The pictorial book of anecdotes of the rebellion

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LIEUTEXANT-OENERAL GRANT AND HIS BRAVE SOLDIERS.

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Preface

question in ethics, readily to be answered in the affirmative, whether the recital oi those ghastly scenes of blood and death, which necessarily constitute the substance of every war and of all war literature, and which are read of with such avidity, can be considered any more congenial to a correct taste and moral sensibility, than the merely verbal attestations, however imprecatory, by which they were accompanied.

As showing the extent and variety of matter contained in this volume, the simple statement will suffice, that the accompanying list of Battles, Engagements, Collisions, etc., etc., consulted in the preparation of these anecdotes, numbers several thousand ; — of Generals and Naval Commanders, and of Public Vessels, many hundred ; — each list reflecting a multitude of pleasing, spicy, unique, and startling events. Besides these, there is presented a classified outline of the topical contents or special subjects pertaining to each of the Eight Parts, and a most copious Index to the leading anecdotes is placed at the close.

Of the mechanical appearance of this book, the names, enterprise and liberality, of the eminent Publishers, will at once be accepted as vouchers that nothing in the typographical and illustrative art has been omitted by them, to gratify the eye, and to render the publication one in every way deserving universal patronage.

The numerous Illustrative Engravings, executed in the highest style of beauty and without regard to cost, by the most skillful artists in the country, wliicli are here presented, constitute a feature of embellishment in no other instance attempted in books of this kind. They are of themselves alone worth the full price of the volume.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES, PORTRAITS, AND DESCRIPTIVE EMBELLISHMENTS.

Designed and Engraved Expressly for this Work, by N. Orr & Co., New York.

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1. LIEUT.-GEN. GRANT AND HIS BRAVE SOLDIERS, . . Frontispiece.

2. EMBLEMATIC TITLE-PAGE,— Battle and Corps' Flags.-Printed in Colors, 3

3. Dedicatory Vignette, ........ 10

4. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART I.— The American Flag Triumphant ! . 21 6. Illuminated Initial Letter, . . . . . . . .23

6. Portrait of John C. Calhocn, ....... 24

7. Afraid OF the Girl's Eye, ........ 26

8. According to their Sympathies, ....... 27

9. Vindication of the Flag Abroad, . . . . . . .30

10. Portrait of Edwin M. Stanton, ....... 34

11. Portrait of Joseph Holt, ........ 35

12. Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, ....... 38

13. Homage to the Flag by an Eagle, . . . . . . .39

14. Front-Door Confabulations, ....... 43

15. Portrait of Fernando Wood, . . . . . , .47

16. Portrait of C. L. Vallandigham, ....... 48

17. Carolina Unionist, ......... 63

18. Portrait of Stephen A. Douglas, ...... 57

19. Portrait of William H Seward, . . . . . . .58

20. And the Brother shall Deliver up the Brother to Death, ... 59

21. Hard Shell Brethren, ........ 65

22. Portrait of Gen. Robert Anderson, ...... 68

23. Portrait of Lieut.-Gen. Winfield Scott, . . . . . .72

24. Minute Men of Massachusetts, ....... 72

25. Portrait of Col. R. Barnwell Rhett, . . . . . .74

26. Portrait of John Tyler, ........ 76

27. Portrait of Preston S. Brooks, . . . . . . .78

28. The Boy Father to the Man, ....... 80

29. Presidential Fator for Everybody, . . . . . . .86

30. Portrait of Howell Cobb, ........ 89

32. Portrait of Mrs. Lincoln, ...... 93

33. Romantic Adventure, ......... 98

34. Portrait of Edmund Ruffin, ....... 102

35. Refusing to Volunteer, . . . . . . . .106

36. Portrait of Andrew Jackson, ....... 110

38. Witnessing and Dying for the Truth, ...... 120

39. Portrait of Edward Everett, . . . . . . .121

40. Portrait of J. C. Breckinridge, ....... 125

41. Stating the Exact Alternative, ....... 126

42. Portrait of Mrs. Stephen A. Douglas, . . . . . .127

43. Portrait of Charles J. Faulkner, . , . . . . .130

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4A. Interceding for her Father, ....

