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CHAPTER I
THE GREAT REBELLION ............................................................... 1
CHAPTER II
SUMTER AND THE FLAG FIRED ON * THE AIM AND DESIGN OF THE
LEADERS OF THE REBELLION - JUSTIFICATION OF THE
COURSE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN ................................................... 8
CHAPTER III
WAR FOR THE UNION * PENNSYLVANIA'S RESPONSE · ORGANIZA-
TION OF THE RESERVES - COLONELS MANN'S, MARSH'S AND
DE KORPONAYS REGIMENTS · CAMP WASHINGTON · QUAINT
NAMES · WHISKEY IN A MUSKET BARREL * GETTING THE
COUNTERSIGN .................................................................... 13
CHAPTER IV
ORGANIZATION OF THE SECOND, THIRD AND FOURTH RESERVES
- DISSATISFACTION THEREWITH · ELECTION OF FIELD OFFIC-
ERS · WATCHED AND FANNED ALL NIGHT · DEPARTURE OF
THE THIRD AND FOURTH REGIMENTS ............................................... 21
CHAPTER V
DEPARTURE OF THE SECOND · ITS ROSTER · CAMP CURTIN ·
LEAVE THE STATE WITHOUT BEING MUSTERED INTO THE
UNITED STATES SERVICE · MARCHING WITHOUT ORDERS *
BALTIMORE · SANDY HOOK * DISCONTENT AMONG THE MEN
* REFUSAL TO TAKE THE OATH * SENT HOME IN DISGRACE -
STRANGE MISMANAGEMENT * MARCH TO BERLIN ........................................ 25
CHAPTER VI
MARCH THROUGH MARYLAND · MUTINY IN THE NINETEENTH
NEW YORK MILITIA * GUARDS AFTER WHISKEY * DISBAND-
ING OF COM PANIES ............................................................. 33
CHAPTER VII
TENALLYTOWN * VISIT FROM THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL
McCLELLAN * PRESENTATION OF FLAGS * AHAILSTORM * THE
REGIMENTS BRIGADED .................................... ........................ 39
CHAPTER VIII
CROSSING THE CHAIN BRIDGE * CAMP PIERPONT THE "LONG
ROLL" * BEAUREGARD RECONNOITERING MARCH TO
DRAINESVILLE · AN INDISCREET HEN * RETURN TO PIERPONT
* BALL'S BLUFF * REVIEW * RESIGNATION OF COLONEL MANN
* GRAND REVIEW ............................................................... 42
CHAPTER IX
SKIRMISH NEAR DRAINESVILLE * FORAGING EXPEDITION
BATTLE OF DRAINESVILLE · VISIT OF GOVERNOR CURTIN ·
THE BOYS IN WINTER * CAMP LIFE - FIRING FOR MEDALS -
PICKETING - "OLD UNCLE BEN" * "TAKING FRENCH"
NAUGHTY "SELL" ................................................................ 49
CHAPTER X
OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1862 * FAREWELL TO PIERPONT ·
THE MARCH * HAWKHURST'S MILLS * ARMY CORPS * WET AND
NOISY NIGHT * "HALLO BARNEY" * ALEXANDRIA * EMBARK-
MENT FOR THE PENINSULA · BY RAILROAD * A NIGHT IN
REBEL CABINS * RUINS OF MANASSAS * BULL RUN FIELD -
SELLING CIDER * MARCH TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK · CAVALRY
SKIRMISH * WASHINGTON VS DAVID OF OLD .......................................... 57
CHAPTER XI
FALMOUTH · VISIT OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN * CROSSING THE
RAPPAHANNOCK * GRAVE OF MARY WASHINGTON * LOVE
BUBBLE * CEMETERY * MARCH TO GRAY'S LANDING · EMBAR-
KATION FOR THE PENINSULA * VOYAGE TO WHITE HOUSE -
MARCH TO DISPATCH STATION .................................................... 68
CHAPTER XII
SIEGE OF YORKTOWN * BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG * SKIRMISHES
AT SEVEN PINES, COLD HARBOR AND MECHANICSVILLE -
BATTLE OF HANOVER COURT HOUSE · BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS
* ATTACK ON TUNSTALL'S STATION * MARCH TO THE
CHICKAHOMINY · NANALEY'S MILL · SHELLING THE ENEMY
BATTLE OF OAK GROVE ............................................................ 75
CHAPTER XIII
STRENGTH OF THE OPPOSING ARMIES · OPENING OF THE SEVEN
DAYS' BATTLE * BATTLE OF MECHANICSVILLE * BATTLE OF
GAINES' MILLS * CROSSING THE CHICKAHOMINY ....................................... 86
CHAPTER XIV
CHANGE OF BASE · MARCH TO THE JAMES RIVER · BATTLE OF
ALLEN'S FARM · BATTLE OF SAVAGE'S STATION · A NIGHT ON
PICKET * BATTLE OF GLENDALE * THE RIVER REACHED ................................. 98
CHAPTER XV
BATTLE OF MALVERN HILL * MARCH TO HARRISON'S LANDING
CRUELTY TO OUR WOUNDED * HUNTING GREYBACKS -
WHITE GLOVES AND RAGGED CLOTHES · VISIT OF PRESIDENT
