Category: Historical Novels
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...
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 “HIA...
2. CHAPTER X. THE EXCHANGE AND THE CAUSE OF ITS INTERRUPTION--BRIEF RESUME OF THE DIFFERENT CARTELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT LED TO THEIR SUSPENSION.3. 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....
4. CHAPTER XIX. CAPT. HENRI WIRZ--SOME DESCRIPTION OF A SMALL-MINDED PERSONAGE, WHO GAINED GREAT NOTORIETY--FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH HIS DISCIPLINARY METHOD.5. 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...
6. 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. LONGIN...
7. CHAPTER XXIX. SOME DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOLDIERLY DUTY AND MURDER--A PLOT TO ESCAPE-- IT IS REVEALED AND FRUSTRATED.8. 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. CH...
9. 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 BA...
10. 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 CONDI...
11. 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 MECHANIC...
12. 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 ANDERSO...
13. 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--W...
14. 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...
15. 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...
16. CHAPTER LXXXII. CAPTAIN WIRZ THE ONLY ONE OF THE PRISON-KEEPERS PUNISHED--HIS ARREST, TRIAL AND EXECUTION.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 Sca...
17. CHAPTER II. BATTLE OF THE "GAPS."-YOUNG HARVEY LYON BRUTALLY MURDERED.- UNCLE DANIEL'S RETURN.-RAISING TROOPS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.18. CHAPTER VI. "K. G. C."-ORGANIZATION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNION IN THE NORTH-PLOTTING EVERYWHERE-OBJECTS OF THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE.19. 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...
20. 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....
21. 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.-U...
22. CHAPTER XIX THE VICTORY IS WONINDEX 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...
23. Chapter XIX The Battle of Stone River24. CHAPTER XXII A NIGHT OF SONGILLUSTRATIONS 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...
25. CHAPTER XXII TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLNILLUSTRATIONS 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 Prepar...
26. CHAPTER XVIII THE JEW SPY AGAINILLUSTRATIONS 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...
27. CHAPTER XX STEWED CHICKENILLUSTRATIONS 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...
28. CHAPTER XXI CHATTANOOGA AT LASTILLUSTRATIONS 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 Reconnoiter...
29. CHAPTER XX SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIALILLUSTRATIONS 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...