Chapter I: Front Matter

RECOLLECTIONS OF A
CONFEDERATE STAFF OFFICER

RECOLLECTIONS OF A CONFEDERATE STAFF OFFICER

BY
GEN. G. MOXLEY SORREL

_Lieutenant-Colonel and Chief of Staff, Longstreet's 1st
Army Corps_; _Brigadier-General commanding
Sorrel's Brigade, A. P. Hill's 3rd
Army Corps, Army of Northern
Virginia_

SECOND EDITION

WITH INTRODUCTION BY

SENATOR JOHN W. DANIEL

THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
440 FOURTH AVENUE YORK
1917

Copyright, 1905, by
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY

_TO MY WIFE_

_This Volume is affectionately_

_DEDICATED_

_In illness and tedious convalescence it was she who suggested
these reminiscences of the past, as a solace,
giving me cheerful encouragement and material
assistance in their preparation, for which
my grateful thanks are ever hers._

CONTENTS

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Introduction 13

CHAPTER

I Battle of Manassas, July 21, 1861 23

II After Manassas at Centerville 35

III Reminiscences and Horses 45

IV Sketches 53

V Our National Hymn 61

VI The Peninsula and Battle of Williamsburg, May 5, 1862 65

VII Battle of Seven Pines, May 31, 1862 71

VIII Battles of the Chickahominy, June 26 to July 2, 1862 76

IX Rivalry and More Reminiscences 87

X Second Battle of Manassas, August 29 and 30, 1862 94

XI Battles of South Mountain (Boonsboro Gap) and
Sharpsburg (Antietam), September 14 and 17, 1862 103

XII Battle of Sharpsburg, Continued 110

XIII Battle of Sharpsburg, Concluded 115

XIV Our Personnel--Visitors 120

XV The Staff 124

XVI Events Preceding Fredericksburg 129

XVII Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862 136

XVIII After Fredericksburg--Reminiscences 143

XIX To South Virginia for Supplies 150

XX Preparing for Gettysburg 156

XXI Battle of Gettysburg, July 1, 2, 3, 1863 163

XXII Gettysburg Aftermath 173

XXIII In Virginia Again 179

XXIV Longstreet to Reinforce Bragg 184

XXV Battle of Chickamauga, September 20, 1863 188

XXVI Chattanooga--Incidents 195

XXVII The East Tennessee Campaign, November, 1863, to
April, 1864 204

XXVIII The East Tennessee Campaign, Continued 212

XXIX At Home in Savannah--Sketches 220

XXX Battle of the Wilderness, May 6, 1864 228

XXXI Coincidences--Longstreet's Successor 240

XXXII Battle of Spottsylvania C. H., May 10 and 12, and
Cold Harbor, June 3, 1864 244

XXXIII The siege of Petersburg June, 1864, to March, 1865 254

XXXIV Longstreet's Return--Farewell to Lee 265

Appendix 283

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