LINCOLN ...... ............................................................... 112
CHAPTER XVI
MIDNIGHT SHELLING * A SPY * PROMOTIONS * RETURN OF GEN-
ERALS McCALL AND REYNOLDS * WITHDRAWAL FROM THE
PENINSULA * VOYAGE ON THE JAMES AND POTOMAC · GEN-
ERAL POPE'S MOVEMENT · HUNTING OUR DIVISION · RUN-
NING THE GAUNTLET .............................................................. 124
CHAPTER XVII
SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN * CONDUCT OF GENERAL FITZ
JOHN PORTER * THE ARMY FALLS BACK * BATTLE OF
CHANTILLY * ARLINGTON HEIGHTS * UPTON'S HILL ................................... 134
CHAPTER XVIII
CROSSING THE POTOMAC * MARCH THROUGH MARYLAND '
BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN * REMARKABLE INCIDENT ................................. 148
CHAPTER XIX
BATTLE OF ANTIETAM * FIELD HOSPITALS * THE ENEMY WITH-
DRAWN TO VIRGINIA · PORTER'S RECONNOISSANCE · VISIT
OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN ............................ ............................. 155
CHAPTER XX
CROSSING THE POTOMAC - MARCH THROUGH VIRGINIA
WARRENTON * GENERAL McCLELLAN SUPERSEDED · RE-
MOVAL OF GENERAL FITZ JOHN PORTER * OUR VIRGINIA
FRIENDS · BOMBARDMENT OF FREDERICKSBURG * LAYING
PONTOONS ..................................................................... 173
CHAPTER XXI
BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG * LOSS OF OUR ARMY · INCIDENTS
* CAUSES OF THE DEFEAT * RECROSS THE RAPPAHANNOCK
............................................................................... 182
CHAPTER XXII
PICKET TRUCE AND FIGHTING * FAREWELL OF GENERAL MEADE
* THE MUD EXPEDITION * GENERAL BURNSIDE RELIEVED BY
GENERAL HOOKER * ORDERED TO ALEXANDRIA · TO FAIRFAX
COURT HOUSE · PICKET AT BULL RUN · CAPTURE OF GEN-
ERAL STOUGHTON * PROMOTIONS .................................................... 194
CHAPTER XXIII
OUR PETITION · MARCH TO PENNSYLVANIA - HAPPY DAY · BATTLE
OF GETTYSBURG * LOSSES OF THE ARMIES ........................................... 204
CHAPTER XXIV
FALL OF REYNOLDS · THE BOY'S SWORD * MARCH - UNDYING
LOVE * FALLING WATERS · LEE CROSSES THE POTOMAC ·
WAPPING HEIGHTS * MANASSAS GAP * ANECDOTE * MARCH-
ING IN A CIRCLE .................................................................219
CHAPTER XXV
RAPPAHANNOCK STATION * THE SWORD BANQUET * MILITARY EX-
ECUTION · MARCH TO CULPEPER COURT HOUSE ...................................... 229
CHAPTER XXVI
LEE'S ATTEMPT TO FLANK · BACK TO THE RAPPAHANNOCK * TO
BRANDY STATION · BATTLE OF BRISTOE ' TO CENTREVILLE
AND FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE · VICTORIESAT RAPPAHANNOCK
STATION AND KELLEY'S FORD * REBEL CABINS - CROSSING
THE RAPIDAN * BATTLE OF MINE RUN * WINTER QUARTERS
AT BRISTOE * FLAG PRESENTATION * REORGANIZATION OF
THE ARMY ..................................................................... 235
CHAPTER XXVII
POSITION OF THE ARMIES * OPENING OF GRANT'S CAMPAIGN -
BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS - BATTLE OF SPOTSYLVANIA
COURT HOUSE * ENGAGEMENTAT GUINNEY'S STATION * EN-
GAGEMENT AT NORTH ANNA · TERM OF SERVICE EXPIRES -
THE REGIMENT RESOLVES TO REMAIN *BATTLE OF
BETHESDA CHURCH - THE PARTING * MARCHING HOME ·
RECEPTION IN HARRISBURG AND PHILADELPHIA - PRESEN-
TATION OF MEDALS ............................................................ 243
APPENDIX A
KILLED, WOUNDED AND PRISONERS ................................................... 262
APPENDIX B
ROSTER OF THE SECOND PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES ........................................ 268
APPENDIX C
MARCHES AND BIVOUACS .............................................................. 294
INDEX
................................................................................. 299
Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: United States, Army, Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 2nd (1861)Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories, United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories, Woodward, E, M, (Evan Morrison)Pennsylvania History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Soldiers Pennsylvania Biography