, THE	386
BATTLE OF PORT ROYAL, THE	255
BATTLE OF RESACA, THE	157
BATTLE OF STONE RIVER, THE	90	(114)
BATTLE OF THE CRATER, THE	204	(76)
BELEAGURED PETERSBURG	280	(106)
BLUE AND THE GRAY, THE	386	(9)
BOMBARDMENT OF FORT DARLING	395
BOY AT SHILOII, A	363	(26)
BRAVE MAN'S SENSATION IN BATTLE, A	389
BRAVE OLD SOUTHERN WOMAN, A	87	(33)
BURNING OF THE GUNBOAT UNDERWRITER	120	(121)
BURNING SHAME, A	241
CARRYING DESPATCHES TO FARRAGUT	125	(94)
CAVALRY VERSUS INFANTRY	219	(198)
COMRADE JOHN	417
CONFEDERATE RAM RAID OFF CHARLESTON, S.C.	236	(74)
COOPER'S BATTERY "B" BEFORE PETERSBURG	310	(121)
CORPORAL KING'S TRIP TO WASHINGTON	431
COURTESY OF GENERAL GRANT	102	(348)
CURIOSITY IN VERSE, A	450
CUTTING OUT THE UNDERWRITER	153	(56)
DARING EXPLOIT AT DONALDSONVILLE	209	(19)
DAY WITH MOSBY'S MEN, A	228
DEATH OF GENERAL PHIL KEARNEY	193	(130)
DOG ON THE BATTLEFIELD, A	323	(91)
DRUM-HEAD COURT-MARTIAL, A	414
ESCAPE OF THE FOX	329
EULOGY OF GENERAL GRANT	128	(111)
EVANS, CLEMENT A	239
FIRST DAY'S FIGHT, GETTYSBURG, THE	70	(229)
FIRST GUN IN VIRGINIA IN 1861, THE	299
FIRST PROVOST MARSHAL OF HARRISONBURG, VA., THE	198	(185)
FORAGING IN THE KANAWHA VALLEY	383
FRATERNITY AT VICKSBURG	105	(216)
FRATERNITY-UNION	321
FREEDOM'S BANNER	175
FROM POTOMAC TO SUSQUEHANNA	78	(87)
FROM THE ETO'AH RIVER TO ATLANTA	165	(83)
FROM VICKSBURG TO NEW ORLEANS	248	(219)
GENERALS FIGHT AND FRATERNIZE	467
GENERAL GORDON AT APPOMATTOX	211	(192)
GENERAL LEE THROUGH THE EYES OF A STAFF OFFICER	403
GENERAL LOST HIS WHISKEY, THE	156
GENERAL MAHONE AT GETTYSBURG	69	(382)
GENERAL THOMAS AND THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR	451
GENERAL, THE	271
GENERAL U.S. GRANT	130	(326)
GENERAL WILLIAM MCCANDLESS	456
GETTYSBURG	69	(5)
GRANDEUR OF BATTLE, THE	74	(120)
HARDTACK AND "TOBACKER"	194	(130)
HELD BY THE ENEMY	324
HEROINE OF THE SIEGE, VICKSBURG, A	108	(218)
HERO OF MANASSAS, A	326
HIS SON'S FRIEND IN BLUE	185	(189)
HIS SWEETHEART'S FACE	374	(63)
HOW BLUE AND GRAY BLEND	437
HOW NORTH CAROLINA WENT INTO THE WA	358
HOW THE 164TH NEW YORK LOST ITS COLORS	302	(14)
HOW VALLANDIGHAM CROSSED THE LINES	316
IMPREGNABLE VICKSBURG	105	(287)
"IN FORO CONSCIENTIÆ"	392
IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE	267
IN MEMORY OF TILE KEARSARGE	242	(268)
IN THE RANKS UNDER GENERAL LYON IN MISSOUPI-1861	510
INTERRUPTED CAVALRY CHARGE, AN	257
LAST MEETING PLACE OF TILE CONFEDERATE CABINET	233
LAST SALUTE, THE	152	(294)
LAST SHOT, THE	446
LAST VICTORY OF THE LOST CAUSE, THE	304	(191)
LEAVES FROM A SOLDIER'S DIARY	495
LINCOLN'S DEDICATION SPEECH, GETTYSBURG	73	(166)
MCPHERSON, JADIES B.	239
MEADE AT GETTYSBURG	174
MEMORIAL DAY	127	(230)
ENDING THE OLD FLAG	357
MESSAGE FROM OUR COUNTRY'S DEAD, A	227
MESSAGE FROM THE SKIES, A	218
MIDNIGHT RAMBLE IN THE DITCHES, VICKSBURG	107
MOSLEM'S LETTER, JOHN	72	(274)
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF SHILOH	346
