Freedom by the Sword - US Army Center Of Military History

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4. Along the Mississippi River, 1861–1865 .......................... 190
5. West of the Mississippi River, 1863–1865 ......................... 228
6. Tennessee and Alabama, 1861–1865 ............................. 258
7. North Carolina and Virginia, 1861–1864 .......................... 298
8. Virginia, 1864–1865 .......................................... 336
9. South Texas, 1864–1867 ....................................... 426
10. Reconstruction, 1865–1867 .................................... 456
Illustrations
Inscription on medal struck for black soldiers in the Army of the
James, 1864 .......................................... Frontispiece
Union depot at City Point, Virginia ................................. 2
Slaves building a Confederate battery ................................ 4
Pvt. Hubbard Pryor .............................................. 12
Market scene at Beaufort, South Carolina ............................ 27
Members of Company A, 1st South Carolina, take the oath at Beaufort ..... 33
Cypress swamp on Port Royal Island, South Carolina ................... 35
Brig. Gen. Rufus Saxton’s headquarters at Beaufort .................... 38
Col. James Montgomery’s raid up the Combahee River ................. 46
Bird’s eye view of Charleston Harbor ............................... 48
Capt. John W. M. Appleton as a private in the Massachusetts militia and as
an officer of the 54th Massachusetts .............................. 50
Sgt. Maj. Lewis Douglass ......................................... 53
Men of the 54th Massachusetts and the 1st New York Engineers in a
trench on James Island, Charleston Harbor ......................... 56
Men of the 54th Massachusetts at Fort Wagner ........................ 60
An encounter between Confederates and the 1st South Carolina ........... 62
Col. James C. Beecher ........................................... 71
Officers and men of the 29th Connecticut ............................ 73
James M. Trotter as a second lieutenant .............................. 77
Typical country road throughout the South ........................... 81
Ruins of Charleston after the Confederate evacuation ................... 84
Col. Nathan W. Daniels .......................................... 101
Port Hudson ................................................... 105
The Louisiana Native Guards’ assault on Port Hudson .................. 107
Fort Jackson, Louisiana .......................................... 114
Soldiers from one of the Corps d’Afrique engineer regiments ............ 118
The Red River Expedition ........................................ 125
The Red River Dam and Alexandria, Louisiana ........................ 126
Morganza, Louisiana ............................................ 130
Col. Hiram Scofield ............................................. 146
A patrol tries to thwart a suspected escape to Union lines ................ 163
Union troops occupied Lake Providence, Louisiana .................... 170
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