Title : Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John McElroy
Author : John McElroy
Editor : David Widger
Release date
: May 18, 2019 [eBook #59540]
Most recently updated: January 25, 2021
Language : English
Credits : Produced by David Widger
| CHAPTER I. | A STRANGE LAND--THE HEART OF THE APPALACHIANS--THE GATEWAY OF AN EMPIRE --A SEQUESTERED VALE, AND A PRIMITIVE, ARCADIAN, NON-PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE. |
| CHAPTER II. | SCARCITY OF FOOD FOR THE ARMY--RAID FOR FORAGE--ENCOUNTER WIT THE REBELS --SHARP CAVALRY FIGHT--DEFEAT OF THE “JOHNNIES"--POWELL'S VALLEY OPENED UP. |
| CHAPTER III. | LIVING OFF THE ENEMY--REVELING IN THE FATNESS OF THE COUNTRY--SOLDIERLY PURVEYING AND CAMP COOKERY--SUSCEPTIBLE TEAMSTERS AND THEIR TENDENCY TO FLIGHTINESS--MAKING SOLDIER'S BED. |
| CHAPTER IV. | A BITTER COLD MORNING AND A WARM AWAKENING--TROUBLE ALL ALONG THE LINE-- FIERCE CONFLICTS, ASSAULTS AND DEFENSE--PROLONGED AND DESPERATE STRUGGLE ENDING WITH A SURRENDER. |
| CHAPTER V. | THE REACTION--DEPRESSION--BITTING COLD--SHARP HUNGER AND SAD REFLEXION. |
| CHAPTER VI. | “ON TO RICHMOND!”--MARCHING ON FOOT OVER THE MOUNTAINS--MY HORSE HAS A NEW RIDER--UNSOPHISTICATED MOUNTAIN GIRLS--DISCUSSING THE ISSUES OF THE WAR--PARTING WITH “HIATOGA |
| CHAPTER VII. | ENTERING RICHMOND--DISAPPOINTMENT AT ITS APPEARANCE--EVERYBODY IN UNIFORM--CURLED DARLINGS OF THE CAPITAL--THE REBEL FLAG--LIBBY PRISON-- DICK TURNER--SEARCHING THE NEW COMERS. |
| CHAPTER VIII. | INTRODUCTION TO PRISON LIFE--THE PEMBERTON BUILDING AND ITS OCCUPANTS-- NEAT SAILORS--ROLL CALL--RATIONS AND CLOTHING--CHIVALRIC “CONFISCATION.” |
| CHAPTER IX. | BRANS OR PEAS--INSUFFICIENCY OF DARKY TESTIMONY--A GUARD KILLS A PRISONER--PRISONERS TEAZE THE GUARDS--DESPERATE OUTBREAK. |
| CHAPTER X. | THE EXCHANGE AND THE CAUSE OF ITS INTERRUPTION--BRIEF RESUME OF THE DIFFERENT CARTELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT LED TO THEIR SUSPENSION. |
| CHAPTER XI. | PUTTING IN THE TIME--RATIONS--COOKING UTENSILS--“FIAT SOUP--“SPOONING"-- AFRICAN NEWSPAPER VENDERS--TRADING GREENBACKS FOR CONFEDERATE MONEY-- VISIT FROM JOHN MORGAN. |
| CHAPTER XII. | REMARKS AS TO NOMENCLATURE--VACC1NATION AND ITS EFFECTS--“N'YAARKER'S,"-- THEIR CHARACTERISTICS AND THEIR METHODS OF OPERATING. |
| CHAPTER XIII. | BELLE ISLE--TERRIBLE SUFFERING FROM COLD AND HUNGER--FATE OF LIEUTENANT BOISSEUX'S DOG--OUR COMPANY MYSTERY--TERMINATION OF ALL HOPES OF ITS SOLUTION. |
| CHAPTER XIV. | HOPING FOR EXCHANGE--AN EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES-- OFF FOR ANDERSONVILLE--UNCERTAINTY AS TO OUR DESTINATION--ARRIVAL AT ANDERSONVILLE. |
| CHAPTER XV. | GEORGIA--A LEAN AND HUNGRY LAND--DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER GEORGIA--THE PILLAGE OF ANDERSONVILLE. |
| CHAPTER XVI. | WAKING UP IN ANDERSONVILLE--SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE--OUR FIRST MAIL--BUILDING SHELTER--GEN. WINDER--HIMSELF AND LINEAGE. |
| CHAPTER XVII. | THE PLANTATION NEGROS--NOT STUPID TO BE LOYAL--THEIR DITHYRAMBIC MUSIC-- COPPERHEAD OPINION OF LONGFELLOW. |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
SCHEMES AND PLANS TO ESCAPE--SCALING THE STOCKADE--ESTABLISHING THE
DEAD LINE--THE FIRST MAN KILLED.
