A Picture of the Desolated States, and the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868

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PREFACE.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I. THE START.

CHAPTER II. THE FIELD OF GETTYSBURG.

CHAPTER III. A REMINISCENCE OF CHAMBERSBURG.

CHAPTER IV. SOUTH MOUNTAIN.

CHAPTER V. THE FIELD OF ANTIETAM.

CHAPTER VI. DOWN THE RIVER TO HARPER'S FERRY.

CHAPTER VII. AROUND HARPER'S FERRY.

CHAPTER VIII. A TRIP TO CHARLESTOWN.

CHAPTER IX. A SCENE AT THE WHITE HOUSE.

CHAPTER X. BULL RUN.

CHAPTER XI. A VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON.

CHAPTER XII. "STATE PRIDE."

CHAPTER XIII. THE FIELD OF FREDERICKSBURG.

CHAPTER XIV. TO CHANCELLORSVILLE.

CHAPTER XV. THE WILDERNESS.

CHAPTER XVI. SPOTTSYLVANIA COURT-HOUSE.

CHAPTER XVII. THE FIELD OF SPOTTSYLVANIA.

CHAPTER XVIII. "ON TO RICHMOND."

CHAPTER XIX. THE BURNT DISTRICT.

CHAPTER XX. LIBBY, CASTLE THUNDER, AND BELLE ISLE.

CHAPTER XXI. FEEDING THE DESTITUTE.

CHAPTER XXII. THE UNION MEN OF RICHMOND.

CHAPTER XXIII. MARKETS AND FARMING.

CHAPTER XXIV. IN AND AROUND RICHMOND.

CHAPTER XXV. PEOPLE AND POLITICS.

CHAPTER XXVI. FORTIFICATIONS. DUTCH GAP. FAIR OAKS.

CHAPTER XXVII. IN AND ABOUT PETERSBURG.

CHAPTER XXVIII. JAMES RIVER AND FORTRESS MONROE.

CHAPTER XXIX. ABOUT HAMPTON.

CHAPTER XXX. A GENERAL VIEW OF VIRGINIA.

CHAPTER XXXI. THE "SWITZERLAND OF AMERICA."

CHAPTER XXXII. EAST TENNESSEE FARMERS.

CHAPTER XXXIII. IN AND ABOUT CHATTANOOGA.

CHAPTER XXXIV. LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.

CHAPTER XXXV. THE SOLDIERS' CEMETERY.

CHAPTER XXXVI. MISSION RIDGE AND CHICKAMAUGA.

CHAPTER XXXVII. FROM CHATTANOOGA TO MURFREESBORO'.

CHAPTER XXXVIII. STONE RIVER.

CHAPTER XXXIX. THE HEART OF TENNESSEE.

CHAPTER XL. BY RAILROAD TO CORINTH.

CHAPTER XLI. ON HORSEBACK FROM CORINTH.

CHAPTER XLII. ZEEK.

CHAPTER XLIII. ZEEK'S FAMILY.

CHAPTER XLIV. A NIGHT IN A TENNESSEE FARM-HOUSE

CHAPTER XLV. THE FIELD OF SHILOH.

CHAPTER XLVI. WAITING FOR THE TRAIN AT MIDNIGHT.

CHAPTER XLVII. FROM CORINTH TO MEMPHIS.

CHAPTER XLVIII. FREEDMEN'S SCHOOLS AND THE FREEDMEN'S BUREAU.

CHAPTER XLIX. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI.

CHAPTER L. IN AND ABOUT VICKSBURG.

CHAPTER LI. FREE LABOR IN MISSISSIPPI.

CHAPTER LII. A RECONSTRUCTED STATE.

CHAPTER LIII. A FEW WORDS ABOUT COTTON.

CHAPTER LIV. DAVIS'S BEND. GRAND GULF. NATCHEZ.

CHAPTER LV. THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI.

CHAPTER LVI. THE CRESCENT CITY.

CHAPTER LVII. POLITICS, FREE LABOR, AND SUGAR.

CHAPTER LVIII. THE BATTLE OF MOBILE BAY.

CHAPTER LIX. MOBILE.

CHAPTER LX. ALABAMA PLANTERS.

CHAPTER LXI. WILSON'S RAID.

CHAPTER LXII. NOTES ON ALABAMA.

CHAPTER LXIII. IN AND ABOUT ATLANTA.

CHAPTER LXIV. DOWN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.

CHAPTER LXV. ANDERSONVILLE.

CHAPTER LXVI. SHERMAN IN MIDDLE GEORGIA.

CHAPTER LXVII. PLANTATION GLIMPSES.

CHAPTER LXVIII. POLITICS AND FREE LABOR IN GEORGIA.

CHAPTER LXIX. SHERMAN IN EASTERN GEORGIA.

CHAPTER LXX. A GLANCE AT SAVANNAH.

CHAPTER LXXI. CHARLESTON AND THE WAR.

CHAPTER LXXII. A VISIT TO FORT SUMTER.

CHAPTER LXXIII. A PRISON AND A PRISONER.

CHAPTER LXXIV. THE SEA ISLANDS.

CHAPTER LXXV. A VISIT TO JAMES ISLAND.

CHAPTER LXXVI. SHERMAN IN SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHAPTER LXXVII. THE BURNING OF COLUMBIA.

CHAPTER LXXVIII. NOTES ON SOUTH CAROLINA.

CHAPTER LXXIX. THE RIDE TO WINNSBORO'.

CHAPTER LXXX. A GLIMPSE OF THE OLD NORTH STATE.

CHAPTER LXXXI. CONCLUSIONS.

CHAPTER LXXXII. [24] THE WORK OF RESTORATION.

CHAPTER LXXXIII. RECONSTRUCTION.

CHAPTER LXXXIV. THE WORK OF RESTORATION.

CHAPTER LXXXV. SOCIAL CONDITION.

CHAPTER LXXXVI. IMPEACHMENT.

APPENDIX.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Transcriber's Note:

The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.

A
PICTURE
OF THE
DESOLATED
STATES;
and the work of
RESTORATION.
1865–1868

BY J. T. TROWBRIDGE.
AUTHOR OF “NEIGHBOR JACKWOOD,” “CUDJO’S CAVE,” ETC.
HARTFORD, CONN.
PUBLISHED BY L. STEBBINS.
1868.
Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1868,
By L. STEBBINS,
in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of Connecticut.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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