The Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

The Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

By Jacob D. Cox
Michael Caine
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Length40h 34m

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Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" in 2 volumes is a personal account written by the Union Army general Jacob D. Cox. The author's aim in this book was to reproduce his own experience in the American Civil War in such a way as to help the reader understand just how the duties and the problems of that great conflict presented themselves successively to a man who had an active part in it from the beginning to the end. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. Volume 1: The Outbreak of the War Camp Dennison Mcclellan in West Virginia The Kanawha Valley Gauley Bridge Carnifex Ferry – To Sewell Mountain and Back Cotton Mountain Winter- Quarters Volunteers and Regulars The Mountain Department – Spring Campaign Pope in Command – Transfer to Washington Retreat within the Lines – Reorganization – Halleck and His Subordinates South Mountain Antietam: Preliminary Movements Antietam: the Fight on the Right Antietam: the Fight on the Left Mcclellan and Politics – His Removal and Its Cause Personal Relations of Mcclellan, Burnside, and Porter Return to West Virginia… Volume 2: Grant in Command – Rosecrans Relieved Siege of Knoxville – End of Burnside's Campaign Affairs in District of Ohio – Plot to Liberate Prisoners at Johnson's Island A Winter Ride on the Cumberland Mountains Winter Bivouacs in East Tennessee Grant's Visit – The Dandridge Affair Winter Quarters in East Tennessee – Preparations for a New Campaign Schofield in East Tennessee – Duties as Chief of Staff – Final Operations in the Valley Grant, Halleck, and Sherman – Johnston and Mr. Davis Atlanta Campaign: Dalton and Resaca Atlanta Campaign: Advance to the Etowah Atlanta Campaign: New Hope Church and the Kennesaw Lines Atlanta Campaign: Marietta Lines – Crossing the Chattahoochee Hood's Defence of Atlanta – Results of Its Capture The Rest at Atlanta – Staff Organization and Changes…

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GenreHistory
Length40 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMar 7, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1The Military Reminiscences of the Civil War
28APPENDIX A
2CHAPTER I THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR
29APPENDIX B
3CHAPTER II CAMP DENNISON
30CHAPTER XXVII GRANT IN COMMAND--ROSECRANS RELIEVED
4CHAPTER III MCCLELLAN IN WEST VIRGINIA.
31CHAPTER XXVIII SIEGE OF KNOXVILLE--END OF BURNSIDE'S CAMPAIGN
5CHAPTER IV THE KANAWHA VALLEY
32CHAPTER XXIX AFFAIRS IN DISTRICT OF OHIO--PLOT TO LIBERATE PRISONERS AT JOHNSON'S ISLAND.
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6CHAPTER V GAULEY BRIDGE
33CHAPTER XXX A WINTER RIDE ON THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAINS
7CHAPTER VI CARNIFEX FERRY--TO SEWELL MOUNTAIN AND BACK
34CHAPTER XXXI WINTER BIVOUACS IN EAST TENNESSEE
8CHAPTER VII COTTON MOUNTAIN
35CHAPTER XXXII GRANT'S VISIT--THE DANDRIDGE AFFAIR
9CHAPTER VIII WINTER-QUARTERS
36CHAPTER XXXIII WINTER QUARTERS IN EAST TENNESSEE--PREPARATIONS FOR A NEW CAMPAIGN
10CHAPTER IX VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS
37CHAPTER XXXIV SCHOFIELD IN EAST TENNESSEE--DUTIES AS CHIEF OF STAFF--FINAL OPERATIONS IN THE VALLEY
11CHAPTER X THE MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT--SPRING CAMPAIGN
38CHAPTER XXXV GRANT, HALLECK AND SHERMAN--JOHNSTON AND MR. DAVIS
12CHAPTER XI POPE IN COMMAND--TRANSFER TO WASHINGTON
39CHAPTER XXXVI ATLANTA CAMPAIGN: DALTON AND RESACA
13CHAPTER XII RETREAT WITHIN THE LINES--REORGANIZATION--HALLECK AND HIS SUBORDINATES
40CHAPTER XXXVII ATLANTA CAMPAIGN: ADVANCE TO THE ETOWAH
14CHAPTER XIII SOUTH MOUNTAIN
41CHAPTER XXXVIII ATLANTA CAMPAIGN: NEW HOPE CHURCH AND THE KENNESAW LINES
15CHAPTER XIV ANTIETAM: PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS
42CHAPTER XXXIX ATLANTA CAMPAIGN: MARIETTA LINES--CROSSING THE CHATTAHOOCHEE
16CHAPTER XV ANTIETAM: THE FIGHT ON THE RIGHT
43CHAPTER XL HOOD'S DEFENCE OF ATLANTA--RESULTS OF ITS CAPTURE
17CHAPTER XVI ANTIETAM: THE FIGHT ON THE LEFT
44CHAPTER XLI THE REST AT ATLANTA-STAFF ORGANIZATION AND CHANGES
18CHAPTER XVII MCCLELLAN AND POLITICS--HIS REMOVAL AND ITS CAUSE
45CHAPTER XLII CAMPAIGN OF OCTOBER--HOOD MOVES UPON OUR COMMUNICATIONS
19CHAPTER XVIII PERSONAL RELATIONS OF McCLELLAN, BURNSIDE, AND PORTER
46CHAPTER XLIII NASHVILLE CAMPAIGN--HOOD'S ADVANCE FROM THE TENNESSEE
20CHAPTER XIX RETURN TO WEST VIRGINIA
47CHAPTER XLIV NASHVILLE--HOOD'S ARMY ROUTED
21CHAPTER XX WINTER QUARTERS, 1862–63--PROMOTIONS AND POLITICS
48CHAPTER XLV PURSUIT OF HOOD--END OF THE CAMPAIGN
22CHAPTER XXI FAREWELL TO WEST VIRGINIA--BURNSIDE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE OHIO
49CHAPTER XLVI CAMPAIGN IN NORTH CAROLINA--CAPTURE OF WILMINGTON
23CHAPTER XXII THE VALLANDIGHAM CASE--THE HOLMES COUNTY WAR
50CHAPTER XLVII THE CONFEDERACY IN STRAITS--JOHNSTON COMMANDS IN THE CAROLINAS--OUR OPERATIONS FROM NEW BERNE--BATTLE OF KINSTON
24CHAPTER XXIII BURNSIDE AND ROSECRANS--THE SUMMER'S DELAYS
51CHAPTER XLVIII JUNCTION WITH SHERMAN AT GOLDSBOROUGH--THE MARCH ON RALEIGH--CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES
25CHAPTER XXIV THE MORGAN RAID
52CHAPTER XLIX THE SHERMAN-JOHNSTON CONVENTION
26CHAPTER XXV THE LIBERATION OF EAST TENNESSEE
53CHAPTER L THE SECOND SHERMAN--JOHNSTON CONVENTION--SURRENDER
27CHAPTER XXVI BURNSIDE IN EAST TENNESSEE
54CHAPTER LI PAROLING AND DISBANDING JOHNSTON'S ARMY--CLOSING SCENES OF THE WAR IN NORTH CAROLINA

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