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'^ / M J£FPERSOIT I)AVIS , ^^^W-^ixW-^^^T'^^;^tS::^%z::^«<^^^&«^c.J€ciyt&-y Day&San,LitH'rtotheQueen.. : WAR PICTUEES THE SOUTH. BY ESTYAN, B. COLONEL OF CAVALRY IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY. Mli\ Ulustratas. IN TWO VOLUMES. YOL. I. LONDON EOUTLEDGE, WAENE, AND EOUTLEDGE, FABEINGDON 8TEEET. 1863. : iiONDOir 8AVILL AND BDWABDS,PEINTEBS, CHAimO?8TBEEI. PEEFACE, I HAVE, as a refugee, for the second time set myfoot upon the rockyshores of Old England, to complete, under the shelter of her glorious banner, a narrative of the remarkable events that occurred during a period of more than eighteen months' campaigning in America, the knowledge of which I acquired from my personal experience as an officer of the Con- federate army. Now that my book is ready, I can con- fidently place it before the reader, with the as- surance that these " War Pictures" have been my dehneated not only to the best of ability, but with a conscientious regard to truth. Although circumstances led me to take — service in the Confederate army my long residence in the Southern States being, how- «2 IV PREFACE. — ever, the main inducement thereto I havenot been the less disposed to do justice to both sides engaged in this lamentable contest. Thus, while ever ready to bestow my hearty admiration on all the instances that came to my knowledge of heroism, patriotic devotion, and high principled conduct, whetherdisplayed on the part ofmy own comrades or on that of their opponents, I have, on the other hand, not hesitated to lay bare the errors and blam- able acts, by whomsoever committed, thathave been conducive to so much disaster and misery, nor have I spared the wrongdoers. Having completed my task, my thoughts naturally recurto the landwherein this unholy war is raging. To America, my second home, whose image I cling to with fond attachment, I cannot look back without sorrowfor her mis- fortunes. I there contemplate deploringly the spectacle of a people once united, now disseveredthroughmaddissensions; dissensions which involving in their fatal course the principle of the defence and maintenance of sacred rights, have issued in a suicidal conflict. My memory, in reverting to the fearful scenes PREFACE. V SO recently witnessed, painfully recals those sanguinary battlefields whereon many a gal- lant soldier breathed out his spirit, struck to death by the bullet of a man whom he had been wont to regard in the light of a brother. Again the gaunt spectre of discord rises before me, with lightning flashing from its eyes, and rancour foaming at its lips, as, armed with a scourge of serpents, it frantically urges on whole populations to mutual destruction ! Now that my book is ready, I dedicate it to the soldiers ofthe two contending armies, as a greeting from afar. I have only to add, that if some of my criticisms may appear too severe to thosewhose conduct I censure, I have, in making use of them, been actuated solely by a fearless resolve to tell the truth and state my honest convictions. In the exercise of this, which I claim to be an undoubted right, my have I written book. The Author. Dover, May, 1863. ———— CONTENTS OF VOL. I. CHAPTER I. SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA. — Election of Mr. Lincoln Excitement in the South — South Carolina secedes MajorAnderson destroysFort — — Moultrie Resignation of Minister Floyd Jour- — — ney to Charleston Commotion there Fort Sumter — — President Buchanan rejects the ultimatum Major — Ripley, commander of Fort Moultrie Warlike prepa- — — rations—General Bragg Uncle Sam Montgomery — Fort Pickens President Jeff. Davis, and Vice-Pres. — Alex. Stephens Secession of the States ofMississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas — Peace Congress at Washington Complete rupture — Lincoln's installation at Washington Danger of the — — city T—he new Ministry— Bombardmen—t of Fort Sumter Sham fighting Capitulation President — Lincoln's declaration ofWar Condition of the Con- — — federacy My return to Richmond Virginia joins — the Southern States pp. 1 64 — Vlll CONTENTS. CHAPTER IL THE KIOT AT BALTIMORE. — Consequences of the secession ofVirginia The Confede- rate Gove—rnment is transferred—from Montgomery to Richmond Riot at Baltimore Movement of the — troops pp. 65 75 CHAPTER III. DESTRUCTION OP THE FLEET AT PORTSMOUTH, — Proclamation of President Lincoln Yirginia the seat of — — war General Lee commander-in-chief Destruction — of Harper's Ferry Establishments at Portsmouth Burning ofthe fleet pp. 76—80 CHAPTER lY. Thebattle of Bethel pp. 81—86 CHAPTER Y. .... — Colonel Porterfield's volunteers pp. 87 90 CHAPTER YL - m'clellan's victory at rich mountain. — State of afiairs in Western Yirginia The Confede- — rate army under General Garnett M'Clellan's plans — — The ground in Yirginia Strength of the Southern — — army Attack General Rosencranz remains behind — — Colonel Pegram M'Clellan's indefatigable pursuit — — — Ret—reat Surprise The e—ngagement at—Corrok's Ford Colonel Tagliaferro A mistake General — — Garnett falls Loss of artillery and baggage Disor- — ganized state of the Confederate army M'Clellan's — talents pp. 91 106