Styple, William B., ed. Writing and Fighting the Civil War from the Army of Northern Virginia. Kearny, N.J.: Belle Grove Publishing, 2003.

Denunciation of Lincoln, 9 Women left at home, 10 Patriotic women of Charleston, 10 What volunteers need to go off soldiering, 9-10 Robert E. Lee, 10 Harpers Ferry, 11 Big Bethel, 11-12 Duty, death, 12 3rd Alabama, 13, 21 Jefferson Davis visits camp, 14 Augusta Evans, 17 Food, 19 12th Georgia, 20 Strong morale and faith in the cause, 21 Soldier pay, 21 20th Georgia, 23-24 Jefferson Davis, 23 Harpers Ferry, 24 Feeling on eve of battle, 25 Yorktown, 26 Duty and patriotism, God, father's consent, 27 Richmond, John Letcher, 28 Manassas, 29- 7th Georgia, 29-30 Emotions in battle, 29-30 Surgeon, medical department, shortages, nurses, 31 Yankee handcuffs, 31 Wounded men, 32 Southern men sometimes abuse the wounded, 32 Desecrating church and Bible, 33 6th Alabama, 33-34, 37-38 Prayer meeting, 36 Food, 38 Soldier mail, postage, 38 Beauregard, 40 Gamblers, 40 Winfield Scott and Lincoln, 40 Captured Yankee arms and provisions, 40-41 20th Georgia, 40-41 Manassas, 41-43 William Nelson Pendleton, 42 Manassas, Bartow, 43- company and Bowie knives, 46

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Morale and fighting, 47 Confederate threat to Washington, confidence, 47 Typhoid, 47, 50 Virginians feed soldiers, 47-48 6th Alabama, 51-52 Box, food ruined, 52 7th Georgia, 52-53 Sutler, food prices, 52 Toombs and Alexander Stephens, 53 15th Alabama, 53 Alfred Ely, prisoner in Richmond, 54 Measles, 54 20th Georgia, 51, 54 Munson's Hill, 51, 54 6th Alabama, 55-56, 59-60 Health of recruits, 55-56 Soldiers worshipping in Lynchburg, 56 Death of a soldier, 56-57 Contrast between Union soldiers and Confederate soldiers, 58 Death of a noble soldier, 58-59 Confederates near Washington, Munson's Hill, 59-60, 64 Measles, 61 Deaths far from home, 61 15th Georgia, 61 Hospital, 61 Wounded Yankee, women, 61-62 12th Georgia, 62 Jackson and Elmer Ellsworth, 63 Accidental picket shooting, 64 6th Alabama, 64-65 Jefferson Davis reviews troops, 64 Leesburg, Ball's Bluff, 66-70 18th Mississippi, 66-69 William Barksdale, 67 Featherston speech, 68 6th Alabama, 71-74 Ball's Bluff prisoners, 71 19th Georgia, 71-72 Yankee prisoners claim to reject abolition, 72 Speculators, 73 Poor officers, 73 Soldier pay, 73 Review of troops, 74 Officer elections, 74 Death of soldier, 74 McClellan, 75

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Reenlistment, 75, 80 Soldier pay, postage, 76 Merrimack, 76 Dranesville, 78 Dead soldiers, 78 6th Alabama, 79-80 Slaves working fortifications singing, Beauregard, Maryland, My Maryland, 81 Cary Sisters, 81 17th Georgia, 81-82 Disease and neglect, 82 McClellan, 82-83 8th Georgia, Christmas, 83 6th Alabama, 84, 86-87 Van Dorn, 84 Reenlistment, 84 35th Georgia, 84-85, 88 Snowballing, 85 Deaths, 85 1st Georgia, 85-86 Diarrhea and death, 87 Inauguration of Davis, 88-89 Evacuation of Manassas, 89-90 Kernstown, 90-91 , 91ff Earthworks, Warwick River, 92 15th North Carolina, 92 Williamsburg, retreat, 93 17th Georgia, 94-95 Johnston, McClellan, Yorktown, Williamsburg, 94-95 2nd Georgia, 95-96 McClellan, Burnside, McDowell, 95-96 Richmond, martial law, 96-97 Soldiers evading service, desertion, Richmond, 96-97 2nd Georgia, 97-98 Earthworks, fortification, 97 Balloons, 97-98 Hanover Junction, 99 Jackson's Valley campaign, 99-101 Front Royal and Winchester, 100-101 Seven Pines, 102- Jackson in the Valley, 102 6th Alabama, 105-6 17th Georgia, 107-8 Fraternization, 108 James Gordon Bennett, New York Herald, 108 8th Georgia, 109

