Confederate Military History - Virginia
This set was written by distinguished men of the South, producing a work which truly portrays the times and issues of the Confederacy. It was edited by Gen. Clement A. Evans of Georgia.
Two volumes--the first and the last--comprise such subjects as the justification of the Southern States in seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the Confederate States government; the history of the actions and concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its policy in securing the existing magnificent territorial dominion of the United States; the civil history of the Confederate States, supplemented with sketches of the President, Vice-President, cabinet officers and other officials of the government; Confederate naval history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to its close. We have combined these two volumes into one "Causes of the War" volume.
There are also individual volumes for each state: Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Kentucky, Missouri, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas & Florida. An additional volume covers the Confederate Navy.
Each state being treated in a separate history allows space for details concerning its peculiar story, its own devotion, its own heroes, and its battlefields. These volumes contain information on each unit; where, when, and by whom the unit was formed. There are also some Rosters.
Table of Contents for the Virginia volume
CHAPTER I. Virginia in 1860---Her Seven Grand Divisions--Geological Characteristics, Climate and
Agricultural Products-Her Population--Political and Historical Importance
CHAPTER II. Slavery in Virginia--The Agitation of the Slavery Question--Distribution of Slaves in the
State--John Brown's Invasion
CHAPTER III. From John Brown's Execution to the Federal Invasion--The Election of
President Lincoln--Meeting of the Virginia Convention--Governor Letcher's Reply to the Call for Troops--
Seizure of Harper's Ferry--Union with the Confederate States
CHAPTER IV. The Plan of Invasion--Northwestern Virginia--Grafton, Philippi and
Rich Mountain--May to July, 1861
CHAPTER V. The First Kanawha Valley Campaign, April to July, 1861
CHAPTER VI. The First Shenandoah Valley Campaign, April to July, I86I
CHAPTER VII. The Bull Run, or Manassas, Campaign, January to July, I861
CHAPTER VIII. Operations about Norfolk and Yorktown--Battle of Big Bethel--
Burning of Hampton
CHAPTER IX. The Tygart's Valley and Cheat Mountain Campaign-Battle of Greenbrier River, or Camp
Bartow--Battle of Alleghany Mountain
CHAPTER X. Operations along the Potomac--From First Manassas to Battle of Leesburg
CHAPTER XI. Battle of Leesburg--Operations on the Lower Potomac and East Shore--
Action at Dranesville
CHAPTER XII. Stonewall Jackson's Romney Campaign
CHAPTER XIII. Review of Military Conditions, Spring of 1862
CHAPTER XIV. Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign of 1862
CHAPTER XV. The Peninsula Campaign of 1862--Yorktown, Williamsburg and Seven Pines
CHAPTER XVI. The Seven Days' Battles before Richmond..
CHAPTER XVII. Stonewall Jackson's Cedar Run Campaign
CHAPTER XVIII. Lee's Campaign against Pope in Northern Virginia
CHAPTER XIX. The Maryland Campaign against McClellan
CHAPTER XX. The Fredericksburg Campaign
CHAPTER XXI. The Chancellorsville Campaign and Death of Jackson
CHAPTER XXII. The Campaign in Pennsylvania
CHAPTER XXIII. The Autumn and Winter Campaigns of 1863
CHAPTER XXIV. The Wilderness Campaign against Grant
CHAPTER XXV. The Battles of Spottsylvania Court House--The Defeat of Sigel and Butler
CHAPTER XXVI. The Maneuvers on the North Anna River.
CHAPTER XXVII. The Richmond Campaign of 1864
CHAPTER XXVIII. Early's Lynchburg and Valley Campaigns
CHAPTER XXIX. The Siege of Petersburg
CHAPTER XXX. Closing Events in Southwest Virginia and the Valley
CHAPTER XXXI. The Appomattox Campaign and Lee's Surrender
APPENDIX
BIOGRAPHICAL