A Virginia Yankee in the Civil War: The Diaries of David Hunter StrotherThe Civil War diaries of David Hunter Strother, known better to his contemporaries as "Porte Crayon," chronicle his three years of service in the Union army with the same cogency and eye for detail that made him one of the most popular writers and illustr |
Contents
I Up the Valley with Banks | 3 |
II Down the Valley with Banks | 34 |
III With Pope at Cedar Mountain | 59 |
IV Chaos at Second Bull Run | 83 |
V With McClellan at Antietam | 101 |
VI All Quiet Along the Potomac | 118 |
VII With Banks in Louisiana | 132 |
VIII The Campaign on the Teche | 160 |
IX Behind the Lines at Gettysburg | 181 |
X In the Department of West Virginia | 198 |
XI With Sigel at New Market | 215 |
XII The Hunter Raid | 234 |
XIII The Colonel Leaves the Army | 276 |
Index | 287 |
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