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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John McElroy

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

JOHN McELROY

Compiled by David Widger

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DANIEL

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STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI

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RED ACORN

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THE
ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS OF VICE

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

ANDERSONVILLE

A STORY OF REBEL MILITARY PRISONS

FIFTEEN MONTHS A GUEST OF THE SO-CALLED SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY

A Private Soldiers Experience In Richmond, Andersonville,
Savannah,
Millen Blackshear And Florence

By John McElroy

CONTENTS:

INTRODUCTION

AUTHOR'S
PREFACE

LIST
OF ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER
I.

A STRANGE LAND--THE HEART OF THE APPALACHIANS--THE GATEWAY OF AN
EMPIRE --A SEQUESTERED VALE, AND A PRIMITIVE, ARCADIAN,
NON-PROGRESSIVE PEOPLE.

CHAPTER
II.

SCARCITY OF FOOD FOR THE ARMY--RAID FOR FORAGE--ENCOUNTER WIT THE
REBELS --SHARP CAVALRY FIGHT--DEFEAT OF THE “JOHNNIES"--POWELL'S
VALLEY OPENED UP.

CHAPTER
III.

LIVING OFF THE ENEMY--REVELING IN THE FATNESS OF THE
COUNTRY--SOLDIERLY PURVEYING AND CAMP COOKERY--SUSCEPTIBLE TEAMSTERS
AND THEIR TENDENCY TO FLIGHTINESS--MAKING SOLDIER'S BED.

CHAPTER
IV.

A BITTER COLD MORNING AND A WARM AWAKENING--TROUBLE ALL ALONG THE
LINE-- FIERCE CONFLICTS, ASSAULTS AND DEFENSE--PROLONGED AND DESPERATE
STRUGGLE ENDING WITH A SURRENDER.

CHAPTER
V.

THE REACTION--DEPRESSION--BITTING COLD--SHARP HUNGER AND SAD
REFLEXION.

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 DARLINGS OF THE CAPITAL--THE REBEL FLAG--LIBBY
PRISON-- DICK TURNER--SEARCHING THE NEW COMERS.

CHAPTER
VIII.

INTRODUCTION TO PRISON LIFE--THE PEMBERTON BUILDING AND ITS
OCCUPANTS-- NEAT SAILORS--ROLL CALL--RATIONS AND CLOTHING--CHIVALRIC
“CONFISCATION.”

CHAPTER
IX.

BRANS OR PEAS--INSUFFICIENCY OF DARKY TESTIMONY--A GUARD KILLS A
PRISONER--PRISONERS TEAZE THE GUARDS--DESPERATE OUTBREAK.

CHAPTER
X.

THE EXCHANGE AND THE CAUSE OF ITS INTERRUPTION--BRIEF RESUME OF THE
DIFFERENT CARTELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THAT LED TO THEIR SUSPENSION.

CHAPTER
XI.

PUTTING IN THE TIME--RATIONS--COOKING UTENSILS--“FIAT SOUP--“SPOONING"--
AFRICAN NEWSPAPER VENDERS--TRADING GREENBACKS FOR CONFEDERATE MONEY--
VISIT FROM JOHN MORGAN.

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.

HOPING FOR EXCHANGE--AN EXPOSITION OF THE DOCTRINE OF CHANCES-- OFF
FOR ANDERSONVILLE--UNCERTAINTY AS TO OUR DESTINATION--ARRIVAL AT
ANDERSONVILLE.

CHAPTER
XV.

GEORGIA--A LEAN AND HUNGRY LAND--DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UPPER AND LOWER
GEORGIA--THE PILLAGE OF ANDERSONVILLE.

CHAPTER
XVI.

WAKING UP IN ANDERSONVILLE--SOME DESCRIPTION OF THE PLACE--OUR FIRST
MAIL--BUILDING SHELTER--GEN. WINDER--HIMSELF AND LINEAGE.

CHAPTER
XVII.

THE PLANTATION NEGROS--NOT STUPID TO BE LOYAL--THEIR DITHYRAMBIC
MUSIC-- COPPERHEAD OPINION OF LONGFELLOW.

CHAPTER
XVIII.

SCHEMES AND PLANS TO ESCAPE--SCALING THE STOCKADE--ESTABLISHING THE
DEAD LINE--THE FIRST MAN KILLED.

CHAPTER
XIX.

CAPT. HENRI WIRZ--SOME DESCRIPTION OF A SMALL-MINDED PERSONAGE, WHO
GAINED GREAT NOTORIETY--FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH HIS DISCIPLINARY METHOD.

CHAPTER
XX.

PRIZE-FIGHT AMONG THE N'YAARKERS--A GREAT MANY FORMALITIES, AND LITTLE
BLOOD SPILT--A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO RECOVER A WATCH--DEFEAT OF THE LAW
AND ORDER PARTY.

CHAPTER
XXI.

DIMINISHING RATIONS--A DEADLY COLD RAIN--HOVERING OVER PITCH PINE
FIRES --INCREASE ON MORTALITY--A THEORY OF HEALTH.

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 A COLORED REGIMENT--KILLING THE SERGEANT
OF A NEGRO SQUAD.

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.

LONGINGS FOR GOD'S COUNTRY--CONSIDERATIONS OF THE METHODS OF GETTING
THERE--EXCHANGE AND ESCAPE--DIGGING TUNNELS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES
CONNECTED THEREWITH--PUNISHMENT OF A TRAITOR.

CHAPTER
XXVII.

THE HOUNDS, AND THE DIFFICULTIES THEY PUT IN THE WAY OF ESCAPE-- THE
WHOLE SOUTH PATROLLED BY THEM.

CHAPTER
XXVIII.

MAY--INFLUX OF NEW PRISONERS--DISPARITY IN NUMBERS BETWEEN THE EASTERN
AND WESTERN ARMIES--TERRIBLE CROWDING--SLAUGHTER OF MEN AT THE CREEK.

CHAPTER
XXIX.

SOME DISTINCTION BETWEEN SOLDIERLY DUTY AND MURDER--A PLOT TO ESCAPE--
IT IS REVEALED AND FRUSTRATED.

CHAPTER
XXX.

JUNE--POSSIBILITIES OF A MURDEROUS CANNONADE--WHAT WAS PROPOSED TO BE
DONE IN THAT EVENT--A FALSE ALARM--DETERIORATION OF THE RATIONS--
FEARFUL INCREASE OF MORTALITY.

CHAPTER
XXXI.

DYING BY INCHES--SEITZ, THE SLOW, AND HIS DEATH--STIGGALL AND
EMERSON-- RAVAGES ON THE SCURVY.

CHAPTER
XXXII.

“OLE BOO,” AND “OLE SOL, THE HAYMAKER"--A FETID,
BURNING DESERT--NOISOME WATER, AND THE EFFECTS OF DRINKING
IT--STEALING SOFT SOAP.

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.

CHAPTER
XXXV.

A COMMUNITY WITHOUT GOVERNMENT--FORMATION OF THE REGULATORS--RAIDERS
ATTACK KEY BUT ARE BLUFFED OFF--ASSAULT OF THE REGULATORS ON THE
RAIDERS --DESPERATE BATTLE--OVERTHROW OF THE RAIDERS.

CHAPTER
XXXVI.

WHY THE REGULATORS WERE NOT ASSISTED BY THE ENTIRE CAMP--PECULIARITIES
OF BOYS FROM DIFFERENT SECTIONS--HUNTING THE RAIDERS DOWN--EXPLOITS OF
MY LEFT-HANDED LIEUTENANT--RUNNING THE GAUNTLET.

CHAPTER
XXXVII.

THE EXECUTION--BUILDING THE SCAFFOLD--DOUBTS OF THE CAMP-CAPTAIN WIRZ
THINKS IT IS PROBABLY A RUSE TO FORCE THE STOCKADE--HIS PREPARATIONS
AGAINST SUCH AN ATTEMPT--ENTRANCE OF THE DOOMED ONES--THEY REALIZE
THEIR FATE--ONE MAKES A DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO ESCAPE--HIS
RECAPTURE--INTENSE EXCITEMENT--WIRZ ORDERS THE GUNS TO
OPEN--FORTUNATELY THEY DO NOT--THE SIX ARE HANGED--ONE BREAKS HIS
ROPE--SCENE WHEN THE RAIDERS ARE CUT DOWN.

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 BATTLE OF THE 22D OF JULY--THE ARMS OF THE TENNESSEE ASSAULTED
FRONT AND REAR--DEATH OF GENERAL MCPHERSON--ASSUMPTION OF COMMAND BY
GENERAL LOGAN--RESULT OF THE BATTLE.

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 CONDITION OF THE MEN THEREIN, BY A LEADING
SCIENTIFIC MAN OF THE SOUTH.

CHAPTER
XLIII.

DIFFICULTY OF EXERCISING--EMBARRASSMENTS OF A MORNING WALK--THE RIALTO
OF THE PRISON--CURSING THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY--THE STORY OF THE
BATTLE OF SPOTTSYLVANIA COURTHOUSE.

CHAPTER
XLIV.

REBEL MUSIC--SINGULAR LACK OF THE CREATIVE POWER AMONG THE
SOUTHERNERS-- CONTRAST WITH SIMILAR PEOPLE ELSEWHERE--THEIR FAVORITE
MUSIC, AND WHERE IT WAS BORROWED FROM--A FIFER WITH ONE TUNE.

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 MECHANICS--NONE WANT TO GO--TREATMENT OF A
REBEL SHOEMAKER-- ENLARGEMENT OF THE STOCKADE--IT IS BROKEN BY A
STORM-- THE WONDERFUL SPRING.

CHAPTER
XLVII.

“SICK CALL,” AND THE SCENES THAT ACCOMPANIED IT--MUSTERING
THE LAME, HALT AND DISEASED AT THE SOUTH GATE--AN UNUSUALLY BAD
CASE--GOING OUT TO THE HOSPITAL--ACCOMMODATION AND TREATMENT OF THE
PATIENTS THERE--THE HORRIBLE SUFFERING IN THE GANGRENE WARD--BUNGLING
AMPUTATIONS BY BLUNDERING PRACTITIONERS--AFFECTION BETWEEN A SAILOR
AND HIS WARD-- DEATH OF MY COMRADE.

CHAPTER
XLVIII.

DETERMINATION TO ESCAPE--DIFFERENT PLANS AND THEIR MERITS--I PREFER
THE APPALACHICOLA ROUTE--PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE--A HOT DAY--THE
FENCE PASSED SUCCESSFULLY PURSUED BY THE HOUNDS--CAUGHT-- RETURNED TO
THE STOCKADE.

CHAPTER
XLIX.

AUGUST--GOOD LUCK IN NOT MEETING CAPTAIN WIRZ--THAT WORTHY'S TREATMENT
OF RECAPTURED PRISONERS--SECRET SOCIETIES IN PRISON--SINGULAR MEETING
AND ITS RESULT--DISCOVERY AND REMOVAL OF THE OFFICERS AMONG THE
ENLISTED MEN.

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 ANDERSONVILLE.

CHAPTER
LII.

SAVANNAH--DEVICES TO OBTAIN MATERIALS FOR A TENT--THEIR ULTIMATE
SUCCESS --RESUMPTION OF TUNNELING--ESCAPING BY WHOLESALE AND BEING
RECAPTURED EN MASSE--THE OBSTACLES THAT LAY BETWEEN US AND OUR LINES.

CHAPTER
LIII.

FRANK REVERSTOCK'S ATTEMPT AT ESCAPE--PASSING OFF AS REBEL BOY HE
REACHES GRISWOLDVILLE BY RAIL, AND THEN STRIKES ACROSS THE COUNTRY FOR
SHERMAN, BUT IS CAUGHT WITHIN TWENTY MILES OF OUR LINES.

CHAPTER
LIV.

SAVANNAH PROVES TO BE A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER--ESCAPE FROM THE BRATS
OF GUARDS--COMPARISON BETWEEN WIRZ AND DAVIS--A BRIEF INTERVAL OF GOOD
RATIONS--WINDER, THE MAN WITH THE EVIL EYE-- THE DISLOYAL WORK OF A
SHYSTER.

CHAPTER
LV.

WHY WE WERE HURRIED OUT OF ANDERSONVILLE--THE OF THE FALL OF ATLANTA--
OUR LONGING TO HEAR THE NEWS--ARRIVAL OF SOME FRESH FISH--HOW WE KNEW
THEY WERE WESTERN BOYS--DIFFERENCE IN THE APPEARANCE OF THE SOLDIERS
OF THE TWO ARMIES.

CHAPTER
LVI.

WHAT CAUSED THE FALL OF ATLANTA--A DISSERTATION UPON AN IMPORTANT
PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEM--THE BATTLE OF JONESBORO--WHY IT WAS FOUGHT--
HOW SHERMAN DECEIVED HOOD--A DESPERATE BAYONET CHARGE, AND THE ONLY
SUCCESSFUL ONE IN THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN--A GALLANT COLONEL AND HOW HE
DIED--THE HEROISM OF SOME ENLISTED MEN--GOING CALMLY INTO CERTAIN
DEATH.

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--WE FINALLY BRING UP AT CAMP
LAWTON.

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--HOLDING AN ELECTION.

CHAPTER
LXI.

THE REBELS FORMALLY PROPOSE TO US TO DESERT TO THEM--CONTUMELIOUS
TREATMENT OF THE PROPOSITION--THEIR RAGE--AN EXCITING TIME--AN
OUTBREAK THREATENED--DIFFICULTIES ATTENDING DESERTION TO THE REBELS.

CHAPTER
LXII.

SERGEANT LEROY L. KEY--HIS ADVENTURES SUBSEQUENT TO THE EXECUTIONS--
HE GOES OUTSIDE AT ANDERSONVILLE ON PAROLE--LABORS IN THE COOK-HOUSE--
ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE--IS RECAPTURED AND TAKEN TO MACON--ESCAPES FROM
THERE, BUT IS COMPELLED TO RETURN--IS FINALLY EXCHANGED AT SAVANNAH.

CHAPTER
LXIII.

DREARY WEATHER--THE COLD RAINS DISTRESS ALL AND KILL
HUNDREDS--EXCHANGE OF TEN THOUSAND SICK--CAPTAIN BOWES TURNS A PRETTY,
BUT NOT VERY HONEST, PENNY.

CHAPTER
LXIV

ANOTHER REMOVAL--SHERMAN'S ADVANCE SCARES THE REBELS INTO RUNNING US
AWAY FROM MILLEN--WE ARE TAKEN TO SAVANNAH, AND THENCE DOWN THE
ATLANTIC & GULF ROAD TO BLACKSHEAR

CHAPTER
LXV.

BLACKSHEAR AND PIERCE COUNTRY--WE TAKE UP NEW QUARTERS, BUT ARE CALLED
OUT FOR EXCHANGE--EXCITEMENT OVER SIGNING THE PAROLE--A HAPPY JOURNEY
TO SAVANNAH--GRIEVOUS DISAPPOINTMENT

CHAPTER
LXVI.

SPECIMEN CONVERSATION WITH AN AVERAGE NATIVE GEORGIAN--WE LEARN THAT
SHERMAN IS HEADING FOR SAVANNAH--THE RESERVES GET A LITTLE SETTLING
DOWN.

CHAPTER
LXVII.

OFF TO CHARLESTON--PASSING THROUGH THE RICE SWAMPS--TWO EXTREMES OF
SOCIETY--ENTRY INTO CHARLESTON--LEISURELY WARFARE--SHELLING THE CITY
AT REGULAR INTERVALS--WE CAMP IN A MASS OF RUINS--DEPARTURE FOR
FLORENCE.

CHAPTER
LXVIII.

FIRST DAYS AT FLORENCE--INTRODUCTION TO LIEUTENANT BARRETT, THE RED-
HEADED KEEPER--A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF OUR NEW QUARTERS--WINDERS MALIGN
INFLUENCE MANIFEST.

CHAPTER
LXIX.

BARRETT'S INSANE CRUELTY--HOW HE PUNISHED THOSE ALLEGED TO BE ENGAGED
IN TUNNELING--THE MISERY IN THE STOCKADE--MEN'S LIMBS ROTTING OFF WITH
DRY GANGRENE.

CHAPTER
LXX.

HOUSE AND CLOTHES--EFFORTS TO ERECT A SUITABLE RESIDENCE--DIFFICULTIES
ATTENDING THIS--VARIETIES OF FLORENTINE ARCHITECTURE--WAITING FOR DEAD
MEN'S CLOTHES--CRAVING FOR TOBACCO.

CHAPTER
LXXI.

DECEMBER--RATIONS OF WOOD AND FOOD GROW LESS DAILY--UNCERTAINTY AS TO
THE MORTALITY AT FLORENCE--EVEN THE GOVERNMENT'S STATISTICS ARE VERY
DEFICIENT--CARE FOB THE SICK.

CHAPTER
LXXII.

DULL WINTER DAYS--TOO WEAK AND TOO STUPID To AMUSE OURSELVES--ATTEMPTS
OF THE REBELS TO RECRUIT US INTO THEIR ARMY--THE CLASS OF MEN THEY
OBTAINED --VENGEANCE ON “THE GALVANIZED"--A SINGULAR
EXPERIENCE--RARE GLIMPSES OF FUN--INABILITY OF THE REBELS TO COUNT.

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.

ONE INSTANCE OF A SUCCESSFUL ESCAPE--THE ADVENTURES OF SERGEANT WALTER
HARTSOUGH, OF COMPANY K, SIXTEENTH ILLINOIS CAVALRY--HE GETS AWAY FROM
THE REBELS AT THOMASVILLE, AND AFTER A TOILSOME AND DANGEROUS JOURNEY
OF SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES, REACHES OUR LINES IN FLORIDA.

CHAPTER
LXXVI

THE PECULIAR TYPE OF INSANITY PREVALENT AT FLORENCE--BARRETT'S
WANTONNESS OF CRUELTY--WE LEARN OF SHERMAN'S ADVANCE INTO SOUTH
CAROLINA--THE REBELS BEGIN MOVING THE PRISONERS AWAY--ANDREWS AND I
CHANGE OUR TACTICS, AND STAY BEHIND--ARRIVAL OF FIVE PRISONERS FROM
SHERMAN'S COMMAND--THEIR UNBOUNDED CONFIDENCE IN SHERMAN'S SUCCESS,
AND ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECT UPON US.

CHAPTER
LXXVII

FRUITLESS WAITING FOR SHERMAN--WE LEAVE FLORENCE--INTELLIGENCE OF THE
FALL OF WILMINGTON COMMUNICATED TO US BY A SLAVE--THE TURPENTINE
REGION OF NORTH CAROLINA--WE COME UPON A REBEL LINE OF BATTLE--YANKEES
AT BOTH ENDS OF THE ROAD.

CHAPTER
LXXVIII.

RETURN TO FLORENCE AND A SHORT SOJOURN THERE--OFF TOWARDS WILMINGTON
AGAIN--CRUISING A REBEL OFFICER'S LUNCH--SIGNS OF APPROACHING OUR
LINES --TERROR OF OUR RASCALLY GUARDS--ENTRANCE INTO GOD'S COUNTRY AT
LAST.

CHAPTER
LXXIX.

GETTING USED TO FREEDOM--DELIGHTS OF A LAND WHERE THERE IS ENOUGH OF
EVERYTHING--FIRST GLIMPSE OF THE OLD FLAG--WILMINGTON AND ITS HISTORY
--LIEUTENANT CUSHING--FIRST ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE COLORED
TROOPS--LEAVING FOR HOME--DESTRUCTION OF THE “THORN” BY A
TORPEDO--THE MOCK MONITOR'S ACHIEVEMENT.

CHAPTER
LXXX

VISIT TO FORT FISHER, AND INSPECTION OF THAT STRONGHOLD--THE WAY IT
WAS CAPTURED--OUT ON THE OCEAN SAILING--TERRIBLY SEASICK--RAPID
RECOVERY-- ARRIVAL AT ANNAPOLIS--WASHED, CLOTHED AND FED--UNBOUNDED
LUXURY, AND DAYS OF UNADULTERATED HAPPINESS.

CHAPTER
LXXXII.

CAPTAIN WIRZ THE ONLY ONE OF THE PRISON-KEEPERS PUNISHED--HIS ARREST,
TRIAL AND EXECUTION.

CHAPTER
LXXXIII.

THE RESPONSIBILITY--WHO WAS TO BLAME FOR ALL THE MISERY--AN
EXAMINATION OF THE FLIMSY EXCUSES MADE FOR THE REBELS--ONE DOCUMENT
THAT CONVICTS THEM--WHAT IS DESIRED.

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 Scared Mule Driver

8.
Bugler Sounding “Taps"

9.
Company L Gathering to Meet the Rebel Attack

10.
The Major Refuses to Surrender

11.
Ned Johnson Trying to Kill the Rebel Colonel

12.
Girls Astonished at the Jacket Tabs

14.
An East Tennesseean

15.
A Rebel Dandy

17.
Turner in Quest of British Gold

18.
Barnacle backs Discouraging a Visit from a Soldier

19.
Ross Calling the Roll

20.
An Evening's Amusement with the Guards

21.
Prisoners' Culinary Outfit

23.
Skimming, the Bugs From My Soup

23.
“Spooning"

24.
A Richmond News Boy

25.
“Say, Guard: Do You Want to Buy Some Greenbacks?"

26.
A “N'Yaarker"

27.
Decoying Boisseux's Dog to Its Death

28.
The Dead Scotchman

29.
Map of Georgia, South Carolina and part of North Carolina

30.
Cooking Rations

31.
General John W. Winder

32.
A Field hand

33.
Scaling the Stockade

34.
Captain llenri Wirz

35.
The Prize-fight for the Skillet

36.
Killing Lice by Singeing

37.
Stripping the Dead for Clothes

38.
A Plymouth Pilgrim

40.
Midnight Attack of the Raiders

41.
Ignominious End of a Tunnel Enterprize

42.
Tunneling

43.
Tattooing the Tunnel Traitor

44.
Overpowering a Guard

45.
A Master of the Hounds

46.
Hounds Tearing a Prisoner

47.
Shot at the Creek by the Guard

48.
Cooking Mush

49.
Seitz on Horseback

50.
Finding Seitz Dead

51.
A Case of Scurvy

52.
Confiscating Soft Soap

63.
Religious Services

54.
The Priest Anointing the Dying

55.
Raider Fight with one of Ellett's Marine Brigade

56.
Key Bluffing His Would-be Assassins

67.
Rebel Artillerists Training the Cannon on the Prison

58.
Overthrow of the Raiders

59.
Arrest of Pete Donnelly

60.
Death of the Sailor

61.
Execution of the Raiders

63.
Sergeant A. R, Hill, 100th O. V. I.

63.
“Spanking” a Thief

64.
The Wounded Illinois Sergeant

65.
The Idiotic Flute-Player

66.
One of Sherman's “Veterans"

67.
“You Hear Me"

68.
Logan Taking Command of the Army of the Tennessee

69.
Death of M'Pherson

70.
The Work of a Shell

71.
The Fight for the Flag

72.
In the Rifle-pit After the Battle

73.
Taken In

74.
The Author's Appearance on Entering Prison

75.
His Appearance in July, 1864

76.
Little Red Cap

77.
“Fresh Fish"

78.
Interior of the Stockade, Viewed from the Southwest

79.
Burying the Dead

80.
The Graveyard at Andersonville, as the Rebels Left It

81.
Denouncing the Southern Confederacy

82.
The Charge

83.
“Flagstaff"

84.
Nursing a Sick Comrade

65.
A Dream

86.
The English Bugler

87.
The Break in the Stockade

88.
At the Spring

89.
Morning Assemblage of Sick at the South Gate

91.
Old Sailor and Chicken

92.
Death of Watts

93.
Planning Escape

94.
Our Progress was Terribly Slow--Every Step Hurt Fearfully

95.
“Come Ashore, There, Quick"

96.
He Shrieked Imprecations and Curses

97.
The Chain Gang

98.
Interior of the Stockade--The Creek at the East Side

99.
A Section from the East Side of the Prison Showing the Dead Line

100.
“Half-past Eight O'clock, and Atlanta's Gone to H--l!”

101.
Off for “God's Country"

102.
Georgian Development of the “Proud Caucasian"

103.
It was Very Unpleasant When a Storm Came Up

104.
When We Matched Our Intellects Against a Rebel's

107.
His New Idea was to have a Heavily Laden Cart Driven Around Inside the
Dead Line

108.
They Stood Around the Gate and Yelled Derisively

110.
“See Heah; You Must Stand Back!”

111.
He Bade Them Goodbye

112.
“Wha-ah-ye!”

114.
One of Ferguson's Cavalry

115.
Then the Clear Blue Eyes and Well-remembered Smile

117.
Millen

118.
A House Builded With Our Own Own Hands

119.
Our First Meat

120.
A Lucky Find

121.
Sergeant L. L. Key

124.
“Where Are You Going, You D--d Yank?"

127.
“Who Mout These Be?"

128.
A Roadside View

129.
The Charleston & Savannah Railroad

131.
A Rice Field Girl

132.
A Rice Swamp

133.
A Scene in the “Burnt District"

134.
The Part Where We Lay Was a Mass of Ruins

135.
Ruins of St. Finbar Cathedral

136.
The Unlucky Negro Fell, Pierced by a Score of Bullets

137.
Recapture of the Runaways

139.
“Take These Shears and Cut My Toes Off"

140.
Corporal John W. January

142.
Andrews Managed to Fish Out the Bag and Pass to Me Three Roasted
Chickens

143.
In God's Country at Last

144.
Map of Wilmington and Neighborhood

148.
The Infantry Assault on Fort Fisher

149.
They Removed Every Trace of Prison Grime

152.
Trial of Captain Wirz

153.
Execution of Captain Wirz

154.
“Peace"

UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY OF “TOM” ANDERSON

AND

Twenty Great Battles.

By John McElroy

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.

DARK DAYS OF 1861.-A FATHER WHO GAVE HIS CHILDREN TO THE
COUNTRY.-RALLYING TO THE FLAG.-RAISING VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.

CHAPTER II.

BATTLE OF THE "GAPS."-YOUNG HARVEY LYON BRUTALLY MURDERED.- UNCLE
DANIEL'S RETURN.-RAISING TROOPS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.

CHAPTER III.

BATTLE OF TWO RIVERS.-COL. TOM ANDERSON MEETS HIS
BROTHER-IN-LAW.-UNCLE DANIEL BECOMES AN ABOLITIONIST.-A WINTER
CAMPAIGN AGAINST A REBEL STRONGHOLD.

CHAPTER IV.

BATTLE OF DOLINSBURG.-HEROIC CONDUCT OF COL. TOM ANDERSON -REPORTED
DEAD.-HIS WIFE REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE REPORT.

CHAPTER V.

ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE-TWO DAYS OF AWFUL FIGHTING AT PITTSKILL
LANDING-HARD-WON VICTORY-UNCLE DANIEL'S SONS BEAR THEMSELVES
GALLANTLY.

CHAPTER VI.

"K. G. C."-ORGANIZATION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNION IN THE
NORTH-PLOTTING EVERYWHERE-OBJECTS OF THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE.

CHAPTER VII.

TRAITOR KNIGHTS-ORGANIZATION OF REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN INDIANA AND
ILLINOIS-SIGNS AND SECRETS-GEN. ANDERSON'S TOUR OF INVESTIGATION -THE
GOLDEN CIRCLE.

CHAPTER VIII.

BATTLE OF PAGELAND-A VICTORY TURNED INTO A DEFEAT BY TREACHERY-DEATH
OF GEN. LYON-ON THE TRAIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.

CHAPTER IX.

BATTLE OF ANTLER'S RUN-SERAINE WHITCOMB LEAVES FOR THE SOUTH-PLOTTING
IN CANADA-DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AMONG ARMY OFFICERS.

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 XII.

MORGANSON'S RAID AND BATTLE OF CHEROKEE RUN.-THE REBEL CAVALRYMEN
WHIRL THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO.-BEATEN AND CAPTURED.-KNIGHTS OF THE
GOLDEN CIRCLE CONTINUE THEIR MACHINATIONS.

CHAPTER XIII.

GEN. SILENT GUIDED BY A SPECTER.-ARMY OF THE CENTER.- BELEAGUERED AND
HALF STARVED IN CHATTERAUGUS.-MIDDLETON'S RIDGE.-GEN. SILENT'S FORCES
SWEEP THE REBELS FROM THE CREST.

CHAPTER XIV.

SERAINE WHITCOMB'S EXAMINATION OF THE REBEL PRISONS AND HENRY LYON'S
RELEASE.-MAN'S INHUMANITY.-SERAINE WHITCOMB VISITS THE SOUTHERN PRISON
PENS.-A SAD TALE OF WOE.- GRAPHIC PICTURE OF SUFFERING, WRETCHEDNESS
AND DEATH.

CHAPTER XV.

PLOTS TO POISON AND BURN.-FIRE AND POISON.-THE PLOT TO BURN NORTHERN
CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE.-THE SCHEME AVENGED.-PART OF THE CHIEF
PLOTTERS BURNED BY THEIR OWN COMBUSTIBLES.

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.

OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY OF THE CENTER.-GEN. SHERWOOD'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST
GATE CITY.-HEAD'S ARMY DESTROYED.-GEN. PAPSON'S GREAT VICTORIES AT
FRANKTOWN AND NASHUA.

CHAPTER XIX.

CHAPTER XIX.THE SCHEME TO CAPTURE OR KILL THE PRESIDENT AND GEN.
SILENT.-A VILLANOUS PLOT.-THE RECKLESS AND DESPERATE SCHEMES OF THE
CONSPIRATORS.-THE PLAN REVEALED.-THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SILENT WARNED
OF THEIR DANGER.

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.-UNCLE DANIEL DIES.

ILLUSTRATIONS

Uncle Daniel Telling his Story |
Tom and the Mob |
Death of Harvey Lyon |
The Charge of Col. Anderson's Regiment |
Pupils Attacking the Little Abolitionist |
Col. Anderson Wounded |
Uncle Daniel Meets Aunt Martha |
Ham Encounters the Rebels |
Knights of the Golden Circle Meeting in a Barn |
Drinking to the Success of Treason |
Henry Lyon is Captured |
Death of General Lyon |
General Anderson Taking Command |
Anderson Overhears the Conspiracy |
The Murder of Steven Lyon |
Morganson's Raid |
A Spector Appears to the General |
Seraine With Henry at Pine Forest Prison |
Jackson Starts for Europe |
The Burning of the Will-o-the-wisp |
Thomlinson and Friends in Consultation |
Marriage of Henry and Seraine |
Gens. Silent and Meador in Conversation |
A Scene in the Trenches |
Mrs. Lyon Dies at Peter's Coffin |
Uncle Daniel Conferring With Lincoln and Stanton |
The Shooting of President Lincoln by Wilkes |
Murderous Assault Upon Gen. Anderson and Family |
Death of Uncle Daniel |

THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI

By John Mcelroy

CONTENTS

THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI.

INDEX

CHAPTER I | A SALIENT BASTION FOR THE SLAVERY EMPIRE
CHAPTER II | THE WAR CLOUDS GATHER
CHAPTER III | NATHANIEL LYON'S ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE
CHAPTER IV | THE CAPTURE OF CAMP JACKSON
CHAPTER V | THE SCOTT-HARNEY AGREEMENT
CHAPTER VI | THE LAST WORD BEFORE THE BLOW
CHAPTER VII | GEN LYON BEGINS AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER VIII. | STORM GATHERS IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
CHAPTER IX | EVE OF THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK
CHAPTER X | BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK
CHAPTER XI | THE AFTERMATH OF WILSON'S CREEK
CHAPTER XII | A GALAXY OF NOTABLE MEN
CHAPTER XIII | FREMONT'S MARVELOUS INEFFECTIVENESS
CHAPTER XIV | THE SAD RETREAT FROM SPRINGFIELD
CHAPTER XV | GEN H.W. HALLECK IN COMMAND
CHAPTER XVI | HUNTER, LANE, MISSOURI AND KANSAS
CHAPTER XVII | PRICE DRIVEN OUT OF THE STATE
CHAPTER XVIII | GEN EARL VAN DORN TAKES COMMAND
CHAPTER XIX | THE VICTORY IS WON
INDEX

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 Scott-harney Agreement
General Sterling Price
General Franz Sigel
General David Hunter
The St Louis Levee
The Storm Gathers
Sigel Crossing the Osage
General Henry W. Halleck
Battlefield of Wilson's Creek
Table of Union Casualties
Table of Confederate Casualties
Table
General Samuel R. J. Curtis
General Albert Pike
Battle of Pea Ridge

THE RED ACORN

By John McElroy

CONTENTS

| Preface
Chapter I | A Declaration
Chapter II | First Shots
Chapter III | A Race
Chapter IV | Disgrace
Chapter V | The Lint-scraping and Bandage-making Union
Chapter VI | The Awakening
Chapter VII | Pomp and Circumstances of Glorious War
Chapter VIII | The Tedium of Camp
Chapter IX | On the March
Chapter X | The Mountaineer's Revenge
Chapter XI | Through the Mountains and the Night
Chapter XII | Aunt Debby Brill
Chapter XIII | "An Apple Jack Raid.”
Chapter XIV | In the Hospital
Chapter XV | Making an Acquaintance with Duty
Chapter XVI | The Ambuscade
Chapter XVII | Alspaugh on a Bed of Pain
Chapter XVIII | Secret Service
Chapter XIX | The Battle of Stone River

SI KLEGG

His Transformation From a Raw Recruit To A Veteran.

BOOK ONE OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy.

CONTENTS

PREFACE |
SI KLEGG

CHAPTER I

GOING TO WAR—SI KLEGG'S COMPLETE EQUIPMENT

CHAPTER II | THE DEADLY BAYONET
CHAPTER III | THE OLD CANTEEN
CHAPTER IV | THE AWFUL HARDTACK
CHAPTER V | FAT PORK—INDISPENSABLE BODY TIMBER FOR PATRIOTISM
CHAPTER VI | DETAILED AS COOK—SI FINDS RICE ANOTHER INNOCENT
CHAPTER VII. | IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD
CHAPTER VIII | ON COMPANY DRILL
CHAPTER IX | SI GETS A LETTER
CHAPTER X. | SI AND THE DOCTORS
CHAPTER XI. | THE PLAGUE OF THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER XII | A WET NIGHT
CHAPTER XIII | SI "STRAGGLED"
CHAPTER XIV | SI AND THE MULES
CHAPTER XV | UNDER FIRE—SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER
CHAPTER XVI | ONE OF THE "NON-COMMISH"
CHAPTER XVII | FORAGING ON THE WAY
CHAPTER XVIII | A SUNDAY OFF
CHAPTER XIX | A CLOSE CALL
CHAPTER XX | "THE SWEET SABBATH"
CHAPTER XXI | SI AND SHORTY WERE RAPIDLY LEARNING
CHAPTER XXII | A NIGHT OF SONG

ILLUSTRATIONS

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 Diverse Uses of the Good Old Canteen
What the Bayonet Was Good for
As Maria Pictured Si Using his Bayonet
He Tries the Butt of his Gun on It
The Best Way After All
The Veteran Talks to Si
Drawing Rations
"All Right, Boss; Dats a Go"
Si Falls out With his Food
Si Thinks It over
The Trouble Begins
The Rice Gets the Bulge
Si Makes the Acquaintance of The Guard House
"Right Shoulder Shift—Arms!"
"Fix—bayonets!"
Brought his Gun Down on the Man's Foot
Don't Care a Continental
"Right—face!"
"Forward—march!"
"Company—right Wheel!"
It's from Annabel
Si Carries a Rail
Si Writes to "deer Annie."
An Army Writing-desk
Laying the Foundation
A Rude Awakening
Visits the Doctor
"Let Yer Nails Grow; Ye'll Need 'em"
"Say, Cap, What Kind O' Bug is This?"
"Skirmishing"
"Naw! Lemme Show Ye How!"
Struck by a Cyclone
Supper Under Difficulties
A Field Shanty
It's the Morning
Taking the Top Rail
"Don't Stab Me."
Hydropathic Treatment
Si Defies a Regiment
He Let Both Heels Fly
Si Went Sprawling
Stuck in the Mud
It Burst With a Loud "bang."
Si Takes a Crack at A Reb
Si Captures a Johnny
Corporal si Klegg
One of the "Non-Com Mish."
"Not 'less Ye Say 'Bunker Hill.'"
They Had Shot a Mule
The 200th Ind. Was Not Without Talent in Foraging
Si Beat a Retreat
Si Being Worked for a "good Thing."
Si Was Disposed to Grumble
Showing the Old Man a Trick
Waiting for Their Clothes to Dry
An Assault on the Well-filled Corn Crib
Shorty Held the Calf
Si Sprang Upon Him
"Shorty if We—only Git—out O' This—"
So Straight he Leaned Backward
Si Almost Fainted when the Colonel Stopped
Shorty Was There—with a Guard

SI KLEGG

THRU THE STONE RIVER CAMPAIGN AND IN WINTER QUARTERS AT MURFREESBORO.

BOOK TWO OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy

CONTENTS

PREFACE
SI KLEGG

CHAPTER I

THROUGH MUD AND MIRE

CHAPTER II | SECOND DAY'S MARCH
CHAPTER III | STILL ON THE MARCH
CHAPTER