“Military Reminiscences of the Civil War” in 2 volumes is a personal account written by the Union Army general Jacob D. Cox. The author's aim in this book was to reproduce his own experience in the American Civil War in such a way as to help the reader understand just how the duties and the problems of that great conflict presented themselves successively to a man who had an active part in it from the beginning to the end. This carefully edited collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
Volume 1:
The Outbreak of the War Camp Dennison
Mcclellan in West Virginia
The Kanawha Valley
Gauley Bridge
Carnifex Ferry — To Sewell Mountain and Back
Cotton Mountain
Winter— Quarters
Volunteers and Regulars
The Mountain Department — Spring Campaign
Pope in Command — Transfer to Washington
Retreat within the Lines — Reorganization — Halleck and His Subordinates
South Mountain
Antietam: Preliminary Movements
Antietam: the Fight on the Right
Antietam: the Fight on the Left
Mcclellan and Politics — His Removal and Its Cause
Personal Relations of Mcclellan, Burnside, and Porter
Return to West Virginia…
Volume 2:
Grant in Command — Rosecrans Relieved
Siege of Knoxville — End of Burnside's Campaign
Affairs in District of Ohio — Plot to Liberate Prisoners at Johnson's Island
A Winter Ride on the Cumberland Mountains
Winter Bivouacs in East Tennessee
Grant's Visit — The Dandridge Affair
Winter Quarters in East Tennessee — Preparations for a New Campaign
Schofield in East Tennessee — Duties as Chief of Staff — Final Operations in the Valley
Grant, Halleck, and Sherman — Johnston and Mr. Davis
Atlanta Campaign: Dalton and Resaca
Atlanta Campaign: Advance to the Etowah
Atlanta Campaign: New Hope Church and the Kennesaw Lines
Atlanta Campaign: Marietta Lines — Crossing the Chattahoochee
Hood's Defence of Atlanta — Results of Its Capture
The Rest at Atlanta — Staff Organization and Changes…
