Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War

A. P. Hill action advance Albert Sidney Johnston Alexandria arms army artillery Atchafalaya attack bank battery battle Bayou Berwick's Bay Bisland Brent bridge brigade camp campaign Canby captured cavalry Cold Harbor Colonel command Confederate crossed D. H. Hill directed division Donaldsonville duty east enemy enemy's Ewell Ewell's Federal Ferry field fighting fire fleet force Forrest front garrison Governor Grand Ecore Grand Lake Green gunboats guns Harrisonburg horse hundred infantry Jackson Johnston Kirby Smith Lafourche loss Louisiana Manassas Mansfield McClellan miles military Mississippi Mobile morning mounted Mouton moved movement Natchitoches negroes night officer Opelousas Orleans passed pike Pleasant Hill Polignac's Port Hudson position President Davis prisoners railway reached rear Red River reënforcements regiment retreat Richmond road sent Sherman Shreveport skirmishers soldier Southern staff steamers stream Teche Tennessee thousand tion troops Valley Vicksburg Virginia wagons Walker Washita wounded