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| CHAPTER XIX. | CAPT. HENRI WIRZ--SOME DESCRIPTION OF A SMALL-MINDED PERSONAGE, WHO GAINED GREAT NOTORIETY--FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH HIS DISCIPLINARY METHOD. |
| CHAPTER XX. | PRIZE-FIGHT AMONG THE N'YAARKERS--A GREAT MANY FORMALITIES, AND LITTLE BLOOD SPILT--A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO RECOVER A WATCH--DEFEAT OF THE LAW AND ORDER PARTY. |
| CHAPTER XXI. | DIMINISHING RATIONS--A DEADLY COLD RAIN--HOVERING OVER PITCH PINE FIRES --INCREASE ON MORTALITY--A THEORY OF HEALTH. |
| CHAPTER XXII. | DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ALABAMIANS AND GEORGIANS--DEATH OF “POLL PARROTT"-- A GOOD JOKE UPON THE GUARD--A BRUTAL RASCAL. |
| CHAPTER XXIII. | A NEW LOT OF PRISONERS--THE BATTLE OF OOLUSTEE--MEN SACRIFICED TO A GENERAL'S INCOMPETENCY--A HOODLUM REINFORCEMENT--A QUEER CROWD-- MISTREATMENT OF AN OFFICER OF A COLORED REGIMENT--KILLING THE SERGEANT OF A NEGRO SQUAD. |
| CHAPTER XXIV. | APRIL--LONGING TO GET OUT--THE DEATH RATE--THE PLAGUE OF LICE --THE SO-CALLED HOSPITAL. |
| CHAPTER XXV. | THE “PLYMOUTH PILGRIMS"--SAD TRANSITION FROM COMFORTABLE BARRACKS TO ANDERSONVILLE--A CRAZED PENNSYLVANIAN--DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUTLER BUSINESS. |
| CHAPTER XXVI. | LONGINGS FOR GOD'S COUNTRY--CONSIDERATIONS OF THE METHODS OF GETTING THERE--EXCHANGE AND ESCAPE--DIGGING TUNNELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES CONNECTED THEREWITH--PUNISHMENT OF A TRAITOR. |
| CHAPTER XXVII. | THE HOUNDS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THEY PUT IN THE WAY OF ESCAPE-- THE WHOLE SOUTH PATROLLED BY THEM. |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. | MAY--INFLUX OF NEW PRISONERS--DISPARITY IN NUMBERS BETWEEN THE EASTERN AND WESTERN ARMIES--TERRIBLE CROWDING--SLAUGHTER OF MEN AT THE CREEK. |
| CHAPTER XXIX. | SOME DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOLDIERLY DUTY AND MURDER--A PLOT TO ESCAPE-- IT IS REVEALED AND FRUSTRATED. |
| CHAPTER XXX. | JUNE--POSSIBILITIES OF A MURDEROUS CANNONADE--WHAT WAS PROPOSED TO BE DONE IN THAT EVENT--A FALSE ALARM--DETERIORATION OF THE RATIONS-- FEARFUL INCREASE OF MORTALITY. |
| CHAPTER XXXI. | DYING BY INCHES--SEITZ, THE SLOW, AND HIS DEATH--STIGGALL AND EMERSON-- RAVAGES ON THE SCURVY. |
| CHAPTER XXXII. | “OLE BOO,” AND “OLE SOL, THE HAYMAKER"--A FETID, BURNING DESERT--NOISOME WATER, AND THE EFFECTS OF DRINKING IT--STEALING SOFT SOAP. |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. | “POUR PASSER LE TEMPS"--A SET OF CHESSMEN PROCURED UNDER DIFFICULTIES-- RELIGIOUS SERVICES--THE DEVOTED PRIEST--WAR SONG. |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. | MAGGOTS, LICE AND RAIDERS--PRACTICES OF THESE HUMAN VERMIN--PLUNDERING THE SICK AND DYING--NIGHT ATTACKS, AND BATTLES BY DAY--HARD TIMES FOR THE SMALL TRADERS. |
| CHAPTER XXXV. | A COMMUNITY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT--FORMATION OF THE REGULATORS--RAIDERS ATTACK KEY BUT ARE BLUFFED OFF--ASSAULT OF THE REGULATORS ON THE RAIDERS --DESPERATE BATTLE--OVERTHROW OF THE RAIDERS. |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. | WHY THE REGULATORS WERE NOT ASSISTED BY THE ENTIRE CAMP--PECULIARITIES OF BOYS FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS--HUNTING THE RAIDERS DOWN--EXPLOITS OF MY LEFT-HANDED LIEUTENANT--RUNNING THE GAUNTLET. |
| CHAPTER XXXVII. | THE EXECUTION--BUILDING THE SCAFFOLD--DOUBTS OF THE CAMP-CAPTAIN WIRZ THINKS IT IS PROBABLY A RUSE TO FORCE THE STOCKADE--HIS PREPARATIONS AGAINST SUCH AN ATTEMPT--ENTRANCE OF THE DOOMED ONES--THEY REALIZE THEIR FATE--ONE MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE--HIS RECAPTURE--INTENSE EXCITEMENT--WIRZ ORDERS THE GUNS TO OPEN--FORTUNATELY THEY DO NOT--THE SIX ARE HANGED--ONE BREAKS HIS ROPE--SCENE WHEN THE RAIDERS ARE CUT DOWN. |
| CHAPTER XXXVIII. | AFTER THE EXECUTION--FORMATION OF A POLICE FORCE--ITS FIRST CHIEF-- “SPANKING” AN OFFENDER. |
| CHAPTER XXXIX. | JULY--THE PRISON BECOMES MORE CROWDED, THE WEATHER HOTTER, NATIONS POORER, AND MORTALITY GREATER--SOME OF THE PHENOMENA OF SUFFERING AND DEATH. |
| CHAPTER XL. | THE BATTLE OF THE 22D OF JULY--THE ARMS OF THE TENNESSEE ASSAULTED FRONT AND REAR--DEATH OF GENERAL MCPHERSON--ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND BY GENERAL LOGAN--RESULT OF THE BATTLE. |
| CHAPTER XLI. | CLOTHING: ITS RAPID DETERIORATION, AND DEVICES TO REPLENISH IT--DESPERATE EFFORTS TO COVER NAKEDNESS--“LITTLE RED CAP” AND HIS LETTER. |
| CHAPTER XLII. | SOME FEATURES OF THE MORTALITY--PERCENTAGE OF DEATHS TO THOSE LIVING-- AN AVERAGE MEAN ONLY STANDS THE MISERY THREE MONTHS--DESCRIPTION OF THE PRISON AND THE CONDITION OF THE MEN THEREIN, BY A LEADING SCIENTIFIC MAN OF THE SOUTH. |
| CHAPTER XLIII. | DIFFICULTY OF EXERCISING--EMBARRASSMENTS OF A MORNING WALK--THE RIALTO OF THE PRISON--CURSING THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY--THE STORY OF THE BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE. |
| CHAPTER XLIV. | REBEL MUSIC--SINGULAR LACK OF THE CREATIVE POWER AMONG THE SOUTHERNERS-- CONTRAST WITH SIMILAR PEOPLE ELSEWHERE--THEIR FAVORITE MUSIC, AND WHERE IT WAS BORROWED FROM--A FIFER WITH ONE TUNE. |
| CHAPTER XLV. | AUGUST--NEEDLES STUCK IN PUMPKIN SEEDS--SOME PHENOMENA OF STARVATION-- RIOTING IN REMEMBERED LUXURIES. |
| CHAPTER XLVI. | SURLY BRITON--THE STOLID COURAGE THAT MAKES THE ENGLISH FLAG A BANNER OF TRIUMPH--OUR COMPANY BUGLER, HIS CHARACTERISTICS AND HIS DEATH--URGENT DEMAND FOR MECHANICS--NONE WANT TO GO--TREATMENT OF A REBEL SHOEMAKER-- ENLARGEMENT OF THE STOCKADE--IT IS BROKEN BY A STORM-- THE WONDERFUL SPRING. |
| CHAPTER XLVII. | “SICK CALL,” AND THE SCENES THAT ACCOMPANIED IT--MUSTERING THE LAME, HALT AND DISEASED AT THE SOUTH GATE--AN UNUSUALLY BAD CASE--GOING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL--ACCOMMODATION AND TREATMENT OF THE PATIENTS THERE--THE HORRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE GANGRENE WARD--BUNGLING AMPUTATIONS BY BLUNDERING PRACTITIONERS--AFFECTION BETWEEN A SAILOR AND HIS WARD-- DEATH OF MY COMRADE. |
| CHAPTER XLVIII. | DETERMINATION TO ESCAPE--DIFFERENT PLANS AND THEIR MERITS--I PREFER THE APPALACHICOLA ROUTE--PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE--A HOT DAY--THE FENCE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY PURSUED BY THE HOUNDS--CAUGHT-- RETURNED TO THE STOCKADE. |
| CHAPTER XLIX. | AUGUST--GOOD LUCK IN NOT MEETING CAPTAIN WIRZ--THAT WORTHY'S TREATMENT OF RECAPTURED PRISONERS--SECRET SOCIETIES IN PRISON--SINGULAR MEETING AND ITS RESULT--DISCOVERY AND REMOVAL OF THE OFFICERS AMONG THE ENLISTED MEN. |
| CHAPTER L | FOOD--THE MEAGERNESS, INFERIOR QUALITY, AND TERRIBLE SAMENESS-- REBEL TESTIMONY ON THE SUBJECT--FUTILITY OF SUCCESSFUL EXPLANATION. |
| CHAPTER LI. | SOLICITUDE AS TO THE FATE OF ATLANTA AND SHERMAN'S ARMY--PAUCITY OF NEWS --HOW WE HEARD THAT ATLANTA HAD FALLEN--ANNOUNCEMENT OF A GENERAL EXCHANGE--WE LEAVE ANDERSONVILLE. |
| CHAPTER LII. | SAVANNAH--DEVICES TO OBTAIN MATERIALS FOR A TENT--THEIR ULTIMATE SUCCESS --RESUMPTION OF TUNNELING--ESCAPING BY WHOLESALE AND BEING RECAPTURED EN MASSE--THE OBSTACLES THAT LAY BETWEEN US AND OUR LINES. |
