Confederate Military History
Vol. 2: Maryland and West Virginia
Reeks: Confederate Military History
Bradley T. Johnson ; Robert White
- This
- work
- spanning
- twelve
- extensive
- volumes
- is
- the
- result
- of
- contributions
- by
- many
- Southern
- men
- to
- the
- literature
- of
- the
- United
- States
- that
- treats
- of
- the
- eventful
- years
- in
- which
- occurred
- the
- momentous
- struggle
- called
- by
- Mr.
- A.
- H.
- Stephens
- "the
- war
- between
- the
- States."
- These
- contributions
- were
- made
- on
- a
- well-considered
- plan,
- to
- be
- wrought
- out
- by
- able
- writers
- of
- unquestionable
- Confederate
- record
- who
- were
- thoroughly
- united
- in
- general
- sentiment
- and
- whose
- generous
- labors
- upon
- separate
- topics
- would,
- when
- combined,
- constitute
- a
- library
- of
- Confederate
- military
- history
- and
- biography.
- According
- to
- the
- great
- principle
- in
- the
- government
- of
- the
- United
- States
- that
- one
- may
- result
- from
- and
- be
- composed
- of
- many
- —
- the
- doctrine
- of
- E
- pluribus
- unum--it
- was
- considered
- that
- intelligent
- men
- from
- all
- parts
- of
- the
- South
- would
- so
- write
- upon
- the
- subjects
- committed
- to
- them
- as
- to
- produce
- a
- harmonious
- work
- which
- would
- truly
- portray
- the
- times
- and
- issues
- of
- the
- Confederacy
- and
- by
- illustration
- in
- various
- forms
- describe
- the
- soldiery
- which
- fought
- its
- battles.
- Upon
- this
- plan
- two
- volumes
- —
- the
- first
- and
- the
- last-comprise
- such
- subjects
- as
- the
- justification
- of
- the
- Southern
- States
- in
- seceding
- from
- the
- Union
- and
- the
- honorable
- conduct
- of
- the
- war
- by
- the
- Confederate
- States
- government;
- the
- history
- of
- the
- actions
- and
- concessions
- of
- the
- South
- in
- the
- formation
- of
- the
- Union
- and
- its
- policy
- in
- securing
- the
- existing
- magnificent
- territorial
- dominion
- of
- the
- United
- States;
- the
- civil
- history
- of
- the
- Confederate
- States,
- supplemented
- with
- sketches
- of
- the
- President,
- Vice-President,
- cabinet
- officers
- and
- other
- officials
- of
- the
- government;
- Confederate
- naval
- history;
- the
- morale
- of
- the
- armies;
- the
- South
- since
- the
- war,
- and
- a
- connected
- outline
- of
- events
- from
- the
- beginning
- of
- the
- struggle
- to
- its
- close.
- The
- two
- volumes
- containing
- these
- general
- subjects
- are
- sustained
- by
- the
- other
- volumes
- of
- Confederate
- military
- history
- of
- the
- States
- of
- the
- South
- involved
- in
- the
- war.
- Each
- State
- being
- treated
- in
- separate
- history
- permits
- of
- details
- concerning
- its
- peculiar
- story,
- its
- own
- devotion,
- its
- heroes
- and
- its
- battlefields.
- The
- authors
- of
- the
- State
- histories,
- like
- those
- of
- the
- volumes
- of
- general
- topics,
- are
- men
- of
- unchallenged
- devotion
- to
- the
- Confederate
- cause
- and
- of
- recognized
- fitness
- to
- perform
- the
- task
- assigned
- them.
- It
- is
- just
- to
- say
- that
- this
- work
- has
- been
- done
- in
- hours
- taken
- from
- busy
- professional
- life,
- and
- it
- should
- be
- further
- commemorated
- that
- devotion
- to
- the
- South
- and
- its
- heroic
- memories
- has
- been
- their
- chief
- incentive.
- This
- volume
- two
- out
- of
- twelve,
- covering
- the
- civil
- war
- in
- Maryland
- and
- West Virginia.
