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A New Regiment goes to the War.

Army Life at Washington.

Meridian Hill--Neighboring scenery--First Sunday in camp--Drills--Sickness--The Hospital--General Casey--"Why don't the army move?"--Washington blockaded--Burnside's heroes--Orders to move--Something of a train--Smith's division--Our first reconnoissance.

The Manassas Campaign.

Orders to march--A grand spectacle--Bivouac near Fairfax Court House--The camps at night--Visits to Manassas and Centreville-- Dissatisfaction in the army--A deserted country--Lawless soldiers--Fairfax Court House--A representative Southerner--Review by Gen. McClellan--March to Alexandria--"Camp Misery."

The Army Transferred to the Peninsula.

The advance to Yorktown--A thunder storm--"Reliable contrabands"--Facing the enemy--A strong position--The Union line--A rebel welcome--Digging-- On picket--A dreary country--An enterprising planter--Active work--Battle of Lee's Mills--Charge of the Vermont brigade--Progress of the siege--Ravages of disease--A front seat--Short supplies--The rebels withdraw--Entering the strongholds--Infernal machines--March to Williamsburgh--Victims of disease.

Yorktown.

The advance to Yorktown--A thunder storm--"Reliable contrabands"--Facing the enemy--A strong position--The Union line--A rebel welcome--Digging-- On picket--A dreary country--An enterprising planter--Active work--Battle of Lee's Mills--Charge of the Vermont brigade--Progress of the siege--Ravages of disease--A front seat--Short supplies--The rebels withdraw--Entering the strongholds--Infernal machines--March to Williamsburgh--Victims of disease.

Williamsburgh.

Battle of Williamsburgh--The army not organized--The medical department--Hooker's gallant fight--Hancock's charge--McClellan at Yorktown--Night on the battle-field.

The March up the Peninsula and the Organization of the Sixth Corps.

March up the Peninsula--Joy of the contrabands--Cumberland Landing--The Sixth Corps organized--At White House--On the Chickahominy--Fight at Mechanicsville--Battle of Hanover Court House.

On the Chickahominy.

Gaines' Farm--The line of battle--Battle of Seven Pines--Sedgwick and Kearney to the rescue--Hooker's charge--A lost opportunity--Golden's Farm--Ditching--Malaria--Chickahominy fevers--A German regiment-- Stuart's raid.

The Seven Days' Battles.

The army united--Plans and counter plans--Battle of Fair Oaks--Lee's plan--The situation--Stonewall Jackson on the flank--Battle of Mechanicsville--Joy in camp--Porter's corps retreats--An astonished army--Battle of Gaines' Farm--Slocum's division at Games' Farm--Retreat to the river--Battle of Golden's Farm--A young hero--A Union victory--Our right exposed--The sick abandoned--A night of sorrow--The grand retreat commenced--Sad scenes at Savage's Station--A meteor railroad train.

The Grand Retreat.

Lee's army in pursuit--Sumner and Smith at Bay--Battle of Savage's Station--The Vermont Brigade--Sick and wounded abandoned--Retreat to White Oak Swamp--Battle of White Oak Swamp--An astonished division--A night march--A mystery--In sight of the James--Battle of Malvern Hill--Departure of the princes--Gloom and anxiety--Lee's attack--The rebels demoralized.

Harrison's Landing.

March to Harrison's Bar--A scene of confusion--A beautiful landscape--Fourth of July in camp--Gloom at the north--Cause of the disasters--Prevalence of disease--Review by the President--A night demonstration by the enemy--Reconnoissance to Malvern Hill--Departure of General Davidson--A retrospect.

Retreat from the Peninsula, and General Pope's Bull Run Campaign.

Premonitions of a change of base--The transfer commenced--Marching down the Peninsula--On board transports--A contrast--Arrival at Alexandria--Unaccountable delays--General Pope's campaign--An obstinate general--Causes of Pope's failure.

The Maryland Campaign.

General McClellan restored to command--March through Washington--Leisurely campaigning--Battle of Crampton Pass--Death of Mathison--Battle of South Mountain Pass--Death of Reno--Surrender of Harper's Ferry--March to Antietam.

The Battle of Antietam.

The Valley of the Antietam--Gathering of the hosts--The battle-field--The battle commenced--Splendid fighting of Hooker's forces--Successes and reverses of Sumner's troops--Timely arrival of the Sixth corps--A gallant charge--Losses of the corps--Burnside's attack--Hours of suspense--The enemy defeated at all points--Retreat of the rebels--Scenes on the battle-field--At the hospitals--At Sharpsburgh--A division of militia--Couch's division joins the Sixth corps--Visit of the President--Recruits--Energy at the north--At rest--Want of clothing--Stuart's raid--Delays--Clear Spring--General Brooks.

The Second Advance into Virginia, and the Battle of Fredericksburgh.