| CHAPTER LIII. | FRANK REVERSTOCK'S ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE--PASSING OFF AS REBEL BOY HE REACHES GRISWOLDVILLE BY RAIL, AND THEN STRIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR SHERMAN, BUT IS CAUGHT WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF OUR LINES. |
| CHAPTER LIV. | SAVANNAH PROVES TO BE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER--ESCAPE FROM THE BRATS OF GUARDS--COMPARISON BETWEEN WIRZ AND DAVIS--A BRIEF INTERVAL OF GOOD RATIONS--WINDER, THE MAN WITH THE EVIL EYE-- THE DISLOYAL WORK OF A SHYSTER. |
| CHAPTER LV. | WHY WE WERE HURRIED OUT OF ANDERSONVILLE--THE OF THE FALL OF ATLANTA-- OUR LONGING TO HEAR THE NEWS--ARRIVAL OF SOME FRESH FISH--HOW WE KNEW THEY WERE WESTERN BOYS--DIFFERENCE IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE TWO ARMIES. |
| CHAPTER LVI. | WHAT CAUSED THE FALL OF ATLANTA--A DISSERTATION UPON AN IMPORTANT PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM--THE BATTLE OF JONESBORO--WHY IT WAS FOUGHT-- HOW SHERMAN DECEIVED HOOD--A DESPERATE BAYONET CHARGE, AND THE ONLY SUCCESSFUL ONE IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN--A GALLANT COLONEL AND HOW HE DIED--THE HEROISM OF SOME ENLISTED MEN--GOING CALMLY INTO CERTAIN DEATH. |
| CHAPTER LVII. | A FAIR SACRIFICE--THE STORY OF ONE BOY WHO WILLINGLY GAVE HIS YOUNG LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY. |
| CHAPTER LVIII. | WE LEAVE SAVANNAH--MORE HOPES OF EXCHANGE--SCENES AT DEPARTURE-- “FLANKERS"--ON THE BACK TRACK TOWARD ANDERSONVILLE--ALARM THEREAT-- AT THE PARTING OF TWO WAYS--WE FINALLY BRING UP AT CAMP LAWTON. |
| CHAPTER LIX. | OUR NEW QUARTERS AT CAMP LAWTON--BUILDING A HUT--AN EXCEPTIONAL COMMANDANT--HE IS a GOOD MAN, BUT WILL TAKE BRIBES--RATIONS. |
| CHAPTER LX. | THE RAIDERS REAPPEAR ON THE SCENE--THE ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE THOSE WHO WERE CONCERNED IN THE EXECUTION--A COUPLE OF LIVELY FIGHTS, IN WHICH THE RAIDERS ARE DEFEATED--HOLDING AN ELECTION. |
| CHAPTER LXI. | THE REBELS FORMALLY PROPOSE TO US TO DESERT TO THEM--CONTUMELIOUS TREATMENT OF THE PROPOSITION--THEIR RAGE--AN EXCITING TIME--AN OUTBREAK THREATENED--DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING DESERTION TO THE REBELS. |
| CHAPTER LXII. | SERGEANT LEROY L. KEY--HIS ADVENTURES SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXECUTIONS-- HE GOES OUTSIDE AT ANDERSONVILLE ON PAROLE--LABORS IN THE COOK-HOUSE-- ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE--IS RECAPTURED AND TAKEN TO MACON--ESCAPES FROM THERE, BUT IS COMPELLED TO RETURN--IS FINALLY EXCHANGED AT SAVANNAH. |
| CHAPTER LXIII. | DREARY WEATHER--THE COLD RAINS DISTRESS ALL AND KILL HUNDREDS--EXCHANGE OF TEN THOUSAND SICK--CAPTAIN BOWES TURNS A PRETTY, BUT NOT VERY HONEST, PENNY. |
| CHAPTER LXIV | ANOTHER REMOVAL--SHERMAN'S ADVANCE SCARES THE REBELS INTO RUNNING US AWAY FROM MILLEN--WE ARE TAKEN TO SAVANNAH, AND THENCE DOWN THE ATLANTIC & GULF ROAD TO BLACKSHEAR |
| CHAPTER LXV. | BLACKSHEAR AND PIERCE COUNTRY--WE TAKE UP NEW QUARTERS, BUT ARE CALLED OUT FOR EXCHANGE--EXCITEMENT OVER SIGNING THE PAROLE--A HAPPY JOURNEY TO SAVANNAH--GRIEVOUS DISAPPOINTMENT |
| CHAPTER LXVI. | SPECIMEN CONVERSATION WITH AN AVERAGE NATIVE GEORGIAN--WE LEARN THAT SHERMAN IS HEADING FOR SAVANNAH--THE RESERVES GET A LITTLE SETTLING DOWN. |
| CHAPTER LXVII. | OFF TO CHARLESTON--PASSING THROUGH THE RICE SWAMPS--TWO EXTREMES OF SOCIETY--ENTRY INTO CHARLESTON--LEISURELY WARFARE--SHELLING THE CITY AT REGULAR INTERVALS--WE CAMP IN A MASS OF RUINS--DEPARTURE FOR FLORENCE. |