46. Portrait of R. M. T. Hunter, ....

47. Portrait of Gen. Philip Sheridan, ....

48. Length of the War, .....

49. Accommodating Himself to Circumstances,

50. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART II.— Ho ! for the Wah

52. How does he grow 'em? 5.3. Love and Patriotism, .

54. Ira's Wife and his Breeches,

55. Fate of a Coward,

56. Fannnie and Nellie, 51. Career of Frank Henderson, .

58. Portrait of Lieot.-Gen. Ulysses S. Grant

59. Hopeful Tackett,

60. Portrait of John Letcher,

61. Effect of Crinoline,

62. Portrait of " Stonewall " Jackson,

63. Portrait of Col. Billy Wilson,

64. Quite the Youngest Recruit, 65- Drafting Scene,

66. Equal to the Emergency,

67. Fightin' ober a Bone,

68. Bounty Jumper Captured by a Dog,

69. Tender in Years, but Patriotic,

70. Snaked Away and Drummed In,

71. Tenderness of the President,

72. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART III.— Bombardment of Fort Sumter,

74. Rallying around the Flag,

75. Portrait of Gen. Geo. H. Thomas,

76. Young America,

77. Is the Colonel at Home?

78. War and Navy Buildings,

79. Old Capitol Prison, Washington,

80. California Joe,

81. Portrait of Gen. Felix K. Zollicoffer,

82. Portrait of Gen. John C. Fremont,

83. Going in Quest of Satisfaction,

84. Portrait of Gen. Humphrey Marshall,

85. General Meade's Head-quarters,

86. Well Done for a Youth, .

87. Portrait of Gen. Judson Kilpatrick,

88. Good Samaritan,

89. Portrait of Gen. Wm. W Averill,

90. Too Big Not to be a Soldier,

91. Portrait of Judah P. Benjamin,

92. Lieut. Davis's Task,

93. Portrait of Major Zagonyi,

94. Mrs. Brownell, the Heroine, 96. Portrait of Gen. Pope, 96. Portrait of Gen. Saxton, -

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LIST OP ILLUSTRATIONS.

91. COURTKSIES OF PiCKET LiFE,

98. Portrait of Gen. A. Sidney Johnston,

99. Won his Wager,

100. Portrait of Gen. Longstreet, .

101. Uncomfortably Warm Place,

102. Head-quarters of Lee, Gettysburg,

103. Preferred to Die in the Field,

104. Characteristic Pluck,

105. Ragged Texans,

106. Remember Fort Pillow,

107. Use for a Shell,

108. Portrait of Gen. Jeff. Thompson,

109. Fate of Two Germans,

110. Owning Up,

111. Portrait of Gen. Philip Kearny,

112. Negro Rifleman,

113. Portrait of Gen. E. D. Baker,

114. Fairfax Court House, .

115. Portrait of Col. Ellsworth,

116. Bull Run Battlefield, 111. Neutral Cornfield,

118. Portrait op Gen. J. E. Johnston,

119. Climbing the Mountains,

120. Union Bushwhackers and Rebel Cavalry,

121. Portrait of Maj.-Gen. McPherson,

122. Portrait of Gen. Barksdale, .

123. Portrait of Gen. David Hunter, ,

124. Union and Rebel Pickets,

125. Portrait of Gen. A. E. Burnside, -

126. Soldiers Captured by a Boy, , 12*7. Portrait of Albert Pike, .

128. Intrepid Conduct,

129. Bob, the Spunky Drummer Boy,

130. Portrait of Gen. H. W. Slocum,

131. Portrait of Gov. H. A. Wise,

132. Oaft. Tilden's Lucky Escape, .

133. As Good as a Captured Gun, 184. Portrait of Gen. J. C. Pembehton,

135. Portrait of Gen. L. Polk,

136. Ahead of his Troops, .

137. Surrender of Gen. Lee,

138. Portrait of Gen. G. A. Custer,

139. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART

141. Raking a Traitor, .

142. Naval Peacemaker,

143. Portrait of Lieut. Worden,

144. " Charge ! Chester, Charge ! "

