Chapter XXVII: Gettysburg--Second Day

The Confederate Commander reviews the Field and decides on Plan
of Battle--Positions on the Morning of July 2--Night March of
the Federal Sixth Corps--It was excelled by Law's Brigade of
Confederates--The Battle was opened after Mid-day--General Hood
appeals for Permission to turn the Federal Left--Failure to
make the Flanking Movement by the Confederate Right was a
Serious Mistake--Hood, in his usual Gallant Style, led his
Troops forward among the Rocks--Desperate Charges against an
Earnest Adversary--Hood wounded--General Law succeeds him in
command of the Division--"Little Round Top" an Important
Point--"The Citadel of the Field"--It was a Fight of Seventeen
Thousand Confederates against twice their Number--Quiet along
the Lines of other Confederate Commands--"A Man on the Left who
didn't care to make the Battle win"--Evidence against the
Alleged Order for "Battle at Sunrise"--The "Order" to Ewell was
Discretionary--Lee had lost his Balance 362

CHAPTER XXVIII.

GETTYSBURG--THIRD DAY.

The Stroke of Arms that shook the Continent--Longstreet opposed
the Attack as planned and made--The Confederate Column of
Assault--It was weak in Numbers but strong in Spirit--
Tremendous Artillery Combat begins the Day's Fighting--Charge
of Generals Pickett, Trimble, and Pettigrew--Armistead falls by
the Side of the Federal Guns--The Federal Cavalry Charge of
General Farnsworth--The Commander falls with Five Mortal
Wounds--Could the Assaulting Column have been safely augmented
from Longstreet's Right?--Testimony as to that Point--Where
rested the Responsibility for Disaster?--Criticism of the
Battle as a Whole--Cemetery Hill stronger than Marye's Hill at
Fredericksburg--Controverted Points--Casualties of the Three
Days' Fight--Organization of the Forces engaged 385

CHAPTER XXIX.

THE WAVE ROLLS BACK.

Confederates retreat from Gettysburg--The Federals pursue--
Crossing the Potomac under Difficulties--Kilpatrick's Cavalry
Dash on Pettigrew's Command--General Lee thought to rest his
Army in the Valley of Virginia, but Meade followed too fast--
Engagements that harassed the Retreat--General Lee wished to be
relieved of Command, but President Davis would not consent to
the Appointment of Joseph E. Johnston or General Beauregard 426

CHAPTER XXX.

LONGSTREET MOVES TO GEORGIA.

The Author reverts to the Perils and Opportunities in the
West--Proposes to the Secretary of War to reinforce against
Rosecrans from the Army of Northern Virginia--Makes Plan known
to General Lee--The Move finally effected--Difficulties of
Transportation--A Roundabout Route--General Longstreet narrowly
escapes capture when seeking Bragg's Head-quarters--General
Bragg assigns Longstreet to Command of the Left--Instructions
for the Battle of Chickamauga--The Armies in Position--Federals
in Command of Generals Rosecrans, Crittenden, McCook, and
George H. Thomas 433

CHAPTER XXXI.

BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.

Tactical Features--The Battle opened by Direct Attack on the
Federals in the Early Morning of September 20--Repeated and
Determined Front Assaults--Brigadiers Helm killed and Adams
wounded--The Union Commands lay behind Defences--Hood's
Brigades surged through the Forest against the Covered Infantry
and Artillery--Hood wounded--Longstreet suggests a Plan for
Progressive Action--Halting Tactics at High Tide of Success--
The Confederate Left fought a Separate Battle--General Thomas
retreats--First Confederate Victory in the West, and one of the
Bloodiest Battles of the War--Forces engaged--Losses 445

CHAPTER XXXII.

FAILURE TO FOLLOW SUCCESS.

Longstreet differs with General Bragg as to Movements of
Pursuit--The Confederates on Lookout Mountain--Federals gain
Comfortable Positions around it--Superior Officers of Bragg's
Command call for his Removal--Bragg seeks Scapegoats--President
Davis visits the Army--Tests the Temper of the Officers towards
Bragg--He offers the Command to Longstreet--He declines--His
Reasons--General Bragg ignores Signal-Service Reports and is
surprised--General Joe Hooker's Advance--Night Attack on
Lookout Mountain--Colonel Bratton's Clever Work--Review of the
Western Movement and Combination--It should have been effected
in May instead of September--Inference as to Results had the
First Proposition been promptly acted upon 461

CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN.

General Bragg's Infatuation--General Grant in Command of the
Federal Forces--Longstreet ordered into East Tennessee--His
Plans for the Campaign--Poorly supported by his Superior--
Foraging for Daily Rations--General Burnside's Forces--Advance
upon Knoxville--Affairs at Lenoir's and Campbell's Stations--
Engagement near Knoxville an Artillery Combat--Reprehensible
Conduct of Officers--Allegement that One was actuated by
Jealousy--Federals retire behind their Works--Laying the
Confederate Lines about Knoxville 480

CHAPTER XXXIV.

BESIEGING KNOXVILLE.

Closing on the Enemy's Lines--A Gallant Dash--The Federal
Positions--Fort Loudon, later called Fort Sanders--Assault of
the Fort carefully planned--General McLaws advises Delay--The
Order reiterated and emphasized--Gallant Effort by the Brigades
of Generals Wofford, Humphreys, and Bryan at the Appointed
Time--A Recall ordered, because carrying the Works was reported
impossible--General Longstreet is ordered by the President to
General Bragg's Relief--Losses during the Assault and the
Campaign 497

CHAPTER XXXV.

CUT OFF FROM EAST AND WEST.

