BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR BY T. E. VINEYARD [Illustration] SPENCER, W. VA. 1914 COPYRIGHT, 1914 BY T. E. VINEYARD HAMMOND PRESS W. B. CONKEY COMPANY CHICAGO CONTENTS PAGE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN 9 BATTLE OF SHILOH 14 BATTLE OF FAIR OAKS AND SEVEN PINES 19 THE SEVEN DAYS' BATTLES BEFORE RICHMOND 25 BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN 36 SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN 40 BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 46 BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO 56 BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG 62 BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE 71 SIEGE OF VICKSBURG 79 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 86 BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA 104 BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN AND MISSIONARY RIDGE 109 BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS 114 BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE 120 BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR 125 SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA 129 BATTLE OF CLOYD MOUNTAIN 136 THE SIEGE AND FALL OF PETERSBURG 142 THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX 149 ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE 16 GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT 32 JOHN BROWN ON HIS WAY TO THE GALLOWS 48 BATTLEFIELD OF FIRST BULL RUN 64 BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 96 BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG 112 DEDICATING THE NATIONAL CEMETERY AT GETTYSBURG 128 BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE 144 AUTHOR'S PREFACE In all history of this American Republic, or perhaps any other nation, there was no conflict that was so terrible as our Civil war. Napoleon's efforts to bring into reality his dream of universal empire would not compare with it.