The South

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Harrisburg.-First Indications of War. - Reminiscences of Lee's Invasion. - On to

Gettysburg. The Town and its Inhabitants. The Hero of Gettysburg..Page 17

Cemetery Hill. - Pivot of the Battle and of the War. - Culp's Hill. Rock Creek.
- Cemetery at Sunset. -John Burns.- The Peach Orchard. - Devil's Den and

Little Round Top.

Round Top. Meade's Head-Quarters. · -Woman's Hero-

ism and Humanity.-A Soldier and his Benefactor. - Harvest of Bullets....20

CHAPTER III. - A REMINISCENCE OF CHAMBERSBURG.

Quiet Country-Ruins of Chambersburg. - Burning of the Town. - Flight of the
Inhabitants.- Escape of the Raiders. Death of Three Rebels.

Homeless Inhab-

itants.-State Appropriation for their Relief.- No Loss without Gain.......

CHAPTER IV. - SOUTH MOUNTAIN.

Hagerstown.-Valley of the Antietam. -Boonsboro'.- The Rebels in Maryland.
View of the Mountain. - The Ascent.- Scene of General Reno's Death.. Reb-
els buried in a Well.- A Mountaineer's Story. View of Catoctin Valley. - Strong
Rebel Position. Patriot Graves. - Antietam Valley at Sunset.

CHAPTER V.- THE FIELD OF ANTIETAM.

Rebel Line of Retreat. Keedysville. · Brick Church Hospital.

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Porter and his

Reserves. Banks of the Antietam. Scenes at the Straw-Stacks. Unfortunate

Farmers.Hospital Cemetery. - The Corn Field. The Old Ploughman. - A

Lesson for Vanity.A Soldier's Name. The Dunker Church. Sharpsburg.

-Shelter from the Rain. Southern Pronunciation. - Burnside's Bridge. - An-

cient and Modern Heroes.- Antietam National Cemetery. The Battle......

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CHAPTER VI.-DOWN THE RIVER TO HARPER'S FERRY.

Search for a Vehicle.-"Mr. Bennerhalls." - Mr. Benner without the "halls."-

Leaving Sharpsburg. Mountain Scenery, Capt. Speaker's Narrative. -

render of Harper's Ferry.- Escape of Twenty-two Hundred Cavalry. - Capture

of Rebel Wagon Train. Morning in Greencastle. Arrival at the Ferry.....57

CHAPTER VII.-AROUND HARPER'S FERRY.

River and Mountain Scenery.

John Brown's Engine-House.

Reminiscence of John Brown. -Political Inconsistency. - Negro from Shenan-
doah Valley. Folly of Secession.

Railroad Passengers. — A Desolated Country. — Farmers and Land. — A Dilapidated

Town. Meeting an Acquaintance. Boarding-House Fare. People and the

Government Policy. Charlestown Jail and Court-House. -John Brown's Trial.

"His Soul Marching On." — A One-armed Confederate.-John Brown's Gallows.

-Scene from the Scaffold. - The Church and its Uses

CHAPTER IX.

A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

A Crowd of Pardon-Seekers. - President's Reception...........75

CHAPTER X.- BULL RUN.

From Alexandria to Manassas. Manassas Junction.

-"Overpowered," but not

Whipped.- Ambulance Wagon. The Driver and the Roads. - Scene of the

First Bull Run. -Soldiers' Monument. - Luncheon in the Woods.- Scene of the

Second Bull Run. - The Monument. Groverton. The two Battles and their

Lessons. The Stone House. Miscegenated Cider. — Virginia Negroes.......81

CHAPTER XI. VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON.

Down the Potomac. - Landing at Mt. Vernon. A Throng of Pilgrims.- Tomb of

Washington. Character of Washington. Mansion and Out-houses. Girl at

the Wash-tub. Washington's Well. Shade-Trees. Within the Mansion..

Relics. The Portico. Washington's Love of Home. -Thunder-storm.......91

CHAPTER XII.-"STATE PRIDE."

Acquia Creek. Railroad and Stage-Coaches. View of Fredericksburg. - Crossing

the Rappannock. - Ruins of the Town. -"A Son of Virginia."-"State Pride

and "Self-Conceit.". - Virginia and South Carolina. Back in the Union.

Down at the Hotel. - Another Name for State Pride...

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CHAPTER XIII. — THE FIELD OF FREDERICKSBURG.

The Situation.The Stone Wall of History. - A Rebel Eye-witness. - Stripping

the Dead.Strange Breastworks. Fidelity of a Dog. Gen. Lee's "Human-

ity."

- Private Cemetery. The Marye House. Negro who did n't see the

Fight. Southern Consistency.. Dissolution of the Rebel Army. The Buried

Dead. House of Washington's Mother. - Mary Washington's Monument.

Lacy House. Scene from the Windows.Storming of Fredericksburg......106

CHAPTER XIV.-TO CHANCELLORSVILLE.

'Lijah and his Buggy.-A Three-Dollar Horse. - Trade in Soldiers' Clothing. -

Small Farmers. Right Ignorant but Right Sharp. - Sedgwick's Retreat.- Farms

and Crops. Views of Emancipation. Poor Whites and Niggers. - The Man

that killed Harrow. - Along the Plank-Road. - Tales of the Old Times. - Chancel-

lorsville Farm. What was under the Weeds. - Bones for the Bone-Factory.

Chancellorsville Burying-Ground. - Death of Stonewall Jackson.....

Days of Anxiety. - Inflexible Spirit of the People. Locust Grove.

ness Church. Relics of the Battle. Skeletons above Ground.

Cemetery. A Summer Shower. - The Wounded in the Fire. — The Rainbow..123

CHAPTER XVI. — SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE.