MY RECOLLECTIONS OF WAR TIMES	212
NEW YORK MONUMENT, GETTYSBURG, THE	81	(337)
NEW RECRUIT, THE	418
NIGHT WITH BUSHWHACKERS, A	318	(56)
NORTH CAROLINA CAPTAIN'S BREAKFAST, A	374
OLD CANTEEN, THE	254	(253)
OLD LOG CABIN ON THE RAPIDAN, THE	507
OLD THIRTEEN, THE	380
ON THE RAPPAHANNOCK	377	(85)
ON PICKET IN FRONT OF THE ENEMY	462
OUR BLUE AND OUR GRAY	250
OUR GENTLE ENEMY	139	(211)
OUR UNION	350
PACK OF CARDS, A	195	(271)
PINE AND PALM	466
PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS OF "STONEWALL" JACKSON	131	(346)
POINTS OF DISPUTE REGARDING CHICKAMAUGA	477	(23)
PRETTY TRAITOR, A	500
PRIVATE BILL GARRETT'S DISGRACE	191	(16)
PROUD FLAG OF FREEDOM, THE	207	(86)
RECOLLECTIONS OF AN ARMY SURGEON	293	(95)
RECONSTRUCTED REBEL, A	388
REMINISCENCES OF FIRST BULL RUN, A	277	(139)
REMINISCENCES OF POINT LOOKOUT	416
REMINISCENCES OF THE SANITARY COMMISSION	397
ROCKY FACE RIDGE	262
ROMANCE OF THE GREAT LOCOMOTIVE RAID	187
ROMANTIC EXPERIENCE, A	176	(353)
ROMANTIC INCIDENT OF TILE WAR, A	529
ROUND TOP	328	(78)
RUSTY SWORD, THE	406
SCOUTING IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY	172	(110)
SECRETARY HERBERT'S TWO BOY HEROES	282
SHILOH AFTER THIRTY-TWO YEARS	220
SIGHTS AND SCENES OF SIEGE AND SURRENDER VICKSBURG	106	(334)
SISTER JOANELLE	440
SOCIAL CONDITIONS DURING THE WAR	314	(111)
SOLDIER'S STORY, A	425
SONG OF BLUE AND GRAY, A	203
SORROW OF '62, A	60	(472)
STATISTICS OF THE CIVIL WAR	532
STONEWALL BRIGADE AT BULL RUN, THE	351
"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S GRAVE	247	(246)
"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S LAST GRAND BLOW	493
STORY OF A FLAG, THE	259	(14)
SUPPORTING A BATTERY	273
SURVIVOR OF PICKETT'S DIVISION, A	77	(304)
SUTLER, THE	381	(125)
SWORDS OF GRANT AND LEE, THE	506
TALES BY CONFEDERATES	83	(196)
TO COLUMBIA	279	(248)
TO MY WIFE	527
TO THE MEMORY OF GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE	363	(45)
TOUCH OF THE SPUR, A	408
TWO BROTHERS	138
VICKSBURG	99	(9)
VICKSBURG MENU, A	108	(277)
VICTORY OF PEACE, THE	385
WARTIME BALL IN DIXIE, A	183	(156)
WHAT A NORTH CAROLINA BOY SAW OF THE CIVIL WAR	339
WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN	85	(233)
WHO WERE THE BRAVE?	318
WIGGINS OF OUR STAFF	95	(188)
WINCHESTER, VIRGINIA	283
WITH BUCHANAN ON THE TENNESSEE	62	(77)
WITH EWING AT TUNNEL HILL	139
WITH FARRAGUT ON THE HARTFORD	1	(305)
WITH PICKETT AT CEMETERY RIDGE	306	(175)
WITH THE EVENING STAR	481
WOUNDED AND CAPTURED, GETTYSBURG	76	(382)
WAR SONGS OF THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA	458	(1)
THE BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM	458	(1)
JOHN BROWN'S BODY	458	(1)
TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP, THE BOYS ARE MARCHING	459	(1)
VETERAN'S TOAST, THE 459
DIXIE	460	(1)
THE BONNIE BLUE FLAG	460	(1)
MY MARYLAND	460