| CHAPTER LXVIII. | FIRST DAYS AT FLORENCE--INTRODUCTION TO LIEUTENANT BARRETT, THE RED- HEADED KEEPER--A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OUR NEW QUARTERS--WINDERS MALIGN INFLUENCE MANIFEST. |
| CHAPTER LXIX. | BARRETT'S INSANE CRUELTY--HOW HE PUNISHED THOSE ALLEGED TO BE ENGAGED IN TUNNELING--THE MISERY IN THE STOCKADE--MEN'S LIMBS ROTTING OFF WITH DRY GANGRENE. |
| CHAPTER LXX. | HOUSE AND CLOTHES--EFFORTS TO ERECT A SUITABLE RESIDENCE--DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING THIS--VARIETIES OF FLORENTINE ARCHITECTURE--WAITING FOR DEAD MEN'S CLOTHES--CRAVING FOR TOBACCO. |
| CHAPTER LXXI. | DECEMBER--RATIONS OF WOOD AND FOOD GROW LESS DAILY--UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE MORTALITY AT FLORENCE--EVEN THE GOVERNMENT'S STATISTICS ARE VERY DEFICIENT--CARE FOB THE SICK. |
| CHAPTER LXXII. | DULL WINTER DAYS--TOO WEAK AND TOO STUPID To AMUSE OURSELVES--ATTEMPTS OF THE REBELS TO RECRUIT US INTO THEIR ARMY--THE CLASS OF MEN THEY OBTAINED --VENGEANCE ON “THE GALVANIZED"--A SINGULAR EXPERIENCE--RARE GLIMPSES OF FUN--INABILITY OF THE REBELS TO COUNT. |
| CHAPTER LXXIII. | CHRISTMAS--AND THE WAY THE WAS PASSED--THE DAILY ROUTINE OF RATION DRAWING--SOME PECULIARITIES OF LIVING AND DYING. |
| CHAPTER LXXIV. | NEW YEAR'S DAY--DEATH OF JOHN H. WINDER--HE DIES ON HIS WAY TO A DINNER --SOMETHING AS TO CHARACTER AND CAREER--ONE OF THE WORST MEN THAT EVER LIVED. |
| CHAPTER LXXV. | ONE INSTANCE OF A SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE--THE ADVENTURES OF SERGEANT WALTER HARTSOUGH, OF COMPANY K, SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY--HE GETS AWAY FROM THE REBELS AT THOMASVILLE, AND AFTER A TOILSOME AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES, REACHES OUR LINES IN FLORIDA. |
| CHAPTER LXXVI | THE PECULIAR TYPE OF INSANITY PREVALENT AT FLORENCE--BARRETT'S WANTONNESS OF CRUELTY--WE LEARN OF SHERMAN'S ADVANCE INTO SOUTH CAROLINA--THE REBELS BEGIN MOVING THE PRISONERS AWAY--ANDREWS AND I CHANGE OUR TACTICS, AND STAY BEHIND--ARRIVAL OF FIVE PRISONERS FROM SHERMAN'S COMMAND--THEIR UNBOUNDED CONFIDENCE IN SHERMAN'S SUCCESS, AND ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECT UPON US. |
| CHAPTER LXXVII | FRUITLESS WAITING FOR SHERMAN--WE LEAVE FLORENCE--INTELLIGENCE OF THE FALL OF WILMINGTON COMMUNICATED TO US BY A SLAVE--THE TURPENTINE REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA--WE COME UPON A REBEL LINE OF BATTLE--YANKEES AT BOTH ENDS OF THE ROAD. |
| CHAPTER LXXVIII. | RETURN TO FLORENCE AND A SHORT SOJOURN THERE--OFF TOWARDS WILMINGTON AGAIN--CRUISING A REBEL OFFICER'S LUNCH--SIGNS OF APPROACHING OUR LINES --TERROR OF OUR RASCALLY GUARDS--ENTRANCE INTO GOD'S COUNTRY AT LAST. |
| CHAPTER LXXIX. | GETTING USED TO FREEDOM--DELIGHTS OF A LAND WHERE THERE IS ENOUGH OF EVERYTHING--FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE OLD FLAG--WILMINGTON AND ITS HISTORY --LIEUTENANT CUSHING--FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE COLORED TROOPS--LEAVING FOR HOME--DESTRUCTION OF THE “THORN” BY A TORPEDO--THE MOCK MONITOR'S ACHIEVEMENT. |
| CHAPTER LXXX | VISIT TO FORT FISHER, AND INSPECTION OF THAT STRONGHOLD--THE WAY IT WAS CAPTURED--OUT ON THE OCEAN SAILING--TERRIBLY SEASICK--RAPID RECOVERY-- ARRIVAL AT ANNAPOLIS--WASHED, CLOTHED AND FED--UNBOUNDED LUXURY, AND DAYS OF UNADULTERATED HAPPINESS. |
| CHAPTER LXXXII. | CAPTAIN WIRZ THE ONLY ONE OF THE PRISON-KEEPERS PUNISHED--HIS ARREST, TRIAL AND EXECUTION. |
| CHAPTER LXXXIII. |
THE RESPONSIBILITY--WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR ALL THE MISERY--AN
EXAMINATION OF THE FLIMSY EXCUSES MADE FOR THE REBELS--ONE DOCUMENT
THAT CONVICTS THEM--WHAT IS DESIRED.
