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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: November 29, 2023 Language: English Credits: Produced by David Widger *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF JOHN MCELROY *** Produced by David Widger INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF JOHN McELROY Compiled by David Widger CONTENTS ## ANDERSONVILLE ## UNCLE DANIEL ## THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI ## THE RED ACORN ## SI KLEGG, BOOK 1 (OF 6) ## SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6) ## SI KLEGG, BOOK 3 (OF 6) ## SI KLEGG, BOOK 4 (OF 6) ## SI KLEGG, BOOK 5 (OF 6) ## SI KLEGG, BOOK 6 (OF 6) THE ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS OF VICE TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES ANDERSONVILLE A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS FIFTEEN MONTHS A GUEST OF THE SO-CALLED SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY A Private Soldiers Experience In Richmond, Andersonville, Savannah, Millen Blackshear And Florence By John McElroy CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION AUTHOR'S PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 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. 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. ILLUSTRATIONS 1. Frontpiece 2. “War" 8. Cumberland Gap, Looking Eastward 4. A Cavalry Squad 5. The 'Rebels Marching Through Jonesville 6. 'Leven Yards Killing the Rebel 7. A Scared Mule Driver 8. Bugler Sounding “Taps" 9. Company L Gathering to Meet the Rebel Attack 10. The Major Refuses to Surrender 11. Ned Johnson Trying to Kill the Rebel Colonel 12. Girls Astonished at the Jacket Tabs 14. An East Tennesseean 15. A Rebel Dandy 17. Turner in Quest of British Gold 18. Barnacle backs Discouraging a Visit from a Soldier 19. Ross Calling the Roll 20. An Evening's Amusement with the Guards 21. Prisoners' Culinary Outfit 23. Skimming, the Bugs From My Soup 23. “Spooning" 24. A Richmond News Boy 25. “Say, Guard: Do You Want to Buy Some Greenbacks?" 26. A “N'Yaarker" 27. Decoying Boisseux's Dog to Its Death 28. The Dead Scotchman 29. Map of Georgia, South Carolina and part of North Carolina 30. Cooking Rations 31. General John W. Winder 32. A Field hand 33. Scaling the Stockade 34. Captain llenri Wirz 35. The Prize-fight for the Skillet 36. Killing Lice by Singeing 37. Stripping the Dead for Clothes 38. A Plymouth Pilgrim 40. Midnight Attack of the Raiders 41. Ignominious End of a Tunnel Enterprize 42. Tunneling 43. Tattooing the Tunnel Traitor 44. Overpowering a Guard 45. A Master of the Hounds 46. Hounds Tearing a Prisoner 47. Shot at the Creek by the Guard 48. Cooking Mush 49. Seitz on Horseback 50. Finding Seitz Dead 51. A Case of Scurvy 52. Confiscating Soft Soap 63. Religious Services 54. The Priest Anointing the Dying 55. Raider Fight with one of Ellett's Marine Brigade 56. Key Bluffing His Would-be Assassins 67. Rebel Artillerists Training the Cannon on the Prison 58. Overthrow of the Raiders 59. Arrest of Pete Donnelly 60. Death of the Sailor 61. Execution of the Raiders 63. Sergeant A. R, Hill, 100th O. V. I. 63. “Spanking” a Thief 64. The Wounded Illinois Sergeant 65. The Idiotic Flute-Player 66. One of Sherman's “Veterans" 67. “You Hear Me" 68. Logan Taking Command of the Army of the Tennessee 69. Death of M'Pherson 70. The Work of a Shell 71. The Fight for the Flag 72. In the Rifle-pit After the Battle 73. Taken In 74. The Author's Appearance on Entering Prison 75. His Appearance in July, 1864 76. Little Red Cap 77. “Fresh Fish" 78. Interior of the Stockade, Viewed from the Southwest 79. Burying the Dead 80. The Graveyard at Andersonville, as the Rebels Left It 81. Denouncing the Southern Confederacy 82. The Charge 83. “Flagstaff" 84. Nursing a Sick Comrade 65. A Dream 86. The English Bugler 87. The Break in the Stockade 88. At the Spring 89. Morning Assemblage of Sick at the South Gate 91. Old Sailor