Personal narratives of events of the U.S. Civil War, through addresses delivered at the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States.

Sinking of the Congress and Sutherland by the Merrimac /Charles Martin -- Snake Creek Gap and Atlanta / Rowland Cox -- In commemoration of General William Tecumseh Sherman / John Sherman and others -- In and out of Confederate prisons / George H. Starr -- The Navy in the Battles and Capture of Fort Fisher / James Parker -- Admiral Farragut's passage of Port Hudson / William T. Meredith -- In the Company Street / Charles E. Sprague -- Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief / Alexander K. McClure -- Major-General John Sedgwick / M.T. Mahon -- Reminiscences of Cadet and Army Service / Peter Michie -- The duty and value of patriotism / John Ireland -- Surrender of the Navy Yard at Pensacola, Florida, January 12, 1861 / Henry Erben -- The cavalry at Chancellorsville, May, 1865 / W.L. Hermance -- Some personal reminiscences of the Naval Service / A. Noel Blakeman -- The Battle of Atlanta / Grenville M. Dodge -- The naval victory at Port Royal, S.C., Nov. 7, 1861 / William Conant Church -- The Battle of Corinth / D.S. Stanley -- A few yarns of the early sixties / O.F. Stanton -- In memory of Maj.-General John Gibbon, U.S.A., Commander-in-Chief / C.A. Woodruff -- General Gibbon in the Second Corps / Francis A. Walker -- The Old Vermont Brigade / Aldace F. Walker.