Ordeal by Fire: An Informal History of the Civil War

A. P. Hill advance artillery assault Atlanta attack batteries battle began Bragg brigade broke Buell Burnside camp campaign cannon cavalry Chancellorsville CHAPTER charge Chattanooga column command Confederacy Confederate Corinth Corps Count of Paris Creek crossed D. H. Hill division Ewell face Federal fight fire flank force Fredericksburg Frémont front Gettysburg Grant gunboats guns Halleck Hancock Hardee head Heintzelman held Hill Hood Hood's Hooker horse Howard infantry Jackson Jefferson Davis Johnston Lee's Lincoln Longstreet lost Manassas McClellan McClernand Meade military morning mountain move Nashville never night Northern numbers officers Pope position Potomac President railroad rear rebel reënforcements regiments retreat Richmond river road rode Rosecrans round Schofield sent Sheridan Sherman shot shouted side soldiers Southern Stanton stood Stuart Tennessee Thomas thousand tion took trenches troops turned Union army Valley VI Corps Vicksburg victory Virginia Washington whole wing