Four Years a Scout and Spy "General Bunker", One of Lieut. General Grant's Most Daring and Successful Scouts, Being a Narrative of ... the Experience of Corporal Ruggles During Four Years' Service as a Scout and Spy for the Federal Army

CHAPTER I.

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Parentage--Early discipline--Childhood incidents--Subsequent occupations--Driven from Mississippi--Works on rebel fortifications--Escape to Illinois--Enlists as a soldier-- Supposed to have deserted--How he got his name--Examination by the Surgeon--Roster of the Regiment 11