E-text prepared by Ron Swanson Note: Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the numerous original illustrations. See 47746-h.htm or 47746-h.zip: (https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/47746/pg47746-images.html) or (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/47746/47746-h.zip) Transcriber's note: Text enclosed by underscores is in italics (_italics_). Page numbers, enclosed by curly brackets, are included in the text to facilitate the use of the index (example: {119}). [Frontispiece: ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. (From a war-time photograph.)] CAMPFIRE AND BATTLEFIELD An Illustrated History of the Campaigns and Conflicts of the Great Civil War BY ROSSITER JOHNSON JOHN CLARK RIDPATH, LL.D., GEN. J. T. MORGAN, GEN. O. O. HOWARD GEN. SELDEN CONNOR, HENRY W. B. HOWARD, GEN. JOHN B. GORDON Art Editors Frank Beard, George Spiel [Illustration] New York Copyright, 1894, by Bryan, Taylor & Company, 61 East Ninth Street [Illustration] CONTENTS CHAPTER I. PRELIMINARY EVENTS. CHAPTER II. PREPARATION FOR CONFLICT. CHAPTER III. THE BEGINNING OF BLOODSHED. CHAPTER IV. BORDER STATES AND FOREIGN RELATIONS. CHAPTER V. ARMY ORGANIZATION NORTH AND SOUTH. CHAPTER VI. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. CHAPTER VII. EFFECTS OF THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN. CHAPTER VIII. THE FIRST UNION VICTORIES. CHAPTER IX. THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC." CHAPTER X. THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS. CHAPTER XI. THE CAMPAIGN OF SHILOH. CHAPTER XII. MINOR ENGAGEMENTS OF THE FIRST YEAR. CHAPTER XIII. THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XIV. POPE'S CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XV. THE ANTIETAM CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XVI. EMANCIPATION. CHAPTER XVII. BURNSIDE'S CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XVIII. WAR IN THE WEST. CHAPTER XIX. MINOR EVENTS OF THE SECOND YEAR. CHAPTER XX. EMPLOYMENT OF COLORED SOLDIERS. CHAPTER XXI. CHANCELLORSVILLE. CHAPTER XXII. GETTYSBURG. CHAPTER XXIII. THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XXIV. THE DRAFT RIOTS. CHAPTER XXV. THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON. CHAPTER XXVI. THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA. CHAPTER XXVII. THE BATTLE OF CHATTANOOGA. CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BLACK CHAPTER. CHAPTER XXIX. THE SANITARY AND CHRISTIAN COMMISSIONS. CHAPTER XXX. MINOR EVENTS OF THE THIRD YEAR. CHAPTER XXXI. THE OVERLAND CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XXXII. THE CONFEDERATE CRUISERS. CHAPTER XXXIII. PRELIMINARY OPERATIONS IN THE WEST. CHAPTER XXXIV. THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN. CHAPTER XXXV. THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY. CHAPTER XXXVI. THE ADVANCE ON PETERSBURG. CHAPTER XXXVII. WASHINGTON IN DANGER. CHAPTER XXXVIII. SHERIDAN IN THE SHENANDOAH. CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. CHAPTER XL. THE NATIONAL FINANCES. CHAPTER XLI. THE MARCH TO THE SEA.