Reminiscences of Peace and War

It will be obvious to the reader that this book affects neither the \"dignity of history\" nor the authority of political instruction. The causes which precipitated the conflict between the sections and the momentous events which attended the struggle have been recounted by writers competent to ...

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Reminiscences of Peace and War

Preface
CHAPTER I WASHINGTON IN THE FIFTIES
CHAPTER II PRESIDENT PIERCE\'S INAUGURATION
CHAPTER III ADMINISTRATION OF PRESIDENT BUCHANAN
CHAPTER IV SOCIAL LIFE DURING BUCHANAN\'S ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER V GAY SOCIAL LIFE IN WASHINGTON
CHAPTER VI CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL LIFE IN 1858—LEADERS IN SOCIETY
CHAPTER VII THE THIRTY-SIXTH CONGRESS
CHAPTER VIII MEMORABLE DAYS IN THE HISTORY OF THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER IX RAPID PROGRESS OF EVENTS AT THE SOUTH
CHAPTER X VIRGINIA AGAIN THE BATTLE-GROUND
CHAPTER XI LIFE AT THE OAKS
CHAPTER XII BULL RUN AND FAIR OAKS
CHAPTER XIII THE SEVEN DAYS\' BATTLES
CHAPTER XIV THE WINTER OF 1861
CHAPTER XV GUARDING THE BLACKWATER
CHAPTER XVI VICISSITUDES OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XVII A HOMELESS WANDERER
CHAPTER XVIII THE SIEGE OF PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XIX BEHIND LEE\'S LINES
CHAPTER XX ARRIVING AT EXTREMITIES
CHAPTER XX ARRIVING AT EXTREMITIES
CHAPTER XX ARRIVING AT EXTREMITIES
CHAPTER XXI A WINTER OF WANT
CHAPTER XXII THE EVACUATION OF PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XXIII RICHMOND SURRENDERS
CHAPTER XXIV SHERIDAN\'S OCCUPATION OF PETERSBURG
CHAPTER XXV WOE TO THE VANQUISHED!
CHAPTER XXVI STARTING LIFE ANEW
CHAPTER XXVII THE FIRST "DECORATION DAY"
CHAPTER XXVIII VIRGINIA IN THE EARLY DAYS OF PEACE

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