- 1Dedication — Preface
- 2Chapter I — Washington in the Fifties
- 3Chapter II — President Pierce’s Inauguration
- 4Chapter III — Administration of President Buchanan
- 5Chapter IV — Social Life During Buchanan’s Administration
- 6Chapter V — Gay Social Life in Washington
- 7Chapter VI — Characteristics of Social Life in 1858 — Leaders in So…
- 8Chapter VII — The Thirty-Sixth Congress
- 9Chapter VIII — Memorable Days in the History of the Country
- 10Chapter IX — Rapid Progress of Events at the South
- 11Chapter X — Virginia Again the Battle-Ground
- 12Chapter XI — Life at the Oaks
- 13Chapter XII — Bull Run and Fair Oaks
- 14Chapter XIII — The Seven Days’ Battles
- 15Chapter XIV — The Winter of 1861
- 16Chapter XV — Guarding the Blackwater
- 17Chapter XVI — Vicissitudes of the War
- 18Chapter XVII — A Homeless Wanderer
- 19Chapter XVIII — The Siege of Petersburg
- 20Chapter XIX — Behind Lee’s Lines
- 21Chapter XX — Arriving at Extremities
- 22Chapter XXI — A Winter of Want
- 23Chapter XXII — The Evacuation of Petersburg
- 24Chapter XXIII — Richmond Surrenders
- 25Chapter XXIV — Sheridan’s Occupation of Petersburg
- 26Chapter XXV — Woe to the Vanquished!
- 27Chapter XXVI — Starting Life Anew
- 28Chapter XXVII — The First “Decoration Day”
- 29Chapter XXVIII — Virginia in the Early Days of Peace
Reminiscences of Peace and War
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