WEARING OF THE GRAY.
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Yours to count on, J.E.B. Stuart.
WEARING OF THE GRAY; BEING PERSONAL PORTRAITS, SCENES AND ADVENTURES OF THE WAR.
BYJOHN ESTEN COOKE,
FORMERLY OF GENERAL STUART'S STAFF, AND AUTHOR OF SURRY OF EAGLE'S NEST," "STONEWALL JACKSON," ETC. "The blessed and ever-glorious dead are not here to defend their memories from the taint of the reproach of rebellion and treason. Alas I am alive and here, and am bound at every hazard to declare that these men were no rebels and no traitors that they were pure patriots, loyal citizens, well tried and true soldiers, brave, honest, devoted men, who proved their faith in their principles by the deaths which canonized them immortal heroes and martyrs." HENRY A. WISH.NEW YORK: E. B. TREAT & CO., 654 BROADWAY. BALTIMORE, MD.: J. S. MORROW. NEW ORLEANS, LA.: J. H. HUMMEL, NASHVILLE, TENN.: A. S. KIMZEY. LOUISVILLE, KY.: F. I. DIBBLE. ST. LOUIS, MO.: I. S. BRAINARD. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.: H. H. BANCROFT & CO.
1867.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1807, by E. B. TREAT & CO., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. THE NEW YORK PRINTING COMPANY, 81, 83, and 85 Centre Street, NEW YORK
To
THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY OF
Major-General J. E. B. STUART,
"Flower of Cavaliers,"
This Book is Dedicated
BY AN OLD MEMBER OF HIS STAFF,
THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY OF
Major-General J. E. B. STUART,
"Flower of Cavaliers,"
This Book is Dedicated
BY AN OLD MEMBER OF HIS STAFF,
- Who loved him living,
- And mourns him dead.
JOHN ESTEN COOKE.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAITS ENGRAVED ON STEEL FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN FROM LIFE.
- 1. Major-General J. E. B. Stuart. Frontispiece.
- 2. General Robert E. Lee. 17
- 3. General G. T. Beauregard. 17
- 4. Major-General J. A. Early. 17
- 5. Major-General Wade Hampton. 17
- 6. Major-General Turner Ashby. 17
- 7. Major John Pelham. 17
- 8. Colonel John S. Mosby. 17
BATTLE SCENES FROM ORIGINAL DESIGNS.
- 9. Wade Hampton's Cavalry Fight at Gettysburg. 57
- 10. Ashby's Adventure at Winchester. 74
- 11. Death of Major Pelham—"The Gallant." 127
- 12. Stuart's Ride around McClellan. 177
- 13. Stuart's Escape from the Federal Cavalry. 209
- 14. Death Wound of "Stonewall Jackson." 301
- 15. How Darrell was captured. 423
- 16. General Lee's Retreat from Petersburg. 579
CONTENTS.
- Part 1.
PERSONAL PORTRAITS.
- Part 2.
IN THE CAVALRY.
- Introduction. 169
- I. Stuart's "Ride around McClellan," in June, 1862. 174
- II. Stuart on the Outpost; a Scene at "Camp Qui Vive." 192
- III. One of Stuart's Escapes. 204
- IV. A Glimpse of Colonel "Jeb Stuart." 212
- V. A Deserter. 220
- VI. A Young Virginian and his Spurs. 228
- VII. To Gettysburg and Back Again. 236
- VIII. From the Rapidan to Frying-Pan; in October, 1863. 263
- IX. Major R——'s Little Private Scout. 279
- X. A Dash at Aldie. 284
- XI. Jackson's Death-Wound. 297
- XII. Facetiæ of the Camp—Souvenirs of a C. S. Officer. 310
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- Part 3.
OUTLINES FROM THE OUTPOST.
- I. A Scout across the Rappahannock. 323
- II. How I was Arrested. 333
- III. Mosby's Raid into Fairfax. 346
- IV. My Friend Lieutenant Bumpo. 354
- V. Corporal Shabrach:
- VI. The Band of the "First Virginia." 377
- VII. The "Old Stonewall Brigade." 382
- VIII. Annals of "The Third." 389
- IX. Blunderbus on Picket. 402
- X. Adventures of Darrell:
- XI. Longbow's Horse. 445
- XII. Roslyn and the White House: Before and After. 462
- XIII. On the Wing. 474
- Part 4.
SCOUT LIFE.
- Part 5.
LATTER DAYS.