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1171355Memoirs of Henry Villard — Volume II1904Henry Villard



MEMOIRS

OF

HENRY VILLARD


IN TWO VOLUMES
VOLUME II

MEMOIRS

OF

HENRY VILLARD

Journalist and Financier

1835–1900


IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. II, 1863–1900



BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1904

COPYRIGHT 1904
BY FANNY GARRISON VILLARD
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published March 1904

TABLE OF CONTENTS




Volume II

BOOK V.—IN CIVIL-WAR TIME: CHARLESTON
CHAPTER XXIV.At Hilton Head (1863) PAGE
3
CHAPTER XXV.Naval Attack on Forts Sumter and Moultrie (1863) 27
CHAPTER XXVI.First Visit to Boston (1863) 52

BOOK VI.—IN CIVIL-WAR TIME: CHICKAMAUGA.
CHAPTER XXVII.With Rosecrans at Murfreesboro’ (1863) 59
CHAPTER XXVIII.Bragg Dislodged from Chattanooga (1863) 78
CHAPTER XXIX.Chickamauga: The Battle of the First Day (1863) 113
CHAPTER XXX.The Battle of the Second Day (1863) 126

BOOK VII.—IN CIVIL-WAR TIME: CHATTANOOGA
CHAPTER XXXI.Federal Concentration and Reorganization (1863) 177
CHAPTER XXXII.Crisis in the Confederate Army (1863) 193
CHAPTER XXXIII.Wheeler’s Raid (1863) 199
CHAPTER XXXIV.Rosecrans Relieved from Command (1863) 207
CHAPTER XXXV.The Reopening of the Tennessee River (1863) 217
CHAPTER XXXVI.Preparations for the Offensive (1863) 229
CHAPTER XXXVII.The Battle above the Clouds (1863) 241

BOOK VIII.—FINANCIAL CAREER
CHAPTER XXXVIII.Washington, Boston, Germany (1863–1873) 267
CHAPTER XXXIX.The Oregon Railroads (1873–1879) 272
CHAPTER XL.The Oregon Railway and Navigation Co. (1879–1880) 284
CHAPTER XLI.Completion of the Northern Pacific Railway (1880–1883) 295
CHAPTER XLII.The Wheel of Fortune (1883–1890) 313
CHAPTER XLIII.The Guest of Bismarck (1890) 338
CHAPTER XLIV.Last Years (1890–1900) 357

ILLUSTRATIONS
 
Henry Villard, aged 53 Frontispiece
From a photograph by G. C. Cox, New York.
Henry Villard, aged 54 to face page 358
From a photograph by Sarony, New York.

MAPS
Charleston and its Forts to face page  27
Chickamauga and Chattanooga to face page 113
Oregon and Washington to face page 267