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

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The forage party--Runaways--Daring scout--Narrow escape--The line of battle--Safe return--Scout reports--Assumes the character of a rebel prisoner--Finds a friend--How he introduced himself--Where he belongs--The burning of Holly Springs--The heroine--What she captured--Shows partiality--Offers assistance--Rebel doctor executed 192