THE STORY OF A CANNONEER UNDER STONEWALL JACKSON

General "Stonewall" Jackson

The Story of a CannoneerUnder Stonewall Jackson

IN WHICH IS TOLD THE PART TAKEN BY THEROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY IN THE ARMYOF NORTHERN VIRGINIA

BY

EDWARD A. MOORE

Of the Rockbridge Artillery

WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY

CAPT. ROBERT E. LEE, JR., and HON. HENRYST. GEORGE TUCKER

Fully Illustrated by Portraits

NEW YORK AND WASHINGTON
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1907

Copyright, 1907, by

E. A. MOORE

To My Comrades

OF THE

ROCKBRIDGE ARTILLERY

CONTENTS

Introduction by Capt. Robert E. Lee, Jr

Introduction by Henry St. George Tucker

• —Washington College—Lexington—Virginia MilitaryInstitute
• —Entering the Service—My First Battle—Battle ofKernstown
• —The Retreat—Cedar Creek—GeneralAshby—Skirmishes—McGaheysville
• —Swift Run Gap—Reorganization of the Battery—Wadingin the Mud—Crossing and Recrossing the Blue Ridge—Battleof McDowell—Return to the Valley
• —Bridgewater—Luray Valley—Front Royal—FollowingGeneral Banks—Night March—Battle ofWinchester—Banks's Retreat
• —Capturing Federal Cavalry—Charlestown—ExtraordinaryMarch
• —General Jackson Narrowly Escapes Being Capturedat Port Republic—Contest Between Confederatesand Federals for Bridge over Shenandoah
• —Battle of Port Republic
• —From Brown's Gap to Staunton—From Stauntonto Richmond—Cold Harbor—General Lee VisitsHis Son in the Battery
• —General Jackson Compliments the Battery—MalvernHill—My Visit to Richmond
• —From Richmond to Gordonsville—Battle of CedarRun—Death of General Winder—Deserters Shot—Crossthe Rappahannock
• —Capture of Railroad Trains at Manassas Junction—Battlewith Taylor's New Jersey Brigade—Night March by Light ofBurning Cars
• —Circuitous Night March—First Day of SecondManassas—Arrival of Longstreet's Corps
• —The Second Battle of Manassas—Incidents andScenes on the Battlefield
• —Battle of Chantilly—Leesburg—Crossing the Potomac
• —Maryland—My Day in Frederick City
• —Return to Virginia—Investment and Capture ofHarper's Ferry
• —Into Maryland Again—Battle ofSharpsburg—Wounded—Return to Winchester—Home
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