145. Portrait OF Admiral Dupont,

146. Half-hour's Visit at Island No. 10,

147. Light-House at Fort Morgan,

148. Portrait of Admiral Porter, .

149. Before Vicksburg,

IV., — Naval Scenes and Exploits,

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

150. Pleasant Hoax all Round,

151. Wreck of the Monitor,

152. Portrait of Capt. J. A. Winslow,

153. Portrait of Admiral A. H. Foote,

154. Blue-Jacket on his Mule,

155. Lieut. Cushing's Great Exploit, 166. Another Cassabianca, .

157. Pictorial Humors of the War,

158. Portrait of Secretary Welles,

159. Portrait of Com. Bailey, .

160. Portrait of Capt. Semmes,

161. Buchanan's Sword Yielded,

162. River Devils for Carrying on War, .

163. The Merrimac,

164. Gunboat Fight at Fort Pillow,

165. Fleet of Gunboats in the James River,

166. Farragut lashed ^'o the Mast,

167. Gunboat Kansas,

168. Willing to part with his other Leg,

169. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART V.,— Varieties

171. "Mark Time,"

172. Portrait of Gen. Sherman,

173. Sentry's Encounter with a Regular,

174. Halting Effect of the Ardent, 176. Portrait of Secretary Chase,

176. Col. Owen's Squad Drill,

177. Portrait of Gen. McClellan,

178. Portrait of Gen. Rosecrans, .

179. Portrait of Gen. J. C. Davis,

180. Encounter between Nelson and Davis,

181. Portrait of Gen. Nelson, .

182. Portrait of Gen. McCook,

183. Col. Gazley doing Guard Duty,

184. Portrait of J. C. Ely, .

185. Caught in his own Trap,

186. Portrait of Gen. Hardee,

187. Gen. Butler's Head-quarters,

188. Whar's DAT Nigger,

189. Belligerent Work,

190. Military Etiquette,

191. Orders on the Battlefield,

192. Portrait of Gen. N. P. Banks,

193. ILLUSTRATED PLATE FOR PART VI.,— Colored

195. Swamp Angel,

196. Sanitary Commission, .

197. Wicked Joke upon a Postmaster, ,

198. Relay House

199. Army Kitchen,

200. Swearing in a Cook,

201. Milking the Cow, .

202. Sergeant Davis's Tender Beef,

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LIST OF ILLUSTKATIONS.

203. Portrait of Gen. Terry,

204. Portrait ok Gen. Halleck,

205. Portrait of Gen. Wadsworth,

206. Peddler and Gen. Nelson,

207. Pumpkin Pie for Wickford,

208. Fresh Pork for the Eighth Illinois, .

209. Affecting Appeal to a Commissary,

210. Conference of Newspaper Correspondents,

211. Portrait of Gen. Hooker,

212. Telegraph Station,

213. Lieut. 's Perfumed Breath,

214. Prompt Settlement of a Claim,

215. Field Carriages dispensed with,

216. Question in Infantry Practice,

217. Portrait of John H. Morgan, .

218. No Business wid a Gun,

219. Portrait of Gen. Beauregard,

220. Writing Home,

221. Signalling,

222. Nellie, the brave Battle Horse,

223. Indian Mound, Chattanooga,

224. Flight from the Shenandoah,

225. Aunt Charlotte, the Old Cook,

226. Bridge across Platte Creek,

227. Inflating the Pontoon,

228. Four Legged Messenger proved Disloyal,

229. Saddling to suit the Route,

230. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VII.,— Christian and

232. Portrait of Miss Brownlow,

233. Beautiful, but Dead, .

234. That is my Brother,

235. Tracts versus Pound Cake,

236. Portrait of Alex. H. Stephens,

237. Elizabeth Comstock with Dying Soldiers,

238. Dalliance and Treachery,

239. Portrait of Gov. Morgan, N. Y.,

240. Amours and Fancies of the Camp, .

241. Sweet Seventeen overhauling Secessionists,

242. Castle Thunder, ....

243. Embalming-Building before Richmond,

244. Court House and Hospital,

245. Sergeant's Prophecy Fulfilled,

246. Incident in the Battle of Fredericksburg,

247. Portrait of Pauline Cushman,

248. LiBBY Prison, ....

249. Loyalty in Virginia,

250. Portrait of Mrs. Gen. Grant,

251. Portrait of Gen. Tilghman,

252. Gen. Lander and his Bible,

253. Mistook the Guns,

254. Portrait of Gen. R. E. Lee,

255. Bodies Laid Out,

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256. Head-Quarters of Gen. Burnside, .

257. Monument at Stone River,

258. Proof against Federal Gallantrt,

259. Old Hannah, ....

260. Familiar Soldier Scenes, (Housekeeping,)

261. Burns, the Gettysburg Hero, .

262. MosE Bryan,

263. Soldiers' Grates,

264. Military Prison at Salisbury,

265. Miss Lee and the Yankee Corporal,

266. Portrait of Gkn. Lyon, 26*7. Watch kept by a Dog, .

268. Sherman's Absence of Mind,

269. Portrait of Gen. Ben. McGulloch,

270. Jerry and Gen. Thomas' Spy Glass, 27L Portrait of Gen. Meade,

272. Carting his own Head-board,

273. Wickedness of Woman,

274. Portrait of Bell Boyd,

275. Old Ladies Contersing about Gen. Bragg.

276. Gen. Butler as a Young Lawyer,

277. Railroad Depot, Atlanta, Ga.,

278. Alas, Poor Soldier!

279. Portrait of Got. Andrew, Mass.,

280. Enjoying Negro Hospitality,

281. Frankie Bragg,

282. A Young Woman Shoots a Guerrilla,

283. Major B. en route with the Widow,

284. Portrait of Got. Curtin, Pa.,

285. A Soldier Mustered Out,

286. Portrait of Gen. Howard, .

287. ILLUSTRATIVE PLATE FOR PART VIII.— Early Home

289. Portrait of Chas. Sumner,

290. Death of the Assassin,

291. Portrait of Secretary Fessenden,

292. Patience tried too far,

293. Portrait of Jeff. Datis,

294. Portrait of President Johnson,

295. Andrew Johnson's Tailor Shop,

296. Portrait of Mrs. Jeff. Datis,

297. Jeff.'s Capture by the Yanks, .

298. Familiar Talk with Mr. Lincoln,

299. Jeff, and the Blacksmith,

300. Portrait of Geo. N. Sanders,

301. Grand Finale — "To whom it mat Concerm!"

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GENEEAL CONTENTS.

Pbeface, and Plan of the Work, - - - . _ _ j

List of Plates, Portraits, and Descriptive Embellishments - ] 1

Part First. Patriotic, Political, Civil, Judicial, Administrative, Etc

Memorable Annals and Reminiscences of Men and Measures Identified with the Great Struggle ; Heroic Devotion to the Star-Spangled Banner, — Valorous Defence of and Dying Blessings upon It ; Dark and Troublous Experiences of Unionists and Conspirators ; Tests and Trials of Loyalty, North and South; Famous Legal and Judicial Inci' DENTS; Peculiar Instances of Administering and Taking the Oath- Allegiance under Stress of Circumstances; Disposal of Knotty Cases- Logic and Lessons for Secessionists; Amusing Colloquies; Flashes op Rhetoric ; Official Gravities, Jokes, Raillery, Blunders, Retorts, Burlesques, Witticisms ; &c., &c.

Part Second. Volunteering, Drafting, Commuting, Substituting, Deserting, Etc

Noble Instances of Rallying to the Ranks, and of Enlistment among the Aged and Young; Hearings, Ludicrous and Perplexing, before the Commissioners ; Raw Recruits and Eccentric Characters ; Applicants for Exemption; Ruses and Quibbles to Escape Duty — Strange Phenomena OF Nativity, Age and Infirmities ; Bewildered Surgeons ; Luckless Conscripts; Rare Brokerage and Bounty Dealings; Flush Purses; Hardships and Miseries ; Side-Shaking Gaieties, Jests, Puns ; &c., &c.

18 CONTENTS.

Part Third

GREAT CONFLICTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE ARMY, AND ILLUSTRIOUS EXAMPLES OF INDIVIDUAL HEROISM IN THE RANK AND FILE, ETC.

Brilliant Battle Scenes ; Military Charactehistics of the Leading Generals, — their Appearance, Conversations, Orders, Tactics and Bravery, when Confronting the Enemy ; Martyrs on the Gory Field ; Unparalleled Fortitude and Endurance; Coolness and Intrepidity in Danger; Bold Movements of Artillery, Cavalry, and Infantry; Splendid Charges; Desperate Hand-to-Hand Encounters; Extraordinary Sharpshooting ; Memorials of Youthful Courage ; Dealings with Bushwhackers AND Guerrillas; Celebrities and Adventures of Camp, Picket, Spy, Scout and Staff ; Peril, Terror, Panic, and Disaster ; Mirth-Provoking Sights, Scenes, Whims, Squibs, Oddities ; &c., &c.

Part Fourth. Naval And Commercial; Squadron, Fleet, Steamer, Gunboat

TRANSPORT AND PRIVATEER; THEIR CRUISES, OFFICERS,

PERFORMANCES, ETC.

Terrible Engagements ; Suffering and Death for the Flag ; Havoc and Horrors of Modern Bombardment ; Blockade Exploits ; Feats of Seamanship ; Furious Personal Combats ; Long and Exciting Chases ; Escapes, Rescues, Prizes ; Thrilling Catastrophes and Tragedies, Captures, Sinkings and Surrenders ; Awkward Landsmen, Raw Marines, Jolly Veterans, and Treacherous Pilots ; Jack Afloat and Ashore ; Freaks, Drolleries, Haps and Mishaps, among the Loyal Tarpaulins AND Blue Jackets ; &c., &c.

Part Fifth. Military Organization And Equipment, Discipline And Drill

PARADE, REVEILLE, REVIEWS, ORDNANCE, PAROLES, PASSES,

FURLOUGHS, COUNTERSIGNS, FUGITIVE HUNTS, ETC.

Mustering-in ; Splendid Specimens of Soldierly Movement ; Dexterous Handling of Arms ; Evolutions, Comical and Piquant; Queer Dilemmas ; Uncouth Subjects and Verdant Victims, White and Black ; Grotesque Performances; Novel Terms and Phraseology; Bivouac Sights; Tasks AND Pleasantries; Mistakes, Jocularities, Faceti^; &c., &c. *

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Part Sixth

COMMISSARY AND RATIONS, FINANCE AND CURRENCY, THE PRESS, THE MAILS, THE TELEGRAPH, ETC.

Uncle Sam's Supplies; Subsistence under Difficulties; 'Hard-Tack' and Mule Beef Legends ; Foraging Raids ; Disloyal Fowls and Contraband Dainties; Impromptu Confiscations in a Small Way; Dialogues WITH THE Quartermaster; Shameful Impositions; Scrip and Currency Varieties ; Unique Banking Operations ; Collection Excursions at the South, Chivalric Repudiation ; Tricks, Artifice, and Accomplishments OF Editors, Reporters and Correspondents ; Incidents of the Mail ; Telegraphic Odds and Ends, Miscellanies, Novelties, Finesse; &c., &c.

Part Seventh. Domestic, Moral, Womanly, Sanitary, Affectional, Matrimonial

ROMANTIC, ETC.

Exhibition of Personal Traits, — Benevolence, Generosity, Courtesy, Magnanimity, &c.; Illustrations of the Home Affections and Household Attachments ; Female Soldiers ; Regimental Pets ; Marriages in Camp; Noble Words and Deeds of Loyal Women; Rancor and Crlmi-

NALITIES OF FeMALE SECESSIONISTS ; HOSPITAL PaTIENTS ; MINISTRATIONS TO

THE Sick and Wounded ; Bogus Invalids ; Partings, Reunions, Bereavements, AND Burials; Touching Death-bed Scenes, — Last Words, Mementoes, Keepsakes and Souvenirs; Prison Contacts, Companions, and Horrors ; Sayings and Doings of Chaplains ; Genialities, Carricatures, Pathos, Fancies and Realities; &c., &c.

Part Eighth

FINAL SCENES AND EVENTS IN THE GREAT DRAMA ; ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN ; IGNOMINIOUS DOOM OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, ETC.

The Most Striking Occurrences relating to the Assassination Conspiracy, the Tragedy, the Actors and their Doom ; Remarkable Passages AND Conversations in Mr. Lincoln's Presidential Life, — Memorial Incidents of his Death and of a Nation's Mourning ; Capture and Custody of Jefferson Davis, — his Sayings and Doings, Personal Bearing among his Captors, and Ignominious Fate ; Interesting Reminiscences in the Career of Andrew Johnson ; &c., &c.

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List of Battles, Engagements, Collisions, Captures, Surrenders, Surprises, ETC., on Land and Sea, during the Rebellion, — consulted IN THE Preparation of these Anecdotes, _ - _ . 661

List of the Public Vessels employed in the War, and consulted in the Preparation op these Anecdotes, - . _ . 681

Names of the Generals and Chief Naval Officers, under whose Command, or in whose Departments, the Anecdotical Incidents,

ETC., here given OCCURRED, - . . . . 685

Index to the Leading Anecdotes, - - - - - 691