and Chicken 92. Death of Watts 93. Planning Escape 94. Our Progress was Terribly Slow--Every Step Hurt Fearfully 95. “Come Ashore, There, Quick" 96. He Shrieked Imprecations and Curses 97. The Chain Gang 98. Interior of the Stockade--The Creek at the East Side 99. A Section from the East Side of the Prison Showing the Dead Line 100. “Half-past Eight O'clock, and Atlanta's Gone to H--l!” 101. Off for “God's Country" 102. Georgian Development of the “Proud Caucasian" 103. It was Very Unpleasant When a Storm Came Up 104. When We Matched Our Intellects Against a Rebel's 107. His New Idea was to have a Heavily Laden Cart Driven Around Inside the Dead Line 108. They Stood Around the Gate and Yelled Derisively 110. “See Heah; You Must Stand Back!” 111. He Bade Them Goodbye 112. “Wha-ah-ye!” 114. One of Ferguson's Cavalry 115. Then the Clear Blue Eyes and Well-remembered Smile 117. Millen 118. A House Builded With Our Own Own Hands 119. Our First Meat 120. A Lucky Find 121. Sergeant L. L. Key 124. “Where Are You Going, You D--d Yank?" 127. “Who Mout These Be?" 128. A Roadside View 129. The Charleston & Savannah Railroad 131. A Rice Field Girl 132. A Rice Swamp 133. A Scene in the “Burnt District" 134. The Part Where We Lay Was a Mass of Ruins 135. Ruins of St. Finbar Cathedral 136. The Unlucky Negro Fell, Pierced by a Score of Bullets 137. Recapture of the Runaways 139. “Take These Shears and Cut My Toes Off" 140. Corporal John W. January 142. Andrews Managed to Fish Out the Bag and Pass to Me Three Roasted Chickens 143. In God's Country at Last 144. Map of Wilmington and Neighborhood 148. The Infantry Assault on Fort Fisher 149. They Removed Every Trace of Prison Grime 152. Trial of Captain Wirz 153. Execution of Captain Wirz 154. “Peace" UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY OF “TOM” ANDERSON AND Twenty Great Battles. By John McElroy CONTENTS 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. ILLUSTRATIONS Uncle Daniel Telling his Story Tom and the Mob Death of Harvey Lyon The Charge of Col. Anderson's Regiment Pupils Attacking the Little Abolitionist Col. Anderson Wounded Uncle Daniel Meets Aunt Martha Ham Encounters the Rebels Knights of the Golden Circle Meeting in a Barn Drinking to the Success of Treason Henry Lyon is Captured Death of General Lyon General Anderson Taking Command Anderson Overhears the Conspiracy The Murder of Steven Lyon Morganson's Raid A Spector Appears to the General Seraine With Henry at Pine Forest Prison Jackson Starts for Europe The Burning of the Will-o-the-wisp Thomlinson and Friends in Consultation Marriage of Henry and Seraine Gens. Silent and Meador in Conversation A Scene in the Trenches Mrs. Lyon Dies at Peter's Coffin Uncle Daniel Conferring With Lincoln and Stanton The Shooting of President Lincoln by Wilkes Murderous Assault Upon Gen. Anderson and Family Death of Uncle Daniel THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI By John Mcelroy CONTENTS THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI. INDEX 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 LLUSTRATIONS The Struggle for Missouri. General Francis P Blair The War Clouds Gather The Harney Mansion General Claiborne Jackson General Lyon General John C. Fremont The Scott-harney Agreement General Sterling Price General Franz Sigel General David Hunter The St Louis Levee The Storm Gathers Sigel Crossing the Osage General Henry W. Halleck Battlefield of Wilson's Creek Table of Union Casualties Table of Confederate Casualties Table General Samuel R. J. Curtis General Albert Pike Battle of Pea Ridge THE RED ACORN By John McElroy CONTENTS 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 SI KLEGG His Transformation From a Raw Recruit To A Veteran. BOOK ONE OF SIX VOLUMES By John McElroy. CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG 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 ILLUSTRATIONS Title Page Frontispiece Si Decides to Enlist Off to the War As Si