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| CHAPTER I. | DARK DAYS OF 1861.-A FATHER WHO GAVE HIS CHILDREN TO THE COUNTRY.-RALLYING TO THE FLAG.-RAISING VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. | |
| CHAPTER II. | BATTLE OF THE "GAPS."-YOUNG HARVEY LYON BRUTALLY MURDERED.- UNCLE DANIEL'S RETURN.-RAISING TROOPS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. | |
| CHAPTER III. | BATTLE OF TWO RIVERS.-COL. TOM ANDERSON MEETS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.-UNCLE DANIEL BECOMES AN ABOLITIONIST.-A WINTER CAMPAIGN AGAINST A REBEL STRONGHOLD. | |
| CHAPTER IV. | BATTLE OF DOLINSBURG.-HEROIC CONDUCT OF COL. TOM ANDERSON -REPORTED DEAD.-HIS WIFE REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE REPORT. | |
| CHAPTER V. | ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE-TWO DAYS OF AWFUL FIGHTING AT PITTSKILL LANDING-HARD-WON VICTORY-UNCLE DANIEL'S SONS BEAR THEMSELVES GALLANTLY. | |
| CHAPTER VI. | "K. G. C."-ORGANIZATION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNION IN THE NORTH-PLOTTING EVERYWHERE-OBJECTS OF THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE. | |
| CHAPTER VII. | TRAITOR KNIGHTS-ORGANIZATION OF REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS-SIGNS AND SECRETS-GEN. ANDERSON'S TOUR OF INVESTIGATION -THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. | |
| CHAPTER VIII. | BATTLE OF PAGELAND-A VICTORY TURNED INTO A DEFEAT BY TREACHERY-DEATH OF GEN. LYON-ON THE TRAIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. | |
| CHAPTER IX. | BATTLE OF ANTLER'S RUN-SERAINE WHITCOMB LEAVES FOR THE SOUTH-PLOTTING IN CANADA-DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AMONG ARMY OFFICERS. | |
| CHAPTER X. | BATTLE OF MURPHY'S HILL.-THE MOST SANGUINARY FIGHTING OF THE WAR.--MURDER OF STEPHEN LYON.-UNCLE HAM GETS A STRONG DISLIKE TO WAR. | |
| CHAPTER XI. | THE COURT-MARTIAL.-AT MURPHY'S HILL.-THE TWO OPPOSING ARMIES AND THEIR MOVEMENTS.-JAMES WHITCOMB'S TRIAL.- SENTENCED TO DEATH AND PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT. | |
| CHAPTER XII. | MORGANSON'S RAID AND BATTLE OF CHEROKEE RUN.-THE REBEL CAVALRYMEN WHIRL THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO.-BEATEN AND CAPTURED.-KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE CONTINUE THEIR MACHINATIONS. | |
| CHAPTER XIII. | GEN. SILENT GUIDED BY A SPECTER.-ARMY OF THE CENTER.- BELEAGUERED AND HALF STARVED IN CHATTERAUGUS.-MIDDLETON'S RIDGE.-GEN. SILENT'S FORCES SWEEP THE REBELS FROM THE CREST. | |
| CHAPTER XIV. | SERAINE WHITCOMB'S EXAMINATION OF THE REBEL PRISONS AND HENRY LYON'S RELEASE.-MAN'S INHUMANITY.-SERAINE WHITCOMB VISITS THE SOUTHERN PRISON PENS.-A SAD TALE OF WOE.- GRAPHIC PICTURE OF SUFFERING, WRETCHEDNESS AND DEATH. | |
| CHAPTER XV. | PLOTS TO POISON AND BURN.-FIRE AND POISON.-THE PLOT TO BURN NORTHERN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE.-THE SCHEME AVENGED.-PART OF THE CHIEF PLOTTERS BURNED BY THEIR OWN COMBUSTIBLES. | |
| CHAPTER XVI. | A HAPPY WEDDING.-MARRIAGE OF SERAINE WHITCOMB AND HENRY LYON.-FIRE AND PLAGUE.-THE PLOTTING IN CANADA TO BURN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE. | |
| CHAPTER XVII. | MOBS IN THE NORTH.-LAWLESS VIOLENCE AND OUTRAGE BY REBEL SYMPATHIZERS.-THE CLASH OF ARMS.-BATTLE OF THE CHAPARRAL BETWEEN GEN. SILENT AND GEN. LAWS. | |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY OF THE CENTER.-GEN. SHERWOOD'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST GATE CITY.-HEAD'S ARMY DESTROYED.-GEN. PAPSON'S GREAT VICTORIES AT FRANKTOWN AND NASHUA. | |
| CHAPTER XIX. | CHAPTER XIX.THE SCHEME TO CAPTURE OR KILL THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SILENT.-A VILLANOUS PLOT.-THE RECKLESS AND DESPERATE SCHEMES OF THE CONSPIRATORS.-THE PLAN REVEALED.-THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SILENT WARNED OF THEIR DANGER. | |
| CHAPTER XX. | COLLAPSE OF THE GREAT REBELLION.-LAWS' ARMY SURRENDERS.- THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. | |
