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Personal reminiscences of the war of 1861-5; in camp--en bivouac--on the march--on picket--on the skirmish line--on the battlefield--and in prison / by W.H. Morgan.

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  • Physical Description: 286 pages. : illustrations. ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Lynchburg, Va. : J.P. Bell, 1911.

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Personal ; Organization ; Roll of company -- Enter the service ; Trouble about arms -- On to Manassas ; The 11th Regiment ; The 1st Brigade -- Battle of Blackburns Ford ; The battle begins ; The enemy driven back ; Incidents of the battle -- Battle of First Manassas ; General Johnston to the rescue ; Gen. Kirby Smith turns the tide of battle ; The Rebel yell ; Under shelling ; The news of victory ; The enemy not pursued ; Gathering the spoils -- To Centreville and Fairfax C.H. ; Picket close to enemy ; Exciting times on picket ; Back to Centreville ; The fight at Drainesville -- Fall back from Centreville ; The Peninsular campaign ; Yorktown lines evacuated ; The battle of Williamsbury ; "Give it to them" ; Into a hot fire ; Colonel Garland wounded ; Incidents of the battle ; Garland and Kemper promoted -- Back to Richmond ; Battle of Seven Pines ; The brigade in reserve ; Into the fight at double-quick ; Incidents of the battle ; On the picket lines -- Seven days fights around Richmond ; Battle of Gaines' Mill -- Second Manassas and Maryland campaign ; Sharpsburg ; Back to Virgina ; From Winchester to Culpeper ; To Fredericksburg -- The battle of Fredericksburg ; Kemper's brigade in reserve ; Spectacular scene ; Behind Marye's Hill ; Sharpshooting ; At home; sad loss -- To Richmond, Chester Station and Petersburg ; To North Carolina ; Back to Virgina at Suffolk ; To Taylorsville ; On to join General Lee -- Pennsylvania campaign ; Gettysburg ; Back to Virginia ; General Lee and the army of Northern Virginia -- to Taylorsville ; At Chafin's farm ; To North Carolina again ; Marching through swamps and sand ; The capture of Plymouth ; Companies C and G have serious experience ; Incidents of the battle ; The gunboat Albemarle ; Col. James Dearing wins promotion ; On to Washington, N.C. ; Newberne again invested -- Back to Petersburg, Va. ; Beast Butler ; The battle of Drewry's Bluff ; General Gracie's courage ; Into a heavy fire at close range ; Col. Richard F. Maury ; Yankee brigade captured ; General Whiting's failure ; The Yankee flags -- To Milford and to capture ; Prisoner of war ; On to Washington ; To Fort Delaware -- Short rations ; Song ; Prison rules -- Off for Charlestown ; Alleged retaliation ; On shipboard ; Run aground -- Short of water ; In stockade ; Under fire ; Prison rules -- Back to Fort Delaware ; Disappointment and great suffering ; Deaths on ship and burials at sea -- Yankee infamy ; Conduct of the war ; Sherman's march through Georgia ; The dismemberment of Virginia -- Lee's surrender ; Lincoln's assassination ; Out of prison and at home -- Reconstruction and since.
Subject: Morgan, W. H. (William Henry), 1836-
Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Infantry Regiment, 11th.
Old State Library Collection.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Genre: Personal narratives.
Autobiographies.

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