Chapter 2: Lee's invasion of Maryland and Pennsylvania.
- The opposing armies compared -- hopes of the Confederates, 45. -- British interference desired by the Confederates -- movements in England in their favor, 46. -- Lord Lyons and the Peace Faction in New York -- the Confederacy recognized by the Pope, 47. -- Napoleon, Mexico, and the Confederates, 48. -- revolution in the North expected -- Confederate States' seal, 49. -- events on the Rappahannock -- conflicts near Beverly and Kelly's fords, 50. -- Ewell in the Shenandoah Valley -- Milroy driven from Winchester -- a great disaster, 51. -- Lee marching rapidly northward -- alarm -- a race for the Potomac, by Hooker and Lee, 52. -- the armies flanking the Blue Ridge -- a raid into Pennsylvania, 53. -- alarm in Pennsylvania -- Lee's errand and orders, 54. -- preparations for opposing Lee -- alarm in Philadelphia, 55. -- Lee's Army across the Potomac -- Hooker superseded by Meade, 56. -- Meade invested with discretionary powers -- Lee's March of invasion checked, 57. -- preparations for battle -- cavalry battle at Hanover, 58. -- the hostile armies concentrating at Gettysburg -- opening of the contest at Gettysburg, 59. -- death of General Reynolds, 60. -- battle of Seminary Ridge, 61. -- defeat of the Nationals, 62. -- preparations for renewing the struggle, 63. -- position of the opposing armies at Gettysburg, 64. -- perilous situation of the National left, 65. -- a struggle for little Round Top, 66. -- death of Generals Vincent and Weed, 67. -- battle of Gettysburg, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, and 73. -- flight of the Confederates, 74. -- they escape into Virginia, 75. -- the author's visit to the battle-field at Gettysburg, 76, 77, 78, 79. -- soldier's Cemetery at Gettysburg -- Mr. Lincoln's dedicatory address, 80.
Although the Rappahannock was again flowing full and turbulent between the Army of the Potomac and the Army of Northern Virginia, and Hooker was in full communication with ample supplies, his forces were in a perilous situation. The enlistments of his nine months and two years men, to the number of almost thirty thousand, were expiring; and at the close of May,
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Recent events had greatly inspirited the Confederates, and given a buoyant tone to the feelings of the army. Richmond seemed secure from harm for at least a year to come. Its prisons (especially the Libby, which became both famous and infamous during the war) were crowded with captives. [46] Charleston was defiant, and with reason. Vicksburg and Port Hudson, on the Mississippi, though seriously menaced, seemed impregnable against. any force Grant and Banks might array before them; and the appeals of Johnston,
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The friends of the Confederates in Europe encouraged the latter with promises of aid. They were elated by the National disaster at Chancellorsville, and desires for the acknowledgment of the independence of the “Confederate States” were again strong and active. In England public movements in favor of the rebels were then prominent,5 and these culminated in the spring of 1864 in the formation of a “Southern Independence Association,” with a British peer (Lord Wharncliffe) as President, and a membership composed of powerful representatives of the Church, State, and Trade.6 But the British Government wisely hesitated; and notwithstanding [47] leaders of the Peace Faction in the city of New York had, six months before,
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