The Civil War: A Narrative, Volume 1

A. P. Hill advance army arrived artillery assault attack bank batteries battle Beauregard bluecoats Bragg bridge brigade Buell Burnside called captured cavalry Chattanooga colonel column command Confederate Corinth Creek crossed Cumberland Gap D. H. Hill Davis defense division Dorn east enemy Ewell fact Federal fight fire flank force Fort Monroe forward Frémont front Grant gunboats guns Halleck Harpers Ferry head Heintzelman Hill infantry ironclads Jackson Jefferson Davis Johnston Kentucky knew Lee's Lincoln Longstreet Magruder Manassas McClellan McClernand McDowell miles military Mississippi morning move night northern officers once Polk Pope position Potomac present President railroad rear rebel regiments reinforcements replied reported retreat Richmond ridge river road rode sent Sharpsburg soldiers soon southern Stanton Stonewall Stonewall Brigade Sumter Tennessee tion told took troops turned Union Valley victory Virginia wanted Washington West wired wounded wrote Yankees