Chapter I
Secession.
Causes of the Civil War—The Charleston Convention—Convention of Louisiana—Temper of the People.
Chapter II
First Scenes of the War.
Blindness of the Confederate Government—General Bragg occupies Pensacola—Battle of Manassas—Its Effects on the North and the South—“Initiative” and “Defensive” in War.
Chapter III
After Manassas.
General W.H.T. Walker—The Louisiana Brigade—The “Tigers”—Major Wheat—General Joseph E. Johnston and Jefferson Davis—Alexander H. Stephens.
Chapter IV
Opening of the Peninsular Campaign.
McClellan as an Organizer—The James River Route to Richmond—Army of Northern Virginia moved to Orange Court House—Straggling—General Ewell—Bugeaud’s “Maxims”—Uselessness of Tents—Counsels to Young Officers.