The Story of a Cannoneer Under Stonewall Jackson / In Which is Told the Part Taken by the Rockbridge Artillery in the Army of Northern Virginia
by Edward Alexander Moore
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Contents
- Preface
- Introduction by Capt. Robert E. Lee, Jr
- Introduction by Henry St. George Tucker
- Chapter I. Washington College—Lexington—Virginia Military Institute
- Chapter II. Entering the Service—My First Battle—Battle of Kernstown
- Chapter III. The Retreat—Cedar Creek—General Ashby—Skirmishes—McGAHEYSVILLE
- Chapter IV. Swift Run Gap—Reorganization of the Battery—Wading in the Mud—Crossing and Recrossing the Blue Ridge—Battle of McDOWELL—Return to the Valley
- Chapter V. Bridgewater—Luray Valley—Front Royal—Following General Banks—Night March—Battle of Winchester—Banks's Retreat
- Chapter VI. Capturing Federal Cavalry—Charlestown—Extraordinary March
- Chapter VII. General Jackson Narrowly Escapes Being Captured at Port Republic—Contest Between Confederates and Federals for Bridge Over Shenandoah
- Chapter VIII. Battle of Port Republic
- Chapter IX. From Brown's Gap to Staunton—From Staunton to Richmond—Cold Harbor—General Lee Visits His Son in the Battery
- Chapter X. General Jackson Compliments the Battery—Malvern Hill—My Visit to Richmond
- Chapter XI. From Richmond to Gordonsville—Battle of Cedar Run—Death of General Winder—Deserters Shot—Cross the Rappahannock
- Chapter XII. Capture of Railroad Trains at Manassas Junction—Battle with Taylor's New Jersey Brigade—Night March by Light of Burning Cars
- Chapter XIII. Circuitous Night March—First Day of Second Manassas—Arrival of Longstreet's Corps
- Chapter XIV. The Second Battle of Manassas—Incidents and Scenes on the Battlefield
- Chapter XV. Battle of Chantilly—Leesburg—Crossing the Potomac
- Chapter XVI. Maryland—My Day in Frederick City
- Chapter XVII. Return to Virginia—Investment and Capture of Harper's Ferry
- Chapter XVIII. Into Maryland Again—Battle of Sharpsburg—Wounded—Return to Winchester—Home
- Chapter XIX. Return to Army—In Winter-Quarters Near Port Royal
- Chapter XX. Second Battle of Fredericksburg—Chancellorsville—Wounding and Death of Stonewall Jackson
- Chapter XXI. Opening of Campaign of 1863—Crossing to the Valley—Battle at Winchester with Milroy—Crossing the Potomac
- Chapter XXII. On the Way to Gettysburg—Battle of Gettysburg—Retreat
- Chapter XXIII. At "the Bower"—Return to Orange County, Virginia—Blue Run Church—Bristow Station—Rappahannock Bridge—Supplementing Camp Rations
- Chapter XXIV. Battle of Mine Run—March to Frederick's Hall—Winter-Quarters—Social Affairs—Again to the Front—Narrow Escape from Capture by General Dahlgren—Furloughs—Cadets Return from New Market—Spot
- Chapter XXV. Second Cold Harbor—Wounded—Return Home—Refugeeing from Hunter
- Chapter XXVI. Personal Mention of Officers and Men—Rockbridge Artillery—Second Rockbridge Artillery
- Chapter XXVII. Oakland—Return to Camp—Off Duty Again—The Race from New Market to Fort Gilmore—Attack on Fort Harrison—Winter-Quarters on the Lines—Visits to Richmond
- Chapter XXVIII. Evacuation of Richmond—Passing Through Richmond by Night—The Retreat—Battle of Sailor's Creek—Battle of Cumberland Church
- Chapter XXIX. Appomattox
- Appendix