CONTENTS OF VOLUME FOUR.
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ing Railroads at Atlanta , from photo. (W. Taber) — General Sherman sending Ms Last Telegram beforecutting the wires and abandoning all communication with the Worth (Theo. It. Davis) — Sherman’s Army leaving Atlanta (Theo. It. Davis).
THE GEORGIA MILITIA DURING SHERMAN’S » GENER j L GUSTAVUS IV. SMITH . 667
MARCH TO THE SEA. S
Illustration : Incident of Sherman's March—tlie Fate of a Rail-fence (A. It. Waud).
MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA AND CAPTAm DANIEL OAKEY . 671
CAROLINAS . S
Illustrations: Map of Sherman’s March from Atlanta to Savannah—Camp of the 2d Mass., CityHall Square, Atlanta , from photo. (W. Taber) — A Bivouac among the Georgia Pines, and Destroyinga Railroad ( 17. L. Sheppard) — Sherman’s Foragers on a Georgia Plantation (James E. Taylor) — Map ofRoutes of Sherman’s Army from Savannah to Columbia —The Road from McPliersonville — Sherman andhis Staff passing through water and mire (A. It. 1 Yaud) —The Storming of the Little Salkehatchie RiverbyWever’s Brigade of the Fifteenth Corps (A. E. Waud, —Sherman’s “Bummers” capturing Fayette-ville Court House, N. C. (Theo. It. Davis).
THE FAILURE TO CAPTURE HARDEE. COL. ALEX. ROBERT CHISOLM .679
SHERMAN’S MARCH FROM SAVANNAH TO j. GENERAL HENRY W. SLOCUM .681
Illustrations: Advancing under Difficulties (W. Taber) — Generals W. T. Sherman, O. O. Howard ,John A. Logan, Jeff. C. Davis, J. A. Mower, William B. ITazen, and Henry W. Slocum , from Brady photo.
— Fort McAllister, after a war-time sketch (W a JS. Goalcr) — Railway Destruction as a Military Art ("IF.Taber) — Skirmishers Crossing the North Edisto, S. C. , on a Floating Foot-bridge (A. B. 1 Yaud) — TheRight Wing under Howard crossing the Saluda River, from a sketch in “ Frank Leslie’s IllustratedNewspaper” (J. E. Taylor) — Sherman’s Soldiers guarding the Palmetto Monument, Columbia (Theo. It.Davis) —Raising the Union Flag over the old State-house, Columbia (A. B. Waud) — Contrabands in thewake of Sherman’s Army (E. TF. Kemble) —Views of the Ruins of Columbia, from Brady photos. (C. A.Yanderhoof) — Arsenal at Fayetteville, and Sherman’s men driving the enemy out of Fayetteville , fromsketches in “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper” (E. J. Meeker) —The Fourteenth Corps enteringFayetteville (Theo. It. Davis) —Map of the Routes of Sherman’s Army from Columbia to Goldsboro’and Raleigh — Bentonville, the Morning after the Battle, from a sketch in “Frank Leslie’s IllustratedNewspaper” (E. J. Meeker).
the OPPOSING FORCES IN THE CAMPAIGN OF THE CAROLINAS.696
THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE. GENERAL WADE HAMPTON .700
Illustrations: Map of the Battle of Bentonville, N. C. (Jacob Wells) —Lieutenant-General WadeHampton , C. S. A., from Andorson-Cook photo.
FROM THE JAMES TO APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE.
CLOSING OPERATIONS IN THE JAMES RIVER. PROFESSOR JAMES RUSSELL SO LEY. 705
FIVE FORKS AND THE PURSUIT OF LEE. GENERAL HORACE PORTER . 708
Illustrations: Music on Sheridan’s Line of Battle (TF. Taber) —Union Artillery at Petersburg pro-tected by Mantelets (A. It. Waud)—Map of the Battle of Five Forks, Vn. (Jacob Wells) — View on theConfederate Lines covering Petersburg, from Gardner photo. (E. J. Meeker) — Fort Sedgwick, known as“Fort Ilell,” opposite the Confederate Fort Mahone —Outer Works of Fort Sedgwick — Bomb-proofsinside Fort Sedgwick, from Gardner photos. OF. Taber) — Interior View on the Confederate Works cover-ing Petersburg, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber) — Lieutenant-General Richard H. Anderson, C. S. A.,from photo.— Capture of Guns and the Destruction of a Confederate Wagon-train at Paineville, April 5th,by Davies’s Cavalry Brigade of Crook’s Division (A. It. Waud) — Captain John R. Tucker , C. S. N., fromphoto, lent by James Blair—The Capture of Ewell’s Corps, April 6th, 1865 (A. It. Waud) —Confederatesdestroying the Railroad from Appomattox toward Lynchburg , and Artillerymen destroying Gun-
carriages, at nightfall, Saturday, April 8th ( IF. X. Sheppard).
GENERAL WARREN AT FIVE FORKS, AND THE COURT OF INQUIRY.723
LEE’S REPORT OF THE SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX.724
i. THE EVACUATION. CAPTAIN CLEMENT SULIVANE .725
n. THE OCCUPATION. THOMAS THATCHER GRAVES .726
Illustrations: The Ruins of Richmond between the Canal Basin and Capitol Square, from Bradyphoto. ( TF. Taber) — Citizens of Richmond in Capitol Square during the Conflagration ( IF. X. Sheppard) —President Lincoln leaving the Davis Mansion (TF. X. Sheppard).
the SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX COURT HOUSE. GENERAL HORACE PORTER .729
Illustrations: Appomattox Court House, from Gardner photo. (W. Taber) —The Village of Appo-mattox Court House, from sketch by E. K. Sneden (Kughson Hawley)— McLean’s House, Appomattox