Impracticability of joining General Bragg--Wintering in East
Tennessee--General Longstreet given Discretionary Authority
over the Department by President Davis--Short Rations--Minor
Movements of Hide-and-Seek in the Mountains--Longstreet's
Position was of Strategic Importance--That Fact fully
appreciated by President Lincoln, Secretary Stanton, and
Generals Halleck and Grant--"Drive Longstreet out of East
Tennessee and keep him out"--Generals Robertson and McLaws--The
Charges against them and Action taken--Honorable Mention for
Courage and Endurance--The Army finally fares sumptuously on
the Fat Lands of the French Broad 509

CHAPTER XXXVI.

STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD.

Longstreet again considers Relief from Service--General Grant
at Knoxville--Shoeless Soldiers leave Bloody Trails on Frozen
Roads--A Confederate Advance--Affair at Dandridge--Federals
retreat--Succession of Small Engagements--General Grant urges
General Foster's Army to the Offensive--General Foster
relieved--General Schofield in Command of Federals--General
Grant's Orders--General Halleck's Estimate of East Tennessee as
a Strategic Field--Affair of Cavalry--Advance towards
Knoxville--Longstreet's Command called back to Defensive for
Want of Cavalry 524

CHAPTER XXXVII.

LAST DAYS IN TENNESSEE.

Longstreet's Army at Bull's Gap--U. S. Grant made
Lieutenant-General--Richmond Authorities awake to the Gravity
of the Situation--Longstreet's Proposition for Campaign--
Approved by General Lee--Richmond Authorities fail to adopt
it--General Bragg's Plan--A Memorable and Unpleasant Council at
the Capital--Orders from President Davis--The Case of General
Law--Longstreet ordered to the Army of Northern Virginia--
Resolutions of Thanks from Confederate Congress 542

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS.

Campaign of 1864--General Grant in the Field--Strength of the
Armies--Their Positions--Description of the Wilderness--The
Battle opened--A Brisk Day's Fighting--Longstreet's Command
faces Hancock's on the Morning of the Second Day--An
Effective Flank Movement--General Wadsworth mortally wounded--
General Jenkins falls under Fire of Friends, and Longstreet is
seriously wounded--Carried from the Field on a Litter--Tribute
to General Jenkins--Criticism and Controversy 551

CHAPTER XXXIX.

AGAIN IN FRONT OF RICHMOND.

Longstreet absent on Leave, nursing his Wounds--Hears of the
Death of Cavalry Leader J. E. B. Stuart--Returns to Virginia--
Assigned to Command on the North Side of James River--Affair on
the Williamsburg Road--Lee's Apprehension of Grant's March into
Richmond--Closing Scenes of the Campaign of 1864 about the
Confederate Capital--General Benjamin F. Butler's Move against
Fort Fisher--Remote Effects on the Situation in Virginia 572

CHAPTER XL.

TALK OF PEACE.

Second Federal Move against Fort Fisher and Wilmington Harbor--
Confederate Disaffection--Act of Congress appointing a Supreme
Commander of the Armies--Montgomery Blair's Peace Conference--
Longstreet has a Meeting with General Ord, Commander of the
Army of the James--Military Convention proposed--Correspondence
between General Grant and General Lee--Longstreet's Suggestions
for Measures in the Critical Juncture near the Close of the War 582

CHAPTER XLI.

BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS.

Various Affairs of the Closing Campaign--The Massing of Grant's
Forces--Sortie against Fort Steadman--Captured but quickly
retaken--General Grant's Move around the Confederate Right--
General Lee anticipates with Aggressive Work--Sheridan makes
Battle with his Whole Force at Five Forks--Desperate Situation
of the Confederates--Disparity of Numbers--Splendid Stand and
Battle of Generals Pickett and Ransom--Colonel Pegram mortally
wounded--W. H. F. Lee, the "Noble Son of a Noble Sire"--Corse's
Division--Pickett's Generalship--Casualties 590

CHAPTER XLII.

PETERSBURG.

The Fierce Concerted Assault by the Federals--Death of A. P.
Hill--General Lee announces to Richmond Authorities that he
must retreat--Reception of the News by President Davis at
Church Service--Federals take Forts Gregg and Whitworth--The
Retreat harassed by Continuous Fighting--Longstreet saves High
Bridge, a Vital Point--Ewell and Others compelled to
surrender--General Mahone's Account of Interesting Scenes--
Magnitude of the Disaster--"Is the Army dissolving?"--General
Reed mortally wounded--Panic occurs, but Order is restored--
General Gregg and Part of his Cavalry Command captured by
Rosser and Mumford 603

CHAPTER XLIII.

APPOMATTOX.

Some of General Lee's Officers say to him that "Further
Resistance is Hopeless"--Longstreet does not approve--General
Grant calls for Surrender--"Not yet"--The Confederate Chieftain
asks Terms--His Response to his Officers as represented by
General Pendleton--Correspondence of Generals Lee and Grant--
Morning of April 9--General Lee rides to meet the Federal
Commander, while Longstreet forms the Last Line of Battle--
Longstreet endeavors to recall his Chief, hearing of a Break
where the Confederate Troops could pass--Custer demands
Surrender of Longstreet--Reminded of Irregularity, and that he
was "in the Enemy's Lines"--Meeting with General Grant--
Capitulation--Last Scenes 618

CHAPTER XLIV.

POST-BELLUM PENDANT.

Old Friends and their Kindness--General Grant--His
Characteristic Letter of Introduction to President Johnson--In
Business in New Orleans--Political Unfriendliness--Cause of
Criticism of Military Career--Appointed Surveyor of Customs--
The Old Nurse 632