preparation of the work and for assistance in its publication. SCRANTON, PA., April 5, 1904. CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I.--FIRST LESSONS; OR, DOING THE IMPOSSIBLE 13 II.--THE ORGANIZATION AND MAKE-UP OF THE FIGHTING MACHINE CALLED "THE ARMY" 22 III.--ON THE MARCH 35 IV.--DRAWING NEAR THE ENEMY--BATTLE OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN--PRELIMINARY SKIRMISHES 46 V.--THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM 55 VI.--THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM--CONTINUED 68 VII.--HARPER'S FERRY AND THE LEESBURG AND HALLTOWN EXPEDITIONS 79 VIII.--FROM HARPER'S FERRY TO FREDERICKSBURG 94 IX.--THE FREDERICKSBURG CAMPAIGN 108 X.--THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG--CONTINUED 120 XI.--WHY FREDERICKSBURG WAS LOST 132 XII.--LOST COLORS RECOVERED 141 XIII.--THE WINTER AT FALMOUTH 158 XIV.--THE WINTER AT FALMOUTH--CONTINUED 179 XV.--THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE 200 XVI.--THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE--CONTINUED 220 XVII.--THE MUSTER OUT AND HOME AGAIN 239 APPENDIX 251 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS After the lapse of more than forty years, I hardly hoped to be able to publish pictures of all our officers, and have been more than pleased to secure so many. The others, I regret to say, could not be obtained. The youthful appearance of these officers will be remarked. All, I believe, with the exception of Colonel Oakford were below thirty years, and most between twenty and twenty-five. PAGE Colonel Frederick L. Hitchcock _Frontispiece_ The Monument _Facing title-page_ Groups of Captains 16 Group, Chaplain and Surgeons 22 Colonel Charles Albright 44 Colonel Vincent M. Wilcox 50 Colonel Richard A. Oakford 59 The Silenced Confederate Battery 62 The Sunken Road 71 Field Hospital 76 Groups of Lieutenants 120