NATIONAL HISTORY

OF THE

WAR. FOR THE UNION,

Civil, Military and Nabal.

FOUNDED OX

OFFICIAL AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.

BY

EVERT A. DUYCKINCK,
Author of “ National Portrait Gallery of Eminent Americans," " Cyclopedia of American Literature,” Eto.

Illustrated with Highly-finished Steel Engravings.

INCLUDING

BATTLE SCENES BY SEA AND LAND, AND FULL-LENGTH PORTRAITS OF NAVAL AND

MILITARY HEROES, FROM ORIGINAL PAINTINGS,

BY ALONZO CHAPPEL AND THOMAS NAST.

IN THREE VOLUMES.-VOLUME II.

NEW YORK:

JOHNSON, FRY AND COMPANY

27 BEEKMAN STREET.

Checked
May 1913

Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1861,

BY JOHNSON, FRY & COMPANY, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York

CONTENTS OF VOLUME II.

CHAPTER.

PAGE

XXXIX.--AFFAIRS ABOUT WASHINGTON, AUGUST-OCTOBER, 1861.

1

XL.—THE CRUISE OF THE SUMTER

30

XLI.—THE UPPER POTOMAC AND BATTLE OF BALL'S BLUFF, VA., OCTOBER 21, 1861 ..

43

66

XLII.—THE RETIREMENT OF GENERAL SCOTT, NOVEMBER 1, 1861.

XLIII.—THE CAMP AT CAIRO AND BATTLE OF BELMONT, NOVEMBER 7, 1861 ....

71

XLVII.-OPINIONS OF LEADING ENGLISHMEN ON THE REBELLION .......

152

XLVIII.-GENERAL HALLECK'S DEPARTMENT OF MISSOURI, NOVEMBER-DECEMBER, 1861..

160

XLIX.--AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.

MESSAGE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS, Etc.

NOVEMBER-

DECEMBER, 1861

174

L-THE MEETING OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS, DECEMBER, 1861 .....

186

LI.-MILITARY OPERATIONS IN KENTUCKY.

BATTLE OF MILL SPRING, JANUARY

19, 1862

200

LII.—CAPTURE OF FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON, AND RE-OCCUPATION OF NASH.

209

VILLE, FEBRUARY, 1862.

LIII.-CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON, AND OCCUPATION OF NASHVILLE, FEBRUARY,

1862....

223

LIV.-GENERAL BURNSIDE'S EXPEDITION TO NORTH CAROLINA, AND BATTLE OF

ROANOKE ISLAND, FEBRUARY, 1862..

242

LV.-FEBRUARY 22, 1862. ,

255

LVI.—EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS, KY., AND CAPTURE OF ISLAND No. 10, MARCH-

CAAPTER.

PAGB

LXII.-BOMBARDMENT AND SURRENDER OF FORT PULASKI.

COMMODORE DUPONT'S

OPERATIONS ON THE FLORIDA COAST, FEBRUARY-APRIL, 1862 ..

363

LXIII.-BOMBARDMENT OF FORTS JACKSON AND ST. PHILIP, AND CAPTURE OF NEW

ORLEANS, APRIL 18–26, 1862

376

LXIV.-THE REDUCTION OF FORT MACON, N. C., APRIL 25, 1862 ....

897

LXV.—THE SIEGE OF YORKTOWN, BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG, AND CAPTURE OF

LXVII.-NAVAL ACTIONS AT FORT WRIGHT AND MEMPHIS, APRIL-JUNE, 1862 ........ 445

LXVIII.-GENERAL BANKS' COMMAND IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY, MARCH-MAY, 1862 .. 456

LXIX.-GENERAL FREMONT'S MOUNTAIN DEPARTMENT AND CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA,

MARCH-JUNE, 1862....

466

LXX.-GENERAL MCCLELLAN'S CAMPAIGN BEFORE RICHMOND. THE BATTLES OF SEVEN

PINES AND FAIR OAKS, MAY-JULY, 1862.....

478

LXXI.—THE SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND AND RETREAT FROM THE

PENINSULA, JUNE-AUGUST, 1862.....

489

806

LXXII.-ADJOURNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CONGRESS, JULY 17, 1862 ......

LXXIII.—GENERAL POPE'S CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA, JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1862 ...

629

LXXIV.-GENERAL BUTLER'S DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF.

NAVAL AND MILITARY

EVENTS ON THE MISSISSIPPI, AT VICKSBURG, BATON ROUGE AND ELSE-

APRIL-OCTOBER, 1862...

LXXVI.—REBEL INVASIONS OF KENTUCKY, JULY-OCTOBER, 1862.....

LXXVII.—DEPARTMENT OF WESTERN TENNESSEE. BATTLES AT IUKA AND CORINTH,

TIETAM IN MARYLAND, SEPTEMBER, 1862.

LXXIX.-GENERAL MOCLELLAN'S ADVANCE INTO VIRGINIA. REMOVAL FROM HIS COM.

MAND, NOVEMBER 7, 1862.

656

VOL. I.