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A military biography that follows the subject from formal military education and early service through a succession of Civil War campaigns, reconstructing battles with contemporary maps, plans, and portraits. The narrative pairs detailed tactical and strategic analysis of operations in the Eastern theater with descriptive accounts of the Valley campaign, the Seven Days, Second Manassas, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. Alongside campaign studies the author examines the commander’s temperament, religious convictions, leadership style, and daily habits, and assesses his role within the Army of Northern Virginia. The book aims to instruct military students while offering readable critical commentary for general readers.

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Title: Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War

Author: G. F. R. Henderson

Author of introduction, etc.: Viscount Garnet Wolseley Wolseley

Release date: May 1, 2004 [eBook #12233]
Most recently updated: October 28, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK STONEWALL JACKSON AND THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR ***

Stonewall Jackson

and the
AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

by the late
Colonel G. F. R. HENDERSON, C.B.

AUTHOR OF “THE BATTLE OF SPICHEREN, A TACTICAL STUDY”
AND “THE CAMPAIGN OF FREDERICKSBURG”

with an introduction by

FIELD-MARSHAL THE LATE
RIGHT HONOURABLE VISCOUNT WOLSELEY,
K.P., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., &c.


IN TWO VOLUMES—VOLUME I

WITH PORTRAITS, MAPS, AND PLANS


TO MY FATHER

—::—

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
PREFACE

Chapter I. WEST POINT
Chapter II. MEXICO. 1846–47
Chapter III. LEXINGTON. 1851–61
Chapter IV. SECESSION. 1860–61
Chapter V. HARPER’S FERRY
Chapter VI. THE FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS OR BULL RUN
Chapter VII. ROMNEY
Chapter VIII. KERNSTOWN
Chapter IX. M’DOWELL
Chapter X. WINCHESTER
Chapter XI. CROSS KEYS AND PORT REPUBLIC
Chapter XII. REVIEW OF THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN
Chapter XIII. THE SEVEN DAYS. GAINES’ MILL
Chapter XIV. THE SEVEN DAYS. FRAYSER’S FARM AND MALVERN HILL
Chapter XV. CEDAR RUN
Chapter XVI. GROVETON AND THE SECOND MANASSAS
Chapter XVII. THE SECOND MANASSAS (continued)
Chapter XVIII. HARPER’S FERRY
Chapter XIX. SHARPSBURG
Chapter XX. FREDERICKSBURG
Chapter XXI. THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
Chapter XXII. WINTER QUARTERS
Chapter XXIII. CHANCELLORSVILLE
Chapter XXIV. CHANCELLORSVILLE (continued)
Chapter XXV. THE SOLDIER AND THE MAN
INDEX

ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAITS

STONEWALL JACKSON, LT.-GENERAL.
STONEWALL JACKSON AT THE AGE OF 24 (from a daguerreotype)

MAPS

THE CITY OF MEXICO.
THE UNITED STATES, 1861.
SITUATION, NIGHT OF JULY 17, 1861.
DISPOSITIONS, MORNING OF JULY 21, 1861.
BULL RUN.
SKETCH OF WEST VIRGINIA IN 1861.
THE VALLEY.
SITUATION, NIGHT OF MARCH 21, 1862.
BATTLE OF KERNSTOWN.
SITUATION, APRIL 30, 1862.
BATTLE OF MCDOWELL.
SITUATION, MAY 18, 1862.
BATTLE OF WINCHESTER.
BATTLES OF CROSS KEYS AND PORT REPUBLIC.
ENVIRONS OF RICHMOND
BATTLE OF GAINES’ MILL
THE SEVEN DAYS. JUNE 26–JULY 2, 1862
BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL
ENVIRONS OF WARRENTON
BATTLE OF CEDAR RUN
SITUATION ON AUGUST 27 (SUNSET), 1862
SITUATION ON AUGUST 28 (SUNSET), 1862
POSITIONS ON AUGUST 29, 1862
GROVETON AND SECOND MANASSAS
POSITIONS ON AUGUST 30, 1862, IN THE ATTACK ON JACKSON
POSITIONS ON AUGUST 30, 1862
HARPER’S FERRY
SHARPSBURG
POSITIONS DURING THE ATTACKS OF HOOKER AND MANSFIELD AT SHARPSBURG
FREDERICKSBURG
HOOKER’S PLAN OF CAMPAIGN
BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE