The Citizen-Soldier or, Memoirs of a Volunteer

Chapter 24

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Colonel H. C. Hobart 192

The advance on Murfreesboro 198

The battle of Stone River 201

A ride over the battle-field 210

The absentees 217

T. Buchanan Reid, the poet 225

The Chiefs 235

An interesting letter 244

The Third starts on the Streight raid 246

A good fighter 252

General Rosecrans angry 255

The Confederate account of Streight's surrender 267

The lame horse 268

Negley's party 277

Go out to dinner 283

Simon Bolivar Buckner (colored) 284

Advance on Tullahoma 285

The retreat of the enemy 290

The Peace party 297

Fact vs. Fiction 299

Board for the examination of applicants for commissions in colored regiments 312

The advance to the Tennessee 319

Cross the Tennessee 327

Battle of Chickamauga 332

Fight at Rossville 346

Incidents at Chattanooga 348

Battle of Mission Ridge 356

March to Knoxville 359

General Sherman's letter 360

Camp at McAffee's Spring 362

Good-by 372

General H. C. Hobart's Narrative 379

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Transcriber's Notes:

Obvious punctuation errors repaired.

Page 31, "genman" changed to "gentleman" (innocent old gentleman)

Page 42, "melancholly" changed to "melancholy" (a melancholy strain)

Page 49, "rumbbling" changed to "rumbling" (with a rumbling)

Page 62, "neccesary" changed to "necessary" (give the necessary)

Page 76, "befiting" changed to "befitting" (melody befitting so)

Page 133, "imporant" changed to "important" (equally important results)

Page 133, "to to" changed to "to" (us to Mrs. Rather)

Page 154, "fo" changed to "for" (our care for)

Page 154, "th" changed to "the" (we make the)

Page 154, "establshed" changed to "established" (when once established)

Page 170, "occurences" changed to "occurrences" (occurrences could suggest)

Page 179, word "a" added to text (form a line)

Page 183, "jeolousies" changed to "jealousies" (petty jealousies existing)

Page 274, "Vallandigham" changed to "Vallandingham" (accompanied Vallandingham outside)

Page 278, "Shirked" changed to "shirked" (they shirked by)

Page 286, "Hardie's" changed to "Hardee's" (Hardee's corps was)

Page 304, "to to" change to "to" (Wilder to this)

Page 323, "cavliers" changed to "cavaliers" (of the cavaliers)

Page 323, "sure sure" changed to "sure" (quite sure Mrs.)

Page 325, "lieutenantcy" changed to "lieutenancy" (to a second lieutenancy)

Page 329, "popuulation" changed to "population" (overflowing with population)

Page 337, word "a" added to text (form a line)

Page 380, "Chicamauga" changed to "Chickamauga" (battle of Chickamauga)

Page 386, extraneous word "in" was removed from the text in the phrase: "one of the rooms which was used as a store-room". The original read: "one of the rooms in which was used as a store-room"

Page 398, "of" changed to "off" (taking off our)

Page 400, "Bushwackers" changed to "Bushwhackers" (rendevous of the Bushwhackers)

Page 401, "Alaabma" changed to "Alabama" (into North Alabama)

Page 401, "Good-bye" changed to "Good-by" to match text.

Three instances each of secesh/sesesh were retained.

One instance each of the following words was retained:

barefooted/bare-footed whitleather/whit-leather Jerroloman/Jerroloaman

Page 234, the section reads "an assault upon our works at twelve M." in the original. It is unclear whether A. M. or P. M. was intended and so this was retained.