THE

WAR OF THE REBELLION,

WITH A

FULL AND CRITICAL HISTORY

OF THE

FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN; ORGANIZATION OF THE ARMY OF
THE POTOMAC; MARCH TO AND RETURN FROM CENTREVILLE;
EMBARKATION FOR THE PENINSULA; OPERATIONS OF THE
FIRST ARMY CORPS; CAMPAIGN AND BATTLES OF THE
ARMY OF VIRGINIA, UNDER POPE; MCCLELLAN'S
MARYLAND CAMPAIGN AND THE BATTLES

OF SOUTH MOUNTAIN AND ANTIETAM;
BURNSIDE'S CAMPAIGN AND THE

BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG;

HOOKER'S CHANCELLORSVILLE CAMPAIGN AND SEDGWICK'S COÖPERATING OPERATIONS; GETTYSBURG CAMPAIGN, AND GRANT'S CAMPAIGN FROM THE

RAPIDAN

ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF SECESSION; THE MILITARY CONDITION OF THE COUNTRY AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE WAR; ITS DEPENDENCE UPON THE MILITIA ORGANIZATIONS OF

THE LOYAL STATES, AND, INCIDENTALLY, OF

ORGANIZATION AND SERVICE OF

THE

THEODORE B. GATES,

COL. AND BVT. BRIG, GEN. U. S. V. AND LATE MAJ. GEN. N. G. S. N. Y.

New York:

P. F. McBREEN, PRINTER, 61 BEEKMAN ST.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1884,

BY THEODORE B. GATES,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. D. C.

016-7-20 J. H

To the Memory

OF THE GALLANT OFFICERS AND MEN WHO SEALED THEIR DEVOTION

TO THEIR COUNTRY WITH THEIR LIFE'S BLOOD WHILE

FIGHTING UNDER THE COLORS OF THE

ULSTER GUARD, "

AND TO THE

SURVIVORS OF THOSE DEAD HEROES WHOSE COURAGE ON MANY

BATTLE-FIELDS TESTIFIED THEIR READINESS TO MAKE THE

SAME GREAT SACRIFICE IN THE SAME GREAT CAUSE;

THIS WORK IS

REVERENTLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED

Br THE AUTHOR.