In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. Untried General Robert E. Lee was tasked with driving the Yankees from their almost impregnable positions to save Richmond.
In the summer of 1862, two great armies met outside of Richmond in a series of battles that would determine the course of the Civil War. The Union had time, men and materiel on its side, while the Confederates had mobility, esprit de corps and aggressive leadership. Untried General Robert E. Lee was tasked with driving the Yankees from their almost impregnable positions to save Richmond.
Elmer R. Woodard, III is a criminal defense attorney in private practice whose ancestors served with the Currituck Light Cavalry, the 4th North Carolina Cavalry and on the C.S.S. Albemarle. He lives in Blairs, Virginia.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Prologue: When the Yankees Came 1. Operation Chickahominy 2. The Tocsin Sounds 3. The General and the Private View a Battle 4. They Were All Cut to Pieces 5. The Retreat to Gaines' Mill 6. Geography 7. Porter's Dispositions 8. If We Whip Them Before Richmond, We Shall Have Peace 9. I Confess I Did Not Know What Hard Times Were Until I Was Under Jackson 10. A Soldier Feels No Fear While Fighting 11. Then We Got Down to Our Knitting 12. Column After Column Melts Away Like Smoke 13. A Dense Woods and an Ugly Marsh 14. Fixed Bayonets in the Hands of Resolute Men 15. There Is Hot Work on That Hill Yonder 16. The Bullets Whistled Through the Leaves Like Fun 17. We Had Been Pretty Well Pounded Out That Afternoon 18. To the Wall of Death 19. At the Wall of Death 20. Beyond the Wall of Death 21. Respite from the Wall of Death 22. Return of the Wall of Death 23. Conquest of the Wall of Death 24. It Was Death to Stay and Cold Steel Was the Next Thing 25. I Have Got My Fill of Fighting Afterword Appendix I: Confederate Order of Battle Appendix II: Union Order of Battle Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Prologue: When the Yankees Came 1. Operation Chickahominy 2. The Tocsin Sounds 3. The General and the Private View a Battle 4. They Were All Cut to Pieces 5. The Retreat to Gaines' Mill 6. Geography 7. Porter's Dispositions 8. If We Whip Them Before Richmond, We Shall Have Peace 9. I Confess I Did Not Know What Hard Times Were Until I Was Under Jackson 10. A Soldier Feels No Fear While Fighting 11. Then We Got Down to Our Knitting 12. Column After Column Melts Away Like Smoke 13. A Dense Woods and an Ugly Marsh 14. Fixed Bayonets in the Hands of Resolute Men 15. There Is Hot Work on That Hill Yonder 16. The Bullets Whistled Through the Leaves Like Fun 17. We Had Been Pretty Well Pounded Out That Afternoon 18. To the Wall of Death 19. At the Wall of Death 20. Beyond the Wall of Death 21. Respite from the Wall of Death 22. Return of the Wall of Death 23. Conquest of the Wall of Death 24. It Was Death to Stay and Cold Steel Was the Next Thing 25. I Have Got My Fill of Fighting Afterword Appendix I: Confederate Order of Battle Appendix II: Union Order of Battle Chapter Notes Bibliography Index
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