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From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs of the Civil War in America

James Longstreet · Public domain text

228,768 words · about 16 h 1 min to read

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Author
James Longstreet (1821–1904)
Language
English
Subjects
United States › History › Civil War, 1861-1865 › Campaigns, United States › History › Civil War, 1861-1865 › Personal narratives, Confederate, Generals › Confederate States of America › Biography, Confederate States of America. Army › Biography, Longstreet, James, 1821-1904
Length
228,768 words · about 16 h 1 min
Sections
92 reader sections · Table of contents

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Contents (92)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 4 min
  3. I. THE ANTE-BELLUM LIFE OF THE AUTHOR under 1 min
  4. II. FROM NEW MEXICO TO MANASSAS under 1 min
  5. III. BATTLE OF MANASSAS, OR BULL RUN under 1 min
  6. IV. THE CONFEDERATES HOVERING AROUND WASHINGTON under 1 min
  7. V. ROUND ABOUT RICHMOND under 1 min
  8. VI. THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG under 1 min
  9. VII. SEVEN PINES, OR FAIR OAKS under 1 min
  10. VIII. SEQUELAE OF SEVEN PINES under 1 min
  11. IX. ROBERT E. LEE IN COMMAND under 1 min
  12. X. FIGHTING ALONG THE CHICKAHOMINY under 1 min
  13. XI. BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL under 1 min
  14. XII. HALLECK AND POPE IN FEDERAL COMMAND under 1 min
  15. XIII. MAKING READY FOR MANASSAS AGAIN under 1 min
  16. XIV. SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS (BULL RUN) under 1 min
  17. XV. THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN under 1 min
  18. Chapter XVI under 1 min
  19. XVII. PRELIMINARIES OF THE GREAT BATTLE under 1 min
  20. XVIII. BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, OR ANTIETAM under 1 min
  21. XIX. BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, OR ANTIETAM (CONTINUED) under 1 min
  22. XX. REVIEW OF THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN under 1 min
  23. XXI. REORGANIZATION AND REST FOR BOTH ARMIES under 1 min
  24. XXII. BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG under 1 min
  25. XXIII. BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG (CONTINUED) under 1 min
  26. XXIV. PREPARING FOR THE SPRING OF '63 under 1 min
  27. XXV. INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA under 1 min
  28. XXVI. GETTYSBURG--FIRST DAY under 1 min
  29. XXVII. GETTYSBURG--SECOND DAY about 1 min
  30. XXVIII. GETTYSBURG--THIRD DAY under 1 min
  31. XXIX. THE WAVE ROLLS BACK under 1 min
  32. XXX. LONGSTREET MOVES TO GEORGIA under 1 min
  33. XXXI. BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA under 1 min
  34. XXXII. FAILURE TO FOLLOW SUCCESS under 1 min
  35. XXXIII. THE EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN under 1 min
  36. XXXIV. BESIEGING KNOXVILLE under 1 min
  37. XXXV. CUT OFF FROM EAST AND WEST under 1 min
  38. XXXVI. STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD under 1 min
  39. XXXVII. LAST DAYS IN TENNESSEE under 1 min
  40. XXXVIII. BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS under 1 min
  41. XXXIX. AGAIN IN FRONT OF RICHMOND under 1 min
  42. XL. TALK OF PEACE under 1 min
  43. XLI. BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS under 1 min
  44. XLII. PETERSBURG under 1 min
  45. XLIII. APPOMATTOX under 1 min
  46. XLIV. POST-BELLUM PENDANT under 1 min
  47. Appendix about 1 min
  48. I. THE ANTE-BELLUM LIFE OF THE AUTHOR about 22 min
  49. II. FROM NEW MEXICO TO MANASSAS about 17 min
  50. III. BATTLE OF MANASSAS, OR BULL RUN about 23 min
  51. IV. THE CONFEDERATES HOVERING AROUND WASHINGTON about 6 min
  52. V. ROUND ABOUT RICHMOND about 10 min
  53. VI. THE BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG about 12 min
  54. VII. SEVEN PINES, OR FAIR OAKS about 28 min
  55. VIII. SEQUELAE OF SEVEN PINES about 12 min
  56. IX. ROBERT E. LEE IN COMMAND about 9 min
  57. X. FIGHTING ALONG THE CHICKAHOMINY about 27 min
  58. XI. BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL about 16 min
  59. XII. HALLECK AND POPE IN FEDERAL COMMAND about 12 min
  60. XIII. MAKING READY FOR MANASSAS AGAIN about 22 min
  61. XIV. SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS (BULL RUN) about 25 min
  62. XV. THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN about 15 min
  63. Chapter XVI about 20 min
  64. XVII. PRELIMINARIES OF THE GREAT BATTLE about 14 min
  65. XVIII. BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, OR ANTIETAM about 21 min
  66. XIX. BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG, OR ANTIETAM (CONTINUED) about 37 min
  67. XX. REVIEW OF THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN about 14 min
  68. XXI. REORGANIZATION AND REST FOR BOTH ARMIES about 9 min
  69. XXII. BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG about 12 min
  70. XXIII. BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG (CONTINUED) about 23 min
  71. XXIV. PREPARING FOR THE SPRING OF '63 about 15 min
  72. XXV. INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA about 15 min
  73. XXVI. GETTYSBURG--FIRST DAY about 21 min
  74. XXVII. GETTYSBURG--SECOND DAY about 27 min
  75. XXVIII. GETTYSBURG--THIRD DAY about 1 h 3 min
  76. XXIX. THE WAVE ROLLS BACK about 9 min
  77. XXX. LONGSTREET MOVES TO GEORGIA about 15 min
  78. XXXI. BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA about 20 min
  79. XXXII. FAILURE TO FOLLOW SUCCESS about 23 min
  80. XXXIII. THE EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN about 23 min
  81. XXXIV. BESIEGING KNOXVILLE about 16 min
  82. XXXV. CUT OFF FROM EAST AND WEST about 19 min
  83. XXXVI. STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF THE FIELD about 24 min
  84. XXXVII. LAST DAYS IN TENNESSEE about 11 min
  85. XXXVIII. BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS about 28 min
  86. XXXIX. AGAIN IN FRONT OF RICHMOND about 13 min
  87. XL. TALK OF PEACE about 10 min
  88. XLI. BATTLE OF FIVE FORKS about 16 min
  89. XLII. PETERSBURG about 21 min
  90. XLIII. APPOMATTOX about 19 min
  91. XLIV. POST-BELLUM PENDANT about 10 min
  92. Appendix about 2 h

The opening of Preface

Immediately after the surrender of the Confederate armies engaged in the war between the States, General Lee undertook to write of the campaigns of the Army of Northern Virginia while under his command, and asked such assistance as I could give in supplying reports, despatches, and letters of his, the originals of which had been lost or destroyed. Under the impression that they could not be put to better use, such as were then in hand were packed and sent him. He gave up the work, and after a few years his death made it impossible that the world should ever receive the complete story of the Confederate campaigns in Virginia from the noble mind that projected and controlled them.

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