| CHAPTER XXI. | SCHEME FOR A NEW REBELLION.-ANDREW JOHNSON AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS.-THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY AND SECRETARY OF WAR SAVE THE COUNTRY.-"TOM" ANDERSON'S BRUTAL MURDER.-UNCLE DANIEL DIES. |
| CHAPTER I | A SALIENT BASTION FOR THE SLAVERY EMPIRE |
| CHAPTER II | THE WAR CLOUDS GATHER |
| CHAPTER III | NATHANIEL LYON'S ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE |
| CHAPTER IV | THE CAPTURE OF CAMP JACKSON |
| CHAPTER V | THE SCOTT-HARNEY AGREEMENT |
| CHAPTER VI | THE LAST WORD BEFORE THE BLOW |
| CHAPTER VII | GEN LYON BEGINS AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN |
| CHAPTER VIII. | STORM GATHERS IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI |
| CHAPTER IX | EVE OF THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK |
| CHAPTER X | BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK |
| CHAPTER XI | THE AFTERMATH OF WILSON'S CREEK |
| CHAPTER XII | A GALAXY OF NOTABLE MEN |
| CHAPTER XIII | FREMONT'S MARVELOUS INEFFECTIVENESS |
| CHAPTER XIV | THE SAD RETREAT FROM SPRINGFIELD |
| CHAPTER XV | GEN H.W. HALLECK IN COMMAND |
| CHAPTER XVI | HUNTER, LANE, MISSOURI AND KANSAS |
| CHAPTER XVII | PRICE DRIVEN OUT OF THE STATE |
| CHAPTER XVIII | GEN EARL VAN DORN TAKES COMMAND |
| CHAPTER XIX | THE VICTORY IS WON |
| INDEX |
| Preface | |
| Chapter I | A Declaration |
| Chapter II | First Shots |
| Chapter III | A Race |
| Chapter IV | Disgrace |
| Chapter V | The Lint-scraping and Bandage-making Union |
| Chapter VI | The Awakening |
| Chapter VII | Pomp and Circumstances of Glorious War |
| Chapter VIII | The Tedium of Camp |
| Chapter IX | On the March |
| Chapter X | The Mountaineer's Revenge |
| Chapter XI | Through the Mountains and the Night |
| Chapter XII | Aunt Debby Brill |
| Chapter XIII | "An Apple Jack Raid.” |
| Chapter XIV | In the Hospital |
| Chapter XV | Making an Acquaintance with Duty |
| Chapter XVI | The Ambuscade |
| Chapter XVII | Alspaugh on a Bed of Pain |
| Chapter XVIII | Secret Service |
| Chapter XIX | The Battle of Stone River |
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CHAPTER I |
GOING TO WAR—SI KLEGG'S COMPLETE EQUIPMENT |
| CHAPTER II | THE DEADLY BAYONET |
| CHAPTER III | THE OLD CANTEEN |
| CHAPTER IV | THE AWFUL HARDTACK |
| CHAPTER V | FAT PORK—INDISPENSABLE BODY TIMBER FOR PATRIOTISM |
| CHAPTER VI | DETAILED AS COOK—SI FINDS RICE ANOTHER INNOCENT |
| CHAPTER VII. | IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD |
| CHAPTER VIII | ON COMPANY DRILL |
| CHAPTER IX | SI GETS A LETTER |
| CHAPTER X. | SI AND THE DOCTORS |
| CHAPTER XI. | THE PLAGUE OF THE SOLDIER |
| CHAPTER XII | A WET NIGHT |
| CHAPTER XIII | SI "STRAGGLED" |
| CHAPTER XIV | SI AND THE MULES |
| CHAPTER XV | UNDER FIRE—SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER |
| CHAPTER XVI | ONE OF THE "NON-COMMISH" |
| CHAPTER XVII | FORAGING ON THE WAY |
| CHAPTER XVIII | A SUNDAY OFF |
| CHAPTER XIX | A CLOSE CALL |
| CHAPTER XX | "THE SWEET SABBATH" |
| CHAPTER XXI | SI AND SHORTY WERE RAPIDLY LEARNING |
| CHAPTER XXII | A NIGHT OF SONG |
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CHAPTER I |
THROUGH MUD AND MIRE |
| CHAPTER II | SECOND DAY'S MARCH |
| CHAPTER III | STILL ON THE MARCH |
| CHAPTER IV | THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE |
| CHAPTER V | LINING UP FOR BATTLE |
| CHAPTER VI | BATTLE OF STONE RIVER |
| CHAPTER VII | AFTER THE FIRST DAY |
| CHAPTER VIII | A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S DAY |
| CHAPTER IX | VICTORY AT LAST |
| CHAPTER X | THE VICTORIOUS ARMY |
| CHAPTER XI | WINTER QUARTERS |
| CHAPTER XII | ADDING TO THEIR COMFORT |
| CHAPTER XIII | "HOOSIER'S REST" |
| CHAPTER XIV | DEACON KLEGG'S SURPRISE |
| CHAPTER XV | DEACON KLEGG'S ARRIVAL IS MISTAKEN |
| CHAPTER XVI | IN A NEW WORLD |
| CHAPTER XVII | THE DEACON'S INITIATION |
| CHAPTER XVIII | THE DEACON IS SHOCKED |
| CHAPTER XIX | THE DEACON IS TROUBLED |
| CHAPTER XX | THE DEACON BUTTS IN |
| CHAPTER XXI | THE PERPLEXED DEACON |
