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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Return to Mississippi--Instructions--Visit to Troy--Movement of cavalry--Reports to General Denver--Is arrested--Federal cavalry driven back--Is released--Visits Greenwood--Journey to the Mississippi River--The perilous crossing--Again arrested-- Interview with Gen. Prentiss--Takes the oath of allegiance-- Meets a friend--Makes his escape--Reports to Gen. Grant 233