Chapter I: Front Matter

CONFEDERATE
MILITARY HISTORY

A LIBRARY OF CONFEDERATE
STATES HISTORY, IN TWELVE
VOLUMES, WRITTEN BY
DISTINGUISHED MEN OF THE SOUTH,
AND EDITED BY GEN. CLEMENT
A. EVANS OF GEORGIA.....

VOL. V.

Atlanta, Ga.
Confederate Publishing Company
1899

COPYRIGHT, 1899,
BY CONFEDERATE PUBLISHING COMPANY.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

PAGE.

CHAPTER I. Spirit of Secession--The State Militia--Charleston
and the Forts--The Violated Agreement--Major Anderson
Occupies Fort Sumter--South Carolina Occupies Pinckney
and Moultrie--The Star of the West--Fort Sumter
Surrendered--Carolinians in Virginia--Battle of Manassas 4

CHAPTER II. Affairs on the Coast--Loss of Port Royal Harbor--Gen.
R. E. Lee in Command of the Department--Landing
of Federals at Port Royal Ferry--Gallant Fight on
Edisto Island--General Pemberton Succeeds Lee
in Command--Defensive Line, April, 1862 29

CHAPTER III. South Carolinians in Virginia--Battle of
Williamsburg--Eltham's Landing--Seven Pines and Fair
Oaks--Nine-Mile Road--Gaines' Mill--Savage Station--Frayser's
Farm--Malvern Hill 43

CHAPTER IV. The Coast of South Carolina, Summer of 1862--Operations
under General Pemberton--Engagement at
Old Pocotaligo--Campaign on James Island--Battle of
Secessionville 76

CHAPTER V. General Beauregard in Command--The Defenses
of Charleston--Disposition of Troops--Battle of
Pocotaligo--Repulse of Enemy at Coosawhatchie Bridge--Operations
in North Carolina--Battle of Kinston--Defense
of Goldsboro 94

CHAPTER VI. South Carolinians in the West--Manigault's
and Lythgoe's Regiments at Corinth--The Kentucky Campaign--Battle
of Murfreesboro 111

CHAPTER VII. With Lee in Northern Virginia, 1862--The
Maneuvers on the Rappahannock--Second Manassas Campaign--Battle
of Ox Hill 120

CHAPTER VIII. The Maryland Campaign--The South
Mountain Battles--Capture of Harper's Ferry--Battles of
Sharpsburg and Shepherdstown 140

CHAPTER IX. Hampton's Cavalry in the Maryland Raid--The
Battle of Fredericksburg--Death of Gregg--South Carolinians
at Marye's Hill--Cavalry Operations 165

CHAPTER X. Operations in South Carolina, Spring of 1863--Capture
of the Isaac Smith--Ingraham's Defeat of the
Blockading Squadron--Naval Attack on Fort Sumter--Hunter's
Raids 188

CHAPTER XI. South Carolina Troops in Mississippi--Engagement
near Jackson--The Vicksburg Campaign--Siege of
Jackson 203

CHAPTER XII. South Carolinians in the Chancellorsville
Campaign--Service of Kershaw's and McGowan's Brigades--A
Great Confederate Victory 213

CHAPTER XIII. Operations in South Carolina--Opening of
Gillmore's Campaign against Fort Sumter--The Surprise of
Morris Island--First Assault on Battery Wagner--Demonstrations
on James Island and Against the Railroad--Action
near Grimball's Landing 223

CHAPTER XIV. Second Assault on Battery Wagner--Siege
of Wagner and Bombardment of Fort Sumter--Evacuation
of Morris Island 235

CHAPTER XV. The Gettysburg Campaign--Gallant Service
of Perrin's and Kershaw's Brigades--Hampton's Cavalry
at Brandy Station 257

CHAPTER XVI. South Carolinians at Chickamauga--Organization
of the Armies--South Carolinians Engaged--Their
Heroic Service and Sacrifices 277

CHAPTER XVII. The Siege of Charleston--Continued Bombardment
of Fort Sumter--Defense Maintained by the Other
Works--The Torpedo Boats--Bombardment of the City--Transfer
of Troops to Virginia--Prisoners under Fire--Campaign
on the Stono 291

CHAPTER XVIII. South Carolinians with Longstreet and
Lee--Wauhatchie--Missionary Ridge--Knoxville--The Virginia
Campaign of 1864--From the Wilderness to the Battle
of the Crater 310

CHAPTER XIX. The Atlanta Campaign--Battles around
Atlanta--Jonesboro--Hood's Campaign in North Georgia--The
Defense of Ship's Gap--Last Campaign in Tennessee--Battle
of Franklin 328

CHAPTER XX. The Closing Scenes in Virginia--Siege of
Richmond and Petersburg--Fall of Fort Fisher--South Carolina
Commands at Appomattox 346