Elijah "Cut."- Richard "H." Hicks. Poor Whites and the War. - Dead Men's

Clothes. A "Heavy Coon Dog."-Traces of the Battle.- View of the Court-

House. - Grant's Breast works.

County Clerk. Whites and Blacks in the

Ignorance of the Lower Classes. The Negro "Fated".

The Tavern-Keeper's Relics. —A Union Officer's Opinions. - The Landlord's Corn-

field. Rebel and Yankee Troops. Scene of the Decisive Conflict. - Graves of

Spottsylvania.- Women " Chincapinnin."- Leaves from a Soldier's Testament..137

CHAPTER XVIII.—“ON TO RICHMOND."

A Bubble Vanished.-Desolate Scenery. — Virginia and Massachusetts. — Ashton.—

Suburbs. Northern Men in Richmond. - Appearance of the City.

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CHAPTER XIX. THE BURNT DISTRICT.

Rains of Richmond. Why the Rebels burnt the City.-Panic of the Inhabitants.-

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Origin of the Fire.- Conflicting Opinions.- Fire of December, 1811.- Rebuild-

ing. Negroes at Work. — Colored Laborer. — Hasty Reconstruction.........147

CHAPTER XX.-LIBBY, CASTLE THUNDER, and BELLE ISLE.

Libby Prison.- Castle Thunder. James River. Manchester Bridge. - Negroes

with Bundles.-Old Negro's Story. - Belle Island. Talk with a Boatman.

Hatred of the Confederacy. — Skiff to Brown's Island. — Father and Daughter..153

CHAPTER XXI.-FEEDING THE DESTITUTE.

Destitute Ration Tickets. -White and Black Mendicants. Spirit of Rapacity.

Certificates. Spurious Cases. -American Union Commission...

CHAPTER XXII.—THE UNION MEN OF RICHMOND.

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One of the Twenty-one. - His Account of Confederate Times. - Rebel Fast Days.-

Insurrection of Women. Mr. L's Story.-Colonel Dahlgren's Body.-Night

Work for Union Men. - Story of Mr. W- - In Salisbury Prison.- Union

Women. Minor Prisons. "One Honest Yankee."- Books for the Prisoners.—

White and his Mule Cart.-Scene in a Prison Yard. - The Premises by Moon-

light. Not a "Love Affair."- Escape of Two Prisoners. A Halter Case. -

Running the Lines to Butler.- Partiality to Traitors. - Union League.......166

CHAPTER XXIII.—MARKETS AND FARMING.

Market Carts.- Scene at the Stalls. Vegetable

Gardens. Experience of a Jersey Farmer.- Farms for Sale...

CHAPTER XXIV.-IN And around RICHMOND.

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St. John's Church and Patrick Henry.-St. Paul's and Jeff. Davis. - State and

Confederate Capitol. - Negro Auction-Rooms.- Hollywood and Oakwood Ceme-

General Lee's Head-Quarters Wagon.. Rebel Conscript Camp.

A Conservative Union Man. -A Confederate Soldier's Opinions. - Female Seces-

sionists.Confederate Soldiers and the Ladies." Bomb-proof" Situations.

Governor Pierpoint. — Advantages to Northern Business Men. - State Debt and

Finances.- Virginia Enterprise. Coal Mines on the James. - Speech of a Played-

Out Politician. - A Rival Candidate.- Political Views. - New Men.......

CHAPTER XXVI. - FORTIFICATIONS. - DUTCH GAP.-FAIR OAKS.

Ride with Major K- Forts and Earthworks.- Winter Quarters of the Army

of the James. Affair at Laurel Hill. At New-Market Heights. - Gallop across

the Country. Butler's Canal. Origin of the Name "Dutch Gap."-

House. Out on the Nine-Mile Road. - Fair Oaks Station. - Seven Pines.

Charge of Sickles's Brigade. Savage's Station. - Two Sundays.....

From Richmond to the "Cockade City."-Evening with Judge

Two Brothers. Shelling of Petersburg. - Black Population. - Ride with Colonel

E--The "Crater.". Forts Hell and Damnation. Forts Morton and Sted-

man.-"Petersburg Express."- A Beautiful but Silent City. - Signal Tower..205

CHAPTER XXVIII. — JAMES RIVER AND FORTRESS MONROE.

City Point.-Landmarks of Famous Events.-Hotel under the Fortress. Jeff.

Davis's Private Residence. - Circuit of the Ramparts.- Pardoned Rebel..215

CHAPTER XXIX.-ABOUT HAMPTON.

Burning of Hampton.-Freedmen's Settlements. Visits to the Freedmen......219

CHAPTER XXX. — A GENERAL VIEW OF VIRGINIA.

Fertility.-Natural Advantages. - Old Fields. - Hills and Valleys. - Products. -

Value of Land. - Manufactures. Oysters. - Common Schools. Freedmen's

Schools.Negro Population. -Old Prejudice. Wages. - Negroes in Tobacco

Factories. Freedmen's Bureau. Secession. Railroads. Finances. Pros-

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pects....

CHAPTER XXXI.-THE "SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA."

East Tennessee. Home of President Johnson. Knoxville. -An Old Nigger-
Dealer. Table-Talk. - East Tennesseeans and Niggers. Neighborhood Feuds.
- Persecution and Retaliation.-Story of a Loyal Refugee..

CHAPTER XXXII.-EAST TENNESSEE FARMERS.

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Description of the People. "Domestic."-School-Fund and Schools. Sects.
Farming.-Horses and Mules. Grazing. Want of a Market. Products.

Mines.

CHAPTER XXXIII.—IN AND ABOUT CHATTANOOGA.

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View from Cameron Hill. - Mixed Population. -Post School. - Freedmen's Schools.

- Freedmen. Contraband Village. - Parade of a Colored Regiment......

CHAPTER XXXIV.-LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.

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