Discusses the battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and events surrounding it.
Orders to counter - attack Lee were not obeyed and Lee was able to get his small force away without significant loss , even though his men and horses were very tired . It was the same old story and the Confederates were jubilant .
Henry Fleming, a raw Union Army recruit in the American Civil War, is anxious to confirm his patriotism and manhood - to earn his 'badge of courage'.
Facsimile of the first edition, published, fall 1895 at New York by D. Appleton and Company.