Looked when he Landed at Louisville Si's Load Begins to Get Heavy Si's Chum, "shorty" Elliott The Diverse Uses of the Good Old Canteen What the Bayonet Was Good for As Maria Pictured Si Using his Bayonet He Tries the Butt of his Gun on It The Best Way After All The Veteran Talks to Si Drawing Rations "All Right, Boss; Dats a Go" Si Falls out With his Food Si Thinks It over The Trouble Begins The Rice Gets the Bulge Si Makes the Acquaintance of The Guard House "Right Shoulder Shift—Arms!" "Fix—bayonets!" Brought his Gun Down on the Man's Foot Don't Care a Continental "Right—face!" "Forward—march!" "Company—right Wheel!" It's from Annabel Si Carries a Rail Si Writes to "deer Annie." An Army Writing-desk Laying the Foundation A Rude Awakening Visits the Doctor "Let Yer Nails Grow; Ye'll Need 'em" "Say, Cap, What Kind O' Bug is This?" "Skirmishing" "Naw! Lemme Show Ye How!" Struck by a Cyclone Supper Under Difficulties A Field Shanty It's the Morning Taking the Top Rail "Don't Stab Me." Hydropathic Treatment Si Defies a Regiment He Let Both Heels Fly Si Went Sprawling Stuck in the Mud It Burst With a Loud "bang." Si Takes a Crack at A Reb Si Captures a Johnny Corporal si Klegg One of the "Non-Com Mish." "Not 'less Ye Say 'Bunker Hill.'" They Had Shot a Mule The 200th Ind. Was Not Without Talent in Foraging Si Beat a Retreat Si Being Worked for a "good Thing." Si Was Disposed to Grumble Showing the Old Man a Trick Waiting for Their Clothes to Dry An Assault on the Well-filled Corn Crib Shorty Held the Calf Si Sprang Upon Him "Shorty if We—only Git—out O' This—" So Straight he Leaned Backward Si Almost Fainted when the Colonel Stopped Shorty Was There—with a Guard SI KLEGG THRU THE STONE RIVER CAMPAIGN AND IN WINTER QUARTERS AT MURFREESBORO. BOOK TWO OF SIX VOLUMES By John McElroy CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG 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 ILLUSTRATIONS The Aid Spatters Mud on si 18 Si Sat Down Hard 20 Stop Beatin' Them Mules' 22 Frozen in the Mud 29 What Do You See, Shorty?' 33 Si Reports to the Colonel 38 Preparing Supper 40 After the Mules Stampeded 44 The Adjutant Smiled on si and Shorty 49 The Prisoners 50 A Close Shave 62 Groundhog Fled 64 Earning Thirteen Dollars a Month 57 A Frightened Teamster 70 A Lucky Fall 81 Finding a Good Thing 85 Si's Challenge 90 A Disagreeable Awakening for Shorty and Si. 94 Si Klegg Fell Without a Groan 113 Shorty Thinks si Does Not Look Like a Ghost. 118 Shorty Retaliates. 126 The House Beautiful. 133 Solid Comfort. 135 "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" 139 Shorty Confiscates the Caboose Door. 143 Si Defended the Plunder. 148 Si Floors the Wagonmaster. 154 A Stoutly-built, Farmer-looking Man Entered the Train 164 The Free Fight. 169 Mr. Klegg Ready for Action. 172 Deacon Klegg and the Knight of The Golden Circle. The General Interrupts the Game 184 Meeting Between si and his Father. 189 His Honor and the 'attorney' Bucked And Gagged. Shorty Admonishes the Orderly 198 The Deacon is Shocked. 210 Trying to Conquer the Deacon's Scruples. 212 'How Much'd You Give for This?' 216 Deacon Klegg Looks over the Larder. 220 Hit My Jug a Welt With his Sword 231 'Pulled out a Fat Roll of Greenbacks. 235 I'm Gwine Ter Kill Ye, Right Here 246 Do You Hear? Git on Your Mule at Onct.' "I'll Invite Your Attention to the Emancipation Proclamation 264 " The Deacon Gives Abe a Lesson in Wood Chopping 269 SI KLEGG SI AND SHORTY MEET MR. ROSENBAUM, THE SPY, WHO RELATES HIS ADVENTURES BOOK THREE OF SIX VOLUMES By John Mcelroy CONTENTS SI KLEGG PREFACE 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 ILLUSTRATIONS Si and Shorty As Mounted Infantry Mr. Klegg Enjoys Solid Comfort. 16 "surrender, There, You Dumbed Rebel." 21 Trying to Save his Neck. 30 "i Know You, Unt What You're Here For." 32 The Negroes Merrymaking. 39 Klegg Starts Home. 45 Shorty Settles With the Banker. 51 Close Call for Rosenbaum. 54 The Spy in Custody. 58 Rosenbaum Runs Into Sigel's Pickets. 66 Watching the House. 75 The Surprise 79 Undesirable Acquaintances. 100 The Spoils of War 105 An Uncomfortable Situation 107 Shorty and si Are at Outs. 110 Si and Shorty As Mounted Infantry 117 Bushrod Prays for his Life 119 The Duel. 139 The Overture for Trade. 144 Si Wants a Fight 147 Shorty Wants to Fight Groundhog 157 Shorty Reading the Letter 160 She Whipped out a Long Knife. 189 Take Your Arm from Around That Yank's Neck 203 Jeff Sat up and Rubbed Himself 208 Old Bragg Used to Walk up Unt Down, Growling Unt Cussing. 259 SI KLEGG EXPERIENCES OF SI AND SHORTY ON THE GREAT TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN. BOOK FOUR OF SIX VOLUMES By John McElroy CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG 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 ILLUSTRATIONS During the Halt for Dinner. 20 'Don't Call Me Your Gran'pap.' 35 Here Goes, Mebbe to Libbey Prison. 55 I'm All on Fire 77 Si and Shorty Were the First to Mount The Parapet. 91 The Bluff Worked 107 She Ran Like a Deer, But si Cut Her off 123 You Must'nt Kill a Wounded Man 143 "Father, There's a Couple of Soldiers out There." 159 The First Wad Came out Easily and All Right. 165 'Annabel, How Purty You Look.' 173 The Recruits Lined up on the Platform. 186 They Posted the Men Behind The Trees. 197 They Had a Delirious Remembrance of the Mad Whirl. 211 The Dead Being Collected After the Battle. 220 "Pap, is That You?" Said a Weak Voice. 238 "He Took Another Look at his Heavy Revolver." 254 "If You Don't Skip out O' Here This Minute I'll Bust Your Head As I Would a Punkin." 264 SI KLEGG THE DEACON'S ADVENTURES AT CHATTANOOGA IN CARING FOR THE BOYS BOOK FIVE OF SIX VOLUMES By John McElroy CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG 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 ILLUSTRATIONS Git Down from There! Commanded the Deacon 21 Well, I'll Be Dumbed, Muttered the Deacon. 35 Purty Good Milker, is She? Inquired the Deacon 51 The Deacon Reconnoitered the Situation 62 In Despair, the Deacon Turned to a Major. 77 "Arabella Curled Her Lip at Seeing Maria Take the Baby." 87 Shorty Went Outside Where There Was More Air. 101 "Sammy," Said Shorty, "I'm Goin' Away Right Off, and I Don't Want the People to Know Nothin' of It." 113 Why, It's Shorty! Said the General, Recognizing Him At Once 129 "What Do You Think of That?" Said the Gambler. 141 Don't You Know Better Than to Come To Headquarters Like That? 156 How Do You Like the Looks of That, Old Butternut 169 The Prisoners Had Too Much Solicitude About Their Garments to Think of Anything Else. 185 Have Come, Sir, in the Name of The People Of Indiana To Demand the Release of Those Men. 199 I'll Send You a Catridge and Cap for Every Word You Write About Maria. 213 Here, You Young Brats, What Are You up to 225 Smallpox, Your Granny, Said si 237 There Was a Chorus of Yells, and then Another Volley. 247 Watching the Bridge Burners at Work 259 Wild Shooting of the Boys Saves The Surprised Colored Man. 273 SI KLEGG SI AND SHORTY, WITH THEIR BOY RECRUITS, ENTER ON THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN BOOK SIX OF SIX VOLUMES By John McElroy CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG 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 ILLUSTRATIONS Little Pete Found 13 He Ain't No Officer 27 You've Lost Little Pete 51 Them's Our Names and Addresses 59 Draw Your Stomachs In. 73 A Letter from Maria. 81 Close Up, Boys. 111 Don't Anybody Shoot. 119 Mr. Yank, Don't Conjure Me. 135 Little Pete's Awful Rebels. 149 Little Pete's Horse Bolts. 168 Capture of Rebel Stronghold. 185 The Charge Thru the Abatis. 211 Hooray for the Old Battery. 231 Awful Destruction. 241 Shorty Before the Court-martial. 256 *** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF JOHN MCELROY *** Updated editions will replace the previous one—the old editions will be renamed. 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