D. H. Hill, JR.

BURNSIDE’S EXPEDITION (map)

BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE (map)

PREFACE

CHAPTER I
FIRST AND LAST — SITUATION IN THE BEGINNING —PREPARING FOR WAR — THE DUAL ORGANIZATIONS OF NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS, STATE AND CONFEDERATE

CHAPTER II
FROM BETHEL TO FIRST MANASSAS—FIGHTING ALONG THE COAST—SUPPLIES OF CLOTHING AND ARMS A SERIOUS DIFFICULTY

CHAPTER III
THE SECOND YEAR—BUTLER'S EXPEDITION — ROANOKE ISLAND LOST — BATTLE AT NEW BERN — SOUTH MILLS AND PORT MACON — RENEWED EFFORTS TO RAISE MORE TROOPS

CHAPTER IV
THE FEDERAL MOVEMENTS AGAINST RICHMOND — PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN — DAM No. 1, OR LEE'S MILL — RETREAT UP THE PENINSULA — WILLIAMSBURG — HANOVER COURT HOUSE — SEVEN PINES — JACKSON'S WONDERFUL VALLEY CAMPAIGN

CHAPTER V
THE GREAT STRUGGLE OF 1862 FOR RICHMOND — BATTLES OF MECHANICSVILLE, COLD HARBOR, FRAYSER'S FARM, MALVERN HILL — NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS CONSPICUOUS IN ALL ENGAGEMENTS — McCLELLAN'S UTTER DEFEAT BY LEE

CHAPTER VI
THE CAMPAIGN AGAINST POPE — CEDAR MOUNTAIN — GORDONSVILLE — WARRENTON — BRISTOE STATION — GROVETON — SECOND MANASSAS — CHANTILLY, OR OX HILL — POPE DEFEATED AT ALL POINTS

CHAPTER VII
LEE'S MARYLAND CAMPAIGN — THE MARCH TO FREDERICK CITY — THE "LOST ORDER" — MOUNTAIN BATTLES — CRAMPTON' S GAP — BOONSBORO — VIGOROUS SKIRMISHING — SURRENDER OF HARPER'S FERRY BY THE FEDERALS — BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG OR ANTIETAM — FIRST NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY WITH J. E. B. STUART IN PENNSYLVANIA

CHAPTER VIII
THE FREDERICKSBURG CAMPAIGN — AFFAIRS IN NORTH CAROLINA — SUPPLIES FOR TROOPS BROUGHT BY THE ADVANCE — ENGAGEMENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA — BATTLE NEAR GOLDSBORO — NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS IN THE WESTERN ARMY — BATTLES OF MURFREESBORO AND STONE RIVER

CHAPTER IX
NORTH CAROLINA IN THE BEGINNING OF 1863 — GATHERING FRESH SUPPLIES — DEMONSTRATIONS BY D. H. HILL AGAINST NEW BERN — FIGHTS AT DEEP GULLY AND SANDY RIDGE — SIEGE OF WASHINGTON, N. C. — BLOUNT'S MILLS AND GUM SWAMP

CHAPTER X
CHANCELLORSVILLE — BRANDY STATION — WINCHESTER — BERRYVILLE — JORDAN SPRINGS — MIDDLEBURG — UPPERVILLE — FAIRFAX

CHAPTER XI
THE CONFEDERATE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA — BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG — NORTH CAROLINIANS IN THE THREE DAYS — FIGHTING ON THE RETREAT — THE POTOMAC RECROSSED BY LEE'S ARMY — CAVALRY FIGHTING IN VIRGINIA DURING THE INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA

CHAPTER XII
DEFENSE OF CHARLESTON — NORTH CAROLINIANS IN MISSISSIPPI — THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA — EAST TENNESSEE CAMPAIGNING — NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY IN VIRGINIA — INFANTRY ENGAGEMENTS AROUND RAPPAHANNOCK STATION — FIGHTS AT KELLY'S FORD, BRISTOE AND PAYNE'S FARM

CHAPTER XIII
NORTH CAROLINA EVENTS, 1863-64 — FEDERAL TREATMENT OF THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE — MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE STATE — RANSOM RECOVERS SUFFOLK — VICTORY OF HOKE AND COOKE AT PLYMOUTH — GALLANT FIGHTING OF THE ALBEMARLE — SPRING CAMPAIGN, 1864, IN VIRGINIA

CHAPTER XIV
THE WILDERNESS, 1864 — GRANT MOVES ON RICHMOND — THE OPENING BATTLES OF MAY — THE "BLOODY ANGLE" — BATTLE OF DREWRY'S BLUFF — SERVICE OF NORTH CAROLINA COMMANDS — HOKE'S DIVISION

CHAPTER XV
SERVICES OF THE NORTH CAROLINA CAVALRY ALONG THE RAPIDAN — BATTLE OF YELLOW TAVERN — THE SECOND COLD HARBOR BATTLE — EARLY'S LYNCHBURG AND MARYLAND CAMPAIGNS — BATTLES IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA — ACTIVITY OF THE CONFEDERATE CAVALRY

CHAPTER XVI
AROUND PETERSBURG — BEAUREGARD'S MASTERLY DEFENSE — LEE'S ARMY IN PLACE AND GRANT IS FOILED — THE ATTEMPT OF GRANT TO BLOW UP THE FORTIFICATIONS — BATTLE OF THE "CRATER" — THE DREARY TRENCHES — REAMS' STATION — THE FORT HARRISON ASSAULT — THE CAVALRY

CHAPTER XVII
THE NORTH CAROLINA REGIMENTS IN TENNESSEE AND GEORGIA CAMPAIGNS, 1864 — EVENTS IN NORTH CAROLINA — FORT FISHER — THE CLOSE OF THE FOURTH YEAR—NORTH CAROLINA TROOPS IN ARMY NORTHERN VIRGINIA, 1865 — BATTLES NEAR PETERSBURG — HATCHER'S RUN — FORT STEDMAN — APPOMATTOX

CHAPTER XVIII
THE LAST BATTLES IN NORTH CAROLINA — GEN. J. G. MARTIN'S COMMAND — BATTLES WITH KIRK AND THE FEDERAL MARAUDERS — THE ARMY UNDER GEN. JOE JOHNSTON — EVACUATION OF FORTS — FIGHT AT TOWN CREEK — ENGAGEMENT AT KINSTON — BATTLE AT AVERASBORO — JOHNSTON REPULSES SHERMAN AT BENTONVILLE — JOHNSTON FALLS BACK TO DURHAM — SURRENDER

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