| CHAPTER XXII | TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN |
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| CHAPTER I | OUT ON PICKET |
| CHAPTER II | ROSENBAUM, THE SPY |
| CHAPTER III | THE DEACON GOES HOME |
| CHAPTER IV | A SPY'S EXPERIENCES |
| CHAPTER V | THE BOYS GO SPYING |
| CHAPTER VI | LETTER FROM HOME |
| CHAPTER VII | CORN PONE AND BUTTERMILK |
| CHAPTER VIII | A PERIOD OF SELF-DISGUST |
| CHAPTER IX | SHORTY GETS A LETTER |
| CHAPTER X | TRADING WITH THE REBS |
| CHAPTER XI | SHORTY'S CORRESPONDENT |
| CHAPTER XII | THE BAN ON WET GOODS |
| CHAPTER XIII | THE JEW SPY WRITES |
| CHAPTER XIV | SHORTY HAS AN ADVENTURE WITH SI |
| CHAPTER XV | SHORTY NEARLY GOT MARRIED |
| CHAPTER XVI | AN UNEXPECTED MARRIAGE |
| CHAPTER XVII | GATHERING INFORMATION |
| CHAPTER XVIII | THE JEW SPY AGAIN |
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| CHAPTER I | THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN ON TO DUCK RIVER |
| CHAPTER II | THE BALKY MULES |
| CHAPTER III | THIRD DAY OF THE DELUGE |
| CHAPTER IV | THE FOURTH DAY OF THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN |
| CHAPTER V | AFLOAT ON A LOG |
| CHAPTER VI | DISTRESSING ENEMIES |
| CHAPTER VII | THE EXCITING ADVANCE TULLAHOMA |
| CHAPTER VIII | THE GLORIOUS FOURTH INDEPENDENCE DAY FUN |
| CHAPTER IX | A LITTLE EPISODE OVER LOVE LETTERS |
| CHAPTER X. | AFTER BRAGG AGAIN |
| CHAPTER XI. | THE MOUNTAIN FOLK |
| CHAPTER XII. | SI AND SHORTY IN LUCK |
| CHAPTER XIII | MANY HAPPY EVENTS |
| CHAPTER XIV | THE FRISKY YOUNGSTERS |
| CHAPTER XV | KEYED UP FOR ACTION |
| CHAPTER XVI | THE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE |
| CHAPTER XVII | IN THE HOSPITAL |
| CHAPTER XVIII | A DISTURBING MESSAGE |
| CHAPTER XIX | TEDIOUS CONVALESCENCE |
| CHAPTER XX | STEWED CHICKEN |
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| CHAPTER I | THE DEACON PROVIDES |
| CHAPTER II | THE DEACON ATTEMPTED RESTITUTION |
| CHAPTER III | A COW IN CAMP |
| CHAPTER IV | THE DEACON'S PLAN |
| CHAPTER V | TROUBLE ENCOUNTERED |
| CHAPTER VI | THE BOYS IN THE OLD HOME ON BEAN BLOSSOM CREEK |
| CHAPTER VII | WEEKS OF CONVALESCENCE |
| CHAPTER VIII | SI IS PROMOTED |
| CHAPTER IX | SHORTY IN TROUBLE |
| CHAPTER X | SHORTY AS ORDERLY |
| CHAPTER XI | SHORTY RUNS HEADQUARTERS |
| CHAPTER XII | SHORTY ON A HUNT |
| CHAPTER XIII | AN UNEXPECTED MEETING |
| CHAPTER XIV | GUARDING THE KNIGHTS |
| CHAPTER XV | OFF FOR THE FRONT |
| CHAPTER XVI | THE TROUBLESOME BOYS |
| CHAPTER XVII | THE FRIGHTENED SURGEON |
| CHAPTER XVIII. | NO PEACE FOR SI AND SHORTY |
| CHAPTER XIX | THE FIRST SCRAPE |
| CHAPTER XX | AFTER THE SKIRMISH |
| CHAPTER XXI | CHATTANOOGA AT LAST |
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CHAPTER I |
SHORTY BEGINS BEING A FATHER TO PETE SKIDMORE |
| CHAPTER II | SI AND SHORTY COME VERY NEAR LOSING THEIR BOYS |
| CHAPTER III | THE PARTNERS GET BACK TO THEIR REGIMENT AT LAST |
| CHAPTER IV | THE RECRUITS ARE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES |
| CHAPTER V | THE YOUNG RECRUITS |
| CHAPTER VI | SI KLEGG PUTS HIS AWKWARD SQUAD THROUGH ITS FIRST DRILL |
| CHAPTER VII | SHORTY'S HEART TURNS TOWARD MARIA |
| CHAPTER VIII | SHORTY WRITES A LETTER TO MARIA KLEGG |
| CHAPTER IX | SI TAKES HIS BOYS FOR A LITTLE MARCH INTO THE COUNTRY |
| CHAPTER X | THE BOYS HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE SKIRMISHES |
| CHAPTER XI | SHORTY GIVES THE BOYS THEIR FIRST LESSON IN FORAGING |
| CHAPTER XII | THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN |
| CHAPTER XIII | THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN |
| CHAPTER XIV | THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE |
| CHAPTER XV | THE FIGHTING AROUND BUZZARD ROOST |
| CHAPTER XVI | THE 200TH IND. ASSAULTS THE REBEL WORKS AT DAYBREAK |
| CHAPTER XVII | GATHERING UP THE BOYS AFTER THE BATTLE |
| CHAPTER XVIII | AN ARTILLERY DUEL |
| CHAPTER XIX | SI AND SHORTY ARE PUT UNDER ARREST |
| CHAPTER XX | SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL |