FOUR YEARS OF WAR

A POLITICAL HISTORY OF SLAVERY

IN THE UNITED STATES

TOGETHER WITH A NARRATIVE OF THE CAMPAIGNS

AND BATTLES OF THE CIVIL WAR IN WHICH

THE AUTHOR TOOK PART: 1861-1865

BREVET MAJOR-GENERAL OF VOLUNTEERS; EX-SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES, U.S. A.; AND MAJOR-GENERAL OF

VOLUNTEERS, SPANISH WAR

ILLUSTRATED

VOLUME II.

1863-1865

G. P. Putnam's Sons
New York and London
The Knickerbocker Press

COPYRIGHT, 1900

BY

JOSEPH WARREN KEIFER

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON ANTIETAM, FREDERICKSBURG,

AND CHANCELLORSVILLE-BATTLES AT WINCHESTER UNDER

GENERAL MILROY-HIS DEFEAT AND RETREAT TO HAR-

PER'S FERRY-WITH INCIDENTS

CHAPTER II

INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA-CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF

GETTYSBURG-LEE'S RETREAT ACROSS THE POTOMAC,

AND LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES

CHAPTER III

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NEW YORK RIOTS, 1863-PURSUIT OF LEE'S ARMY TO THE

RAPPAHANNOCK-ACTION OF WAPPING HEIGHTS, AND

SKIRMISHES-WESTERN TROOPS SENT TO NEW YORK TO

ENFORCE THE DRAFT-THEIR RETURN-INCIDENTS, ETC. 36

CHAPTER IV

ADVANCE OF LEE'S ARMY, OCTOBER, 1863, AND RETREAT

OF ARMY OF THE POTOMAC TO CENTREVILLE-BATTLE

OF BRISTOE STATION-ADVANCE OF THE UNION ARMY,

NOVEMBER, 1863-ASSAULT AND CAPTURE OF RAPPA-

HANNOCK STATION, AND FORCING THE FORDS AFFAIR

NEAR BRANDY STATION, AND RETREAT OF CONFEDERATE

ARMY BEHIND THE RAPIDAN-INCIDENTS, ETC.

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CHAPTER V

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MINE RUN CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE OF ORange Grove, No-

VEMBER, 1863-WINTER CANTONMENT (1863-4) OF ARMY

OF THE POTOMAC AT CULPEPPER COURT-HOUSE, AND ITS

REORGANIZATION-GRANT ASSIGNED TO COMMAND THE

UNION ARMIES, AND PREPARATION FOR AGGRESSIVE WAR 58

CHAPTER VI

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PLANS OF CAMPAIGNS, UNION AND CONFEDERATE CAMPAIGN

AND BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, MAY, 1864 — AUTHOR

WOUNDED, AND PERSONAL MATTERS-MOVEMENTS OF THE

ARMY TO THE JAMES RIVER, WITH MENTION OF BATTLES

OF SPOTSYLVANIA, COLD HARBOR, AND OTHER ENGAGE-

MENTS, AND STATEMENT OF LOSSES AND CAPTURES

CHAPTER VII

CAMPAIGN SOUTH OF JAMES RIVER AND Petersburg-HUN-

TER'S RAID-BATTLE OF MONOCACY-EARLY'S ADVANCE

ON WASHINGTON (1864) - -SHERIDAN'S MOVEMENTS IN

SHENANDOAH Valley, and OTHER EVENTS

CHAPTER VIII

PERSONAL MENTION OF GENERALS SHERIDAN, WRIGHT, and

RICKETTS, AND MRS. RICKETTS; ALSO GENERALS CROOK

AND HAYES - BATTLE OF OPEQUON, UNDER SHERIDAN,

SEPTEMBER, 1864, AND INCIDENTS

CHAPTER IX

74

BATTLE OF FISHER'S HILL PURSUIT OF EARLY - DEVASTA-

TION OF THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY (1864) — CAVALRY

BATTLE AT TOM'S BROOK, AND MINOR EVENTS.

CHAPTER X

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BATTLE OF CEDAR CREEK, OCTOBER 19, 1864, WITH COM-
MENTS THEREON-ALSO PERSONAL MENTION AND INCIDENTS 128

CHAPTER XI

PEACE NEGOTIATIONS - LEE'S SUGGESTION TO JEFFERSON

DAVIS, 1862- FERNANDO WOOD'S CORRESPONDENCE WITH

MR. LINCOLN, 1862 - MR. STEPHENS AT FORTRESS MON-

ROE, 1863-HORACE GREELEY, NIAGARA FALLS CONFER-

ENCE, 1864-JACQUESS-GILMORE'S VISITS TO RICHMOND,

1863-4-F. P. BLAIR, SEN., CONFERENCES WITH MR.

DAVIS, 1865-HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE, MR. LIN-

COLN AND SEWARD AND STEPHENS AND OTHERS, 1865–

Ord-LongstreET, LEE AND GRANT, CORRESPONDENCE,

1865; AND LEW WALLACE AND GENERAL SLAUGHTER,

POINT ISABEL CONFERENCE, 1865

CHAPTER XII

SIEGE OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG - CAPTURE AND RE-

CAPTURE OF FORT STEDMAN, AND CAPTURE OF PART OF

ENEMY'S FIRST LINE IN FRONT OF PETERSBURG BY

KEIFER'S BRIGADE, MARCH 25, 1865 - BATTLE OF FIVE

Forks, ApriL IST - ASSAULT AND TAKING OF CONFEDER-

ATE WORKS ON THE UNION LEFT, APRIL 2D-SURRENDER

OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG, APRIL 3D — President

LINCOLN'S VISIT TO PETERSBURG AND RICHMOND, AND

HIS DEATH

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CHAPTER XIII

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- CAPITULATION OF

BATTLE OF SAILOR'S CREEK, APRIL 6TH

GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE'S ARMY AT APPOMATTOX COURT-

HOUSE, APRIL 9, 1865-SURRENDER OF OTHER CONFEDER-

ATE ARMIES, AND END OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION

APPENDICES

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GENERAL KEIFER

Ancestry and Life before the Civil War

Public Services in Civil Life

Service in Spanish War

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