The Strength and Organization of the Armies of the Potomac and Northern Virginia; Their Federals; Analytical Index, Maps, Portraits, and a large number of Illustrations of the Battle-field. With an Appendix Containing an Account of the Burning of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, A Statement of the TO THE SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, AND TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE DEPARTED, AS WELL AS TO ALL THE HEROIC MEN, BOTH LIVING AND DEAD, WHO HASTENED TO THE RESCUE OF THEIR IMPERILED COUNTRY IN THE HOUR OF HER NEED, THIS VOLUME, WHICH RECORDS THE EVENTS OF ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST DECISIVE CAMPAIGNS OF THE WAR OF THE REBELLION, IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. PUBLISHER'S ACKNOWLEDGMENT. THE Publisher wishes to acknowledge his indebtedness to Brigadier-General M. R. Patrick, Provost-Marshal-General of the Army of the Potomac, and at present Governor of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Dayton, Ohio, who kindly loaned the originals from which the "gravures" of Generals Meade, Hancock, and Lee were made. The kindness is all the more appreciated from the fact that the originals are souvenirs, presented to General Patrick by the distinguished personages themselves, and have never before been given to the public. The pen and ink sketch of General Meade, on page 241, was made by Colonel C. H. T. Collis, just before the Wilderness campaign, and was pronounced by General Meade the best likeness of himself yet made. xii W. J. SHUEY. CONTENTS. The Armies of the Potomac, and of Northern Virginia. Number of the Army of the Potomac-Testimony of General George G. Meade Strength of the Army of Northern Virginia-State- ment of Hon. Edward Everett, General James Longstreet, Colonel W. H. Taylor, and the Count of Paris-Confirmatory Testimony of Eye-Witnesses-Organization of the Army of the Potomac-Of the Army of Northern Virginia-Purposes and Objects of the Inva- sion Statement of Generals A. L. Long, James Longstreet, and Abner Doubleday-Jefferson Davis' Confidence in Lee's success in Pennsylvania-Hon. A. H. Stephens sent to Washington to propose Peace upon the Recognition of the Southern Confederacy-Copy of Davis' Letter of Instructions to Stephens-Turned back at Fort- ress Monroe-The Victories at Vicksburg and Gettysburg Interfere with Davis' Plans-Lee's Strategical Plans and Purposes- Arrival of Longstreet's Scout and Change of Plan and Purposes-Harmon- izing the Contradictory Statements as to the Time of this Scout's Arrival-Confidence of the Confederates-Lee's Plans and Strat- egy Foiled by General Hooker-Stuart's Forced March around the Federal Army-Lee's Ignorance of Hooker's Movements - Depar- ture of the Confederate Commmander from a "Strategical Offensive but Tactical Defensive"- Longstreet's Objections to this Change- Opposed to an Attack upon the Federal Position at Gettysburg- Counsels a Flank Movement - Remarks of the Count of Paris upon Page The Armies in Motion; Rout of General Milroy at Winchester. Positions Occupied by the Federal and Confederate Armies - Indica- |