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Toombs' inspection, 109-10 Picket duty, fraternization, 110 Stuart riding around McClellan's army, 110 Seven Days, 110ff Malvern Hill, 110 Mechanicsville, artillery, White Oak Swamp, 111-12 8th Georgia, 113 McClellan, 117 Seven Days casualties, 118 Jackson and Lee, 119-20 Officer and promotion, 120 Demoralization of McClellan's army, 120 Food, foraging, pigs, 122 Death of soldier, Lt., wounded at Seven Pines, 122-23 Toombs, feint during Battle of Gaines Mill, 123-24 Stonewall Jackson, 124 Lincoln and his northern opponents, 125-26 Yankees, slave soldiers, confidence, 126 McClellan at Harrison's Landing, 126-27 Peace prospects, 127-28 Scott and McClellan, 128 50th Georgia, 129 Soldiers and alcohol, medicinal, 129 Cedar Mountain,131-37 14th Georgia, 131-32 Stonewall Jackson, 131, 133 19th Georgia, 132-33 12th Georgia, 133-34 Union conscription, 137 Confederate women, 137 Second Manassas, 137-45 17th Georgia, 137-38 8th Georgia, 138 26th Georgia, 139-40 21st Georgia, 140-41 18th Georgia, 142-43 Texas Brigade, 142-43 Straggler, 143-44 Phillips' Legion, 144-45 Antietam, 145-60 Crossing Potomac, Maryland, 146 Cobb's Brigade and Legion, 148-49 11th Georgia, 149-50 18th Georgia and Texas Brigade, 152-54 McClellan's army, 153 15th Alabama, 154-55

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Dead at Antietam, 154 Confederate prisoner, Fort Delaware, 157-60 Jackson, people of the Shenandoah Valley, 161 Removal of McClellan, 162 Shoes, 162 European intervention, 162 Fredericksburg campaign, 162-79 Reunion, reconstruction, compromise, 163-65 8th Georgia, 165-66 Fredericksburg wounded, surgeon, dead bodies, 168- Sack of Fredericksburg, 169-70 Church destruction in Fredericksburg, 170 Death of Thomas R. R. Cobb, 170-71 McLaws' Division, 172-74 Hardaway's Battery, 174-75 Stonewall Jackson, 177 Sacking of Fredericksburg, 177-78 Braxton Bragg, 180 Fredericksburg after the battle, 180 Small pox, 181 Stonewall Jackson and Longstreet, 181 Neglect of soldiers in the cold, 181-82 Mud, mules, 182 Loyal slave, 183 Conscription, house of prostitution, murder, 183 Conscripts, substitutes, 183-84 Small pox, death, 184 Speculators, soldiers, prices, 185 Humor, 187 Straggler and mud, 187 Fasting, humiliation, and prayer, army, 188-89 Court martial, punishments, 189 Chancellorsville campaign, 191- , 191 Food, 193 Killed, wounded, near misses, 194 61st Virginia, 198-204 53rd Georgia, 204-5 50th Georgia, 205-8 26th Georgia, 213-15 Death of Stonewall Jackson, 216-17 Religious services, 219 Hooker and northern plans after Chancellorsville, 222 Burnside and Vallandigham, 222 Confederate woman with gun defending her cabbage patch, 223 35th Georgia, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, death of a soldier, 223-24

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10th Georgia, 225 Relief and hospital supplies, 225-26 Religious revival, 226 Culpeper Courthouse, 226 20th Georgia, 227 Jackson successor, 227 Brandy Station, 228-32 Cobb's Georgia Legion, 230-31 Gettysburg campaign, 232- 10th, Georgia, 232-33 Milroy, 235 Food prices in , 236 Rumors of McClellan back in command, 239 3rd Alabama, 240-41 Chambersburg, 242 Foraging, 242 Death at Gettysburg, 245 11th Georgia, 246 3rd Alabama, 246- Good behavior of Confederates in Pennsylvania, 251 , 253-54 26th Georgia, 256-58 Chancellorsville and Fredericksburg in summer of 1863, 258-59 Dissension against Jefferson Davis and government, 260 Conscription, occupational details, 260 Deserters, amnesty, 261 5th Alabama, 262-63 Gettysburg, 262-63 Retreat from Gettysburg, 263-64 Religious revivals, 264 Morale and opinion in Georgia, 264 16th Mississippi, 265-66 Religious slave servant in army, prayer, 265-66 15th Alabama, 266-67 William C. Oates, 266-67 3rd Alabama, 267-68 Morale, peace, 268 Fraternization, 268 Meade, 270 Deserters, punishment, 271 Taken prisoner, Gettysburg, brutal treatment. Yankees, Fort Delaware, Point Lookout, food, 272 Morale, reenlistment, Yankee mercenaries and hirelings, 275 Richmond, conscription officers, drunken, 276 Imprisoned by Yankees, Marsena Patrick, Slave who regretted running, 277-78 8th Alabama, Yankee plans, 278-79 Mobile, 278-79

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Clothing, shoes, food, 279 Kilpatrick raid on Richmond, 280 Overland campaign, 281ff Wilderness and Spotsylvania Courthouse, 281-824 15th Alabama, 282-84 Union prisoner, 284 Grant and James River, 285, 288 Cold Harbor, 286 Petersburg, 287ff Yankee bands and music, 286 Post Office, mail, 290 Shelling Petersburg, 291 Battle of the Crater, 291-92 Removal of Joseph Johnston from command, 292 Petersburg picket duty incidents, 299-300 Spotsylvania courthouse, the dead, 300 Morale, 1864 Valley campaign, 300- , 302 3rd Alabama, 302-3 War's course and morale, October 1864, 303-4 Cedar Creek, 304-5 Winter quarters, 306 Electing officers vs. government appointment; people and government, 307-8 Mosby's command, 308 Fort Fisher, 309 Morale, optimism, 309 Peace rumors and Blair mission, 310-11 Sherman, Hampton Roads conference, 311-12 Black soldiers, 312 Attack on Fort Stedman, 312-13 Appomattox, Lee surrender, 314

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