Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Note:

This version of the text cannot represent certain typographical effects. Italics are delimited with the ‘_’ character as _italic_. Bold and other fonts are delimited with '='.

Illustrations and maps are indicated as , and have been positioned to fall between paragraphs.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Please see the transcriber’s note at the end of this text for details regarding the handling of any textual issues encountered during its preparation.

THE MISSISSIPPI FROM
Memphis TO New Orleans
]

FROM
CHATTANOOGA
TO
ATLANTA
]

=By Mary Johnston=

-------

=THE LONG ROLL.= The first of two books dealing with the war
between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH.

=CEASE FIRING.= The second of two books dealing with the war
between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH.

=LEWIS RAND.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN.

=AUDREY.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN.

=PRISONERS OF HOPE.= With Frontispiece.

=TO HAVE AND TO HOLD.= With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E.B.
THOMPSON, A.W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL.

-------

=THE GODDESS OF REASON.= _A Drama._

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK

------------------------------------------------------------------------

CEASE FIRING

------------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------------------------------------------------

CEASE FIRING

BY MARY JOHNSTON

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

BY N.C. WYETH

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON AND NEW YORK :: THE
RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE
1912

COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MARY JOHNSTON
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

_Published November 1912_

------------------------------------------------------------------------

=To the Memory of=

JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSTON
MAJOR OF ARTILLERY, C.S.A.

AND OF

JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON
GENERAL, C.S.A.

CONTENTS

I. THE ROAD TO VIDALIA 1

II. CAPE JESSAMINE 11

III. VICKSBURG 24

IV. CHICKASAW BAYOU 36

V. FORT PEMBERTON 46

VI. THE RIVER 58

VII. PORT GIBSON 69

VIII. IN VIRGINIA 81

IX. THE STONEWALL 95

X. THE BULLETIN 108

XI. PRISON X 115

XII. THE SIEGE 128

XIII. ACROSS THE POTOMAC 141

XIV. THE CAVE 156

XV. GETTYSBURG 166

XVI. BACK HOME 178

XVII. BREAD CAST ON WATER 191

XVIII. THREE OAKS 204

XIX. THE COLONEL OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH 215

XX. CHICKAMAUGA 225

XXI. MISSIONARY RIDGE 240

XXII. DALTON 253

XXIII. THE ROAD TO RESACA 265

XXIV. THE GUNS 279

XXV. THE WILDERNESS 287

XXVI. THE BLOODY ANGLE 298

XXVII. RICHMOND 306

XXVIII. COLD HARBOUR 314

XXIX. LITTLE PUMPKIN-VINE CREEK 321

XXX. KENNESAW 329

XXXI. THUNDER RUN 340

XXXII. HUNTER’S RAID 347

XXXIII. BACK HOME 354

XXXIV. THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON 364

XXXV. THE CRATER 372

XXXVI. THE VALLEY 382

XXXVII. CEDAR CREEK 392

XXXVIII. THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE 405

XXXIX. COLUMBIA 416

XL. THE ROAD TO WINNSBORO’ 427

XLI. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 440

XLII. APRIL, 1865 450

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE ROAD TO VIDALIA (page 3) _Frontispiece_

SHARPSHOOTERS 128

THE BLOODY ANGLE 302

THE SCOUT 392

From drawings by N.C. Wyeth

CEASE FIRING