CONTENTS OF VOLUME TWO.

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BALL’S BLUFF AND THE ARREST OF GENERALSTONE.

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COLONEL RICHARD B, IRWIN. . .

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Illustrations : Map of the Upper Potomac (Jacob Wells) — Map of Ball’s Bluff (Jacob Wells) — TheCliff at Ball’s Bluff, from photo. (E. J. Sleeker) — Colonel Edward D. Baker , from Brady photo.—GovernorJohn A. Audrew, from Brady photo.

CAPTAIN WILKES’S SEIZURE OF MASON AND ) REAR _ ADMIRAL p M , cN , FAIRFAX . . VS - 0

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Illustrations: James M. Mason , from daguerreotype —John Slidell, from photo.—Captain CharlesWilkes, from Anthony photo.—William H. Seward, from daguerreotype.

EARLY OPERATIONS ON THE POTOMAC RIVER . . .PROFESSOR J. RUSSELL SOLEY .143

OPERATIONS OF 1861 ABOUT FORT MONROE. . . .GENERAL JOSEPH B. CARR . 144

Illustrations: Port Monroe in 1860, from lithograph lenthy General John C. Tidball (W. Taber) —Light-house, Fort Monroe — Chesapeake Hospital, Hampton, Va. , and Sallyport, Fort Monroe, fromGardner photos. (H. C . Edwards) — Arrival of the Original “Contraband” (Theo. R. Davis) — Camp ofDuryea’s Zouaves, near Fort Monroe (Frank H. Schell) — Uniform of Duryea’s Zouaves (H. A. Ogden) —

The 4th Massachusetts Regiment Fortifying Camp Butler, Newport News (Frank H. Schell) — ConfederateEarthworks at Big Bethel, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker) — Major Theodore Winthrop , froma portrait by Rowse —Ruins of Hampton, Va. , from sketch by R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker).

CAMPAIGNING TO NO PURPOSE (Recollectionsof a Private — II.).

WARREN LEE GOSS

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Illustrations : Inspection (Winslow Homer ) — A Sutler’s Tent, from photo. (W. H. Shelton) — Harper’RFerry in 1862, from the North, from Gardner photo. (E. J. Meeker) — Confederate Prisoners, from Gard-ner photo. (W. H. Shelton) — A Camp Oven, from sketch by F. II. Schell (Thomas Hogan) — Transportson the Potomac, from photo. (W. U. Shelton)

MCCLELLAN BELORE RICHMOND.

THE PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN. GENERAL GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN . . . 1 60

Illustrations: Fort Monroe —Parade of the 3d Pennsylvania Artillery, from Gardner photo. (W.Taber) -Major-General John E. Wool, from Brady photo.—View of Alexandria from the Camp of the40tli New York Volunteers, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker) — Headquarters of Brigadier-General John Sedgwick , on the Leesburg Turnpike near Washington, from sketch hy R. K. Sneden (E. J.Meeker) — Map of the Virginia Campaigns (Jacob Wells) — Quartermaster’s Dock, Fort Monroe (Theo. R.Darns*; —Map of the Peninsula Campaign (Jacob Wells) — Ileintzelman’s Headquarters at Howe’s Saw-mill before Yorktown, from sketch by R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker) — View from Mortar-battery No. 4,from sketch hy R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker) — Clark’s House, near Howe’s Saw-mill, from sketch byR. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker) — View of Main Street, Yorktown, the Union Troops Marching In, fromsketch hy R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker) — Union Water-battery in Front of Yorktown, Exploded Gun, Con-federate Fortifications at Yorktown, Confederate Water-battery, and an Angle of the Confederate Forti-fications at Yorktown, from Gardner photos. (W. Taber) — St. Peter’s Church near New Kent Court-house,and New Kent Court-house, from sketches by R. K. Sneden ( 0. A. Yanderhoof) —Section of the Encamp-ment of the Army of the Potomac near White House, Va., process reproduction of Gardner photo.— WhiteHouse, the Home of General W. H. F. Lee, and Ruins of the White House (A. R. Wand) — The OrleansPrinces and Suite at Dinner, from Gardner photo.—Confederate Battery at Mathias Foint, or Budd’sFerry , from sketch by R. K. Sneden (E. J. Meeker).

YORKTOWN AND WILLIAMSBURG (Recollectionsof a Private — III.).

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Illustrations : Map of the fight at Big Bethel, Siege of Yorktown, and of the Battle of Williamsburg(Jacob Wells)— On to Richmond (W. Taber) — Mrs. T-’s Exodus (W. H. Shelton)— Confederate Bat-

tery on the Terraced Magazine, Gosport Navy-Yard (F. H. Schell) — “ Get that Team out of the Mud ! ”(W. H. Shelton) —Skirmish at Lee’s Mills (Winslow Homer ) — Union Mortar-battery before Yorktown.from Gardner photo. (W. Taber) — The 61st New York Regiment in Camp at Ship Point ( Winslow Homer )— A Tempting Breastwork (W H. Shelton) — Camp of the Union Army near White House , from Gardnerphoto. (W. Taber) — Union Camp at Cumberland Landing, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber).

THE OPPOSING FORCES AT WILLIAMSBURG, VA . Composition, Strength, and Losses.200

CONFEDERATE USE OF SUBTERRANEAN SHELLSON THE PENINSULA.