Fighting for the Confederacy: The Personal Recollections of General Edward Porter AlexanderOriginally published by UNC Press in 1989, Fighting for the Confederacy is one of the richest personal accounts in all of the vast literature on the Civil War. Alexander was involved in nearly all of the great battles of the East, from First Manass |
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Contents
EARLY DAYS | 3 |
FIRST MANASSAS OR BULL RUN | 37 |
FALL WINTER AFTER BULL RUN | 60 |
SEVEN DAYS | 94 |
SECOND MANASSAS CAMPAIGN | 121 |
SHARPSBURG CAMPAIGN | 138 |
THE FALL OF 1862 | 155 |
THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG | 166 |
SPRING OF 1864 | 334 |
WILDERNESS SPOTTSYLVANIA | 345 |
NORTH ANNA DRURYS BLUFF | 387 |
TOTOPOTOMOY COLD HARBOR | 395 |
PASSAGE OF JAMES RIVER | 415 |
SIEGE OF PETERSBURG | 435 |
FALL OF 1864 | 468 |
FALL WINTER OF 1864 65 | 486 |
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