INDEX OF CONTENTS. 





movements of Gens. Banks and Sigel, 110; Gen. Fre- 

 mont attacks the rear of Gen. Jackson beyond Stras- 

 burg, 110; pursuit continued, 110; affair near Mt Jack- 

 son, 111; conflict near Harrisonburg, 111; CoL Ashby 

 killed. 111 ; battle at Cross Keys, 111 ; situation of Port 

 Republic, 111; advance of .Gen. Shields repulsed, 112; 

 Gen. Jackson escapes, 112; Gen. Fremont reaches Port 

 Republic, 112; force of Gen. Jackson, 113; advance of 

 Gen. Heath in Western Virginia and defeat. 113; conse- 

 quences of these movements to prevent recnfor'cements 

 to Gen. McClellan, 113; order of Gen. McClellan to his 

 troops, 113; crossing of the Chickahominy, 113; battle 

 of Fair Oaks, 114, 115, 116; retreat of the Confederate 

 troops, 116; difficulties in capturing the city, 116; Con- 

 federate march in the rear of Gen. McClellan, 117: an- 

 other prospect of the cooperation of Gen. McDowell, 

 vrs of Gen. McDowell 113 : address of President 

 Davis to the Confederate army, 118; completion of the 

 bridges across the Chickahominy, 118; advance of Gen. 

 Hooker, 113; his recall, 118; reason. 118; plans of the 

 Confederate generals, 118; flank march of Gen. Jack- 

 son, 119; position of Gen. McClellan's forces, 119: attack 

 on his right, 119 ; firm resistance of Gen. Porter's corps, 

 121 : crossing to the right bank of the Chickahominy, 

 121 ; opinion of Confederate officers, 121 ; further de- 

 velopments, 121 ; plans of the Federal general compre- 

 hended, 121: battle at Savage's Station, 122; do. at 

 "White Oak Swamp, 122 ; do. at Charles City Crossroads, 

 122 : confusion of the Confederate troops, 122 : " Onward 

 to Richmond" shout of Federal troops, 122; desperate 

 valor of Confederate troops, 122; attack of Gens. Wise 

 and Holmes, 12-3; attack at Malvern Hill, 123; army at 

 Harrison's Landing, 123 ; address of Gen. McClellan to 

 his soldiers, 123; address of President Davis to Confed- 

 erate army, 124 : arrival of Gen. Halleck, 124; his views, 

 124; instructions to Gen. McClellan, 124; letter of Gen. 

 McClellan. 124; reply of Gen. Halleck, 125; army of the 

 Potomac withdrawn from the Peninsula, 126. 



Gen. Pope assigned to command the army of Virginia, 

 126; Gen. Fremont resigns, 126; Gen. Pope's address, 

 126: his orders, 127; situation of his army, 127; plans of 

 the Confederate officers, 128 ; call of the President for 

 three hundred thousand men, 128; movement of Con- 

 federate troops, 128; skirmishing on the Rappahannock, 

 128; battle of Cedar Mountain, 130 ; capture of Louisa 

 Court House, 130; nature of the country. 131 ; forces of 

 Gen. Pope begin to fall back, 131 ; Rappahannock bridge, 

 131 ; attempts of Confederates to cross the Rappahan- 

 nock, 131 ; dash on Catlett's Station. 132 ; advance of 

 Confederate army, 132; Gen. Pope continues to fall 

 back, 132 ; concentration of his forces, 133 ; attack at 

 Manassas Junction, 133; attack on Bristow's Station, 

 133; further movements of the Confederate forces, 133; 

 continued retreat of Gen. Pope, 133; battle near Manas- 

 sas, 134: conflict near Gainesville, 134; battles near Bull 

 Run, 135; despatch of Gen. Lee, 135; message of Presi- 

 dent Da vis, 135; excitement at Washington and through 

 the North, 136; Gen. Pope falls back to the heights of 

 Germantown, 136; his correspondence with Gen. Lee, 

 186; retreatof Gen. Banks, 136; battle of Chantilly, 137 ; 

 retreat of Gen. Pope's army to fortifications at Washing- 

 ton, 137. 



Movements of the Confederate forces, 137 : advance 

 toward Maryland, 137 ; enter Frederick, 133 ; address of 

 Gen. Lee to the citizens of Maryland, 135; evacuates 

 Frederick and enters Hagerstown, 133 ; excitement in 

 Pennsylvania, 135: activity in Maryland, 139; Gen. 

 McClellan ordered to command the troops for the de- 

 fence of Washington, 139 ; effect upon the troops, 139 ; 

 advance sent forward into Maryland, 139 ; movements 



of Gen. Lee, 139; his order to Gen. Hill ahowing bis 

 plans, 140 ; advance of Gen. McClellan's forces, 140; en- 

 ter Frederick, 140; pursue Confederate force*, 140; 

 battle of South Mountain, 140, 141 ; movemenU a; 

 per's Ferry, 141: its surrender, 142; spoils Uk<-. 

 battle at Antietam, 143, 144; losses, 144; retreat of th 

 Confederate army from Maryland, 144. 



Guerilla operations in Kentucky, 144; advance at 

 Gen. E. K. Smith into Kentncky,144; battle at Richmond, 

 144; removal of the Kentucky Legislature. 144; address 

 of the governor, 145; proclamation of Gen. Smith, 14." ; 

 movements of Gen. Buell, 145; advance of Gen. Bragg 

 into Kentucky, 146 ; capture of Munfordsville, 146 ; ob- 

 ject of Gen. Bragg's advance into Kentucky, 147 ; hit 

 address to the Kentnckians, 147 ; advance of Gen. Buell 

 in pursuit, 149; battle of Perrysville, 149; Camp Dick 

 Robinson. 149: spoils taken by Gen. Bragg, 150; his re- 

 treat and the pursuit, 150 ; result of the invasion of Ken- 

 tucky. 151. 



Cumberland Gap, its situation, 151 ; occupation by 

 Confederate forces, 151; invasion by a Federal force, 

 151 ; its evacuation. 151 ; occupation by Gen. Morgan, 

 152; skirmishes. 152; evacuation by Gen. Morgan, 152. 



Movements of Gen. Grant's forces in Tennessee and 

 Mississippi. 152; dash upon luka, 153; movements of 

 Federal forces upon luka, 153; its capture, 153; march 

 of the Confederate forces upon Corinth, 154; position 

 of the forces, 154 , battle of Corinth, 155 ; retreat of the 

 Confederate force, 156; pursuit, 156; address of Gen. 

 Rosecrans, 156; advance of Gen. Grant's forces. 156; 

 movement by a division of Gen. Curtis' army, 156: ex- 

 pedition from Helena. 157; capture of Holly Springs, 

 157; close of the second campaign in Kentucky and 

 Tennessee, 158. 



Gen. Rosecrans ordered to the command in Kentucky, 

 15S; advance toward Nashville, 158; position of the 

 Confederate forces, 158 ; Federal advance beyond Nash- 

 ville, 159; position of the armies at Murfreesboro 1 , 159; 

 the battle at Murfreesboro', 159, 160, 161 ; losses. 101. 



Conclusion of the campaign in Virginia, 161 : position 

 of the armies, 161 ; order to Gen. McClellan to cross the 

 Potomac. 162; letter of Gen. Halleck to the Secretary 

 of War, 162; causes of delay to advance, 163; advance 

 of the troops, 163: the situation of the respective forces, 

 164; removal of Gen. McClellan, 164; his farewell to 

 the troops, 164 : the military aspect of affairs, 164 ; 

 movement upon Fredericksburg, 165; that city sum- 

 moned to surrender by Gen. Snmner, 165; corr 

 denc, 166 ; concentration of Federal army, 166 ; delay 

 of pontoons, 166 ; testimony of Gen. Bnrnside. 167: bat- 

 tle in the rear of Fredericksbnrg, 163, 169; retreat of 

 the Federal forces, 170 ; despatches of Gen. Burnsi Je, 

 170 ; address of Gen. Lee to his troops, 170 ; dash upon 

 the Cumberland Gap, 171 ; attack upon Goldsboro'. 171 ; 

 fight at Pocotaglio. 172 ; at Baton Rouge. 172 : summary 

 of important mi'.itary events, 172; results of the military 

 operations of the year, 173., 



Astronomical Phenomena and Proyres*. Asteroids, 173; 

 comets. 174: new theory of, 174; nebula?, 175; stars, 

 176 ; refraction, 176. 



Auroras, early observations of, 177 ; theories, 177 : experi- 

 mental observations on electric discharge, 175; other 

 theories, 178; magnetic currents, 179; apparatus of M. 

 De la Rive, 179 ; observations. ISO. 



Austria, emperor. ISO; proceedings of Parliament, 181; par- 

 ties, 1S1 : efforts of the Government to overcome dis- 

 content, 151 ; nationalities of Austria, 182 ; population of 

 cities, 182 : financial condition of the empire, 182 ; ex- 

 penditures, 182; receipts, 183; standing army, 1S3; 

 navy, 133 ; religious statistics of the empire, 183. 