Marching in Maryland--Arrival at New Baltimore--General McClellan superseded by General Burnside--Thanksgiving in camp--The grand divisions organized--The march resumed--Fatal delays--In order of battle--The crossing--Fredericksburgh bombarded--Situation of Fredericksburgh--Scenes of activity--The Bernard house--Scenes at the hospital--The battle on the right--Charges of the Pennsylvania reserves--The river recrossed--Reflections.

The Winter at Falmouth.

Camp at White Oak Church--"The mud march"--Return to camp--General Neill--General Hooker supersedes General Burnside--Burnside's magnanimity--General Hooker as a soldier--Reconstruction--The cavalry organized--Business departments renovated--The medical department-- Ambulance system--Quartermasters' and commissary departments--Life in camp--Snowball battles--In the Seventy-seventh--The Light division--Review by General Hooker--General John Sedgwick--Scene at head-quarters--Review of the army by the President--Preparing for the campaign.

The Chancellorsville Campaign.

Orders to move--The river crossed--Sedgwick's command--The First corps withdrawn--Gallant conduct of the Light division--Advancing to the heights--The line of battle--The columns of attack--Attack of Howe's columns--Of Newton's column--Of Burnham's--Misfortune following victory--Fight of Bartlett's brigade--The First division at work--A critical position--The Sixth corps surrounded--Savage fight of Neill's brigade--The corps withdraws to Banks' Ford--Recrosses the river--Hooker's operations on the right--Position of the corps--Rout of the Eleventh corps--The rebels repulsed--Jackson renews the attack--The rebels again repulsed--Hooker recrosses the river.

Second Encampment at White Oak Church and the Pennsylvania Campaign.

The army in its old position--A trip to Dixie--The wounded at the hospitals--Introduction of army badges--Adornments of the camps--The "Third crossing"--The Barnard mansion--Exchanging papers--A broken lieutenant--The Pennsylvania campaign commenced--Restriction of baggage--A severe march--An army bathing--At Centreville--Bristow Station--March to Maryland--General Hooker succeeded by General Meade--Position of the army.

The Gettysburgh Campaign.

The rebels in Pennsylvania--Panic at Harrisburgh--Alarm at Baltimore and Washington--Sixth corps leaves Bristow Station--A surprise--General Meade takes command--Position of the army--Marching through Pennsylvania--An unprecedented march--Exciting news--Battle of Gettysburgh--Death of Reynolds--First and Eleventh corps fall back --Second day's battle--The battle-field--Fighting at Round Top--On the right--The grand onset--The battle decided--Rebel and Union wounded.

Pursuit of Lee's Army.

Scenes of the field of Gettysburgh--The rebel hospitals--The sightless rebel soldier boy--The Sixth corps at Fairfield--"Hurrah for the Union"--Kilpatrick's handiwork--At Waynesboro'--On picket--A division of militia--The Vermonters at Funkstown--The army at Funkstown--Meade's failure to attack--New York riots--Return to Virginia.

Camps at Warrenton, the Centreville Campaign and the Battle of Rappahannock Station.

Camp at Hart's Mills--A ride to the Sulphur Springs--Contrabands going north--The Vermonters go to New York--Jersey Brigade at Warrenton--The Sixth corps at Cedar Mountain--Retreat to Centreville--Battle of Bristoe Station--Advance to Warrenton--Battle of Rappahannock Station--Flight of Lee's army.

The Army at Brandy Station.

Encampment at Brandy Station--The Mine Run campaign--Crossing the Rapidan--Battle of Locust Grove--The army on Mine Run--The order of battle--The army withdraws--Back at Brandy Station--Reconnoissance to Madison Court House--Ladies in camp--Chapel tents.

The Wilderness Campaign.

Preparing to leave camp--General Grant in command--The last advance across the Rapidan--The battle-ground--Battle of the Wilderness--Noble fight of Getty's division--Hancock's fight on the left--Rickett's division driven back--The ground retaken--The wounded--Duties of the surgeons--The noble dead.

Spottsylvania.

Moving by the flank--The wounded abandoned--The Fifth Corps at Spottsylvania--Arrival of the Sixth Corps--Getting into line--Death of Sedgwick--General Wright in command--Battle of the 10th of May--Upton's splendid charge--Battle at "the angle"--Another flank movement.

The Hospitals at Fredericksburgh.

The journey from the battle-field--Sufferings of the wounded--A surgeon's letters--Rebel hatred--Assistance from the north--A father in search of his boy--The wounded sent to Washington.

Coal Harbor.

At Hanover Court House--The Eighteenth corps joins the Army of the Potomac--The armies meet at Coal Harbor--Battle of June 1st--Battle of June 3d--Terrible exposure--The army strikes for Petersburgh--Charles City Court House--A centenarian--Review of the overland campaign.

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