Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 [1867], Wearing of the gray: being personal portraits, scenes and adventures of the war. (E.B. Treat and Co., New York) [word count] [eaf521T].
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Preliminaries
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University of Virginia, 1819
Mrs. J. Clayton Mitchell
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Pink Hunter
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J E Cooks
Forthill. March 1867.
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WEARING OF THE GRAY.
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Yours to count on.
J.E.B. Stuart
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WEARING OF THE GRAY;
BEING
PERSONAL PORTRAITS, SCENES AND ADVENTURES
OF THE
WAR.
By JOHN 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 deelare 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 principles in their principles by the deaths which canonized them immortal heroes and
martyrs.”
Henry A. Wise.
NEW YORK:
E. B. TREAT & CO., 654 BROADWAY.
BALTIMORE, MD.: J. S. MORROW. NEW ORLEANS, LA.: J. H. HUMMEL.
NASHVILLE, TENN.: A. S. KIMZEY.
1867.
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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, 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
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Dedication
To
THE ILLUSTRIOUS MEMORY OF
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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.
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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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PORTRAITS ENGRAVED ON STEEL FROM PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN
FROM LIFE.
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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 MeClellan 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
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CONTENTS.
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Part 1.
PERSONAL PORTRAITS.
Introduction xiii
I. Stuart 17
II. Jackson 44
III. Hampton 57
IV. Ashby 70
V. Beauregard 83
VI. Early 96
VII. Mosby 113
VIII Pelham “the Gallant” 127
IX. Farley “the Scout” 141
X. Hardeman Stuart, the Young Captain of the Signal Corps 152
XI. Jennings Wise, Captain of “The Blues” 158
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. 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. Facotiæe 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:
I. His Opinion of General Lee 365
II. His Description of the Passport Office 372
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:
I. How he took Upton's Hill 410
II. His Recollections of Manassas and the “Gamest Yankee” 416
III. How he was Captured 423
IV. Incidents of the Peninsula 434
XI. Longbow's Horse 445
XII. Roslyn and the White House: Before and After 462
XIII. On the Wing 474
Part 4.
SCOUT LIFE.
I. The Scouts 483
II. Hunted Down 487
III. How S—Overheard his Death-Warrant 500
IV. How S—Captured a Federal Colonel's Hat 509
V. How S—Carried off a Federal Field-Officer 514
VI. An Adventure with the “Bluebirds” 520
Part 5.
LATTER DAYS.
I. On the Road to Petersburg: Notes of an Officer of the C. S. A. 527
II. A Family Rifle-Pit: an Incident of Wilson's Raid 536
III. A Fight, a Dead Man, and a Coffin 542
IV. General Pegram on the Night before his Death 553
V. Lee's Last Battles 556
Cooke, John Esten, 1830-1886 [1867], Wearing of the gray: being personal portraits, scenes and adventures of the war. (E.B. Treat and Co., New York) [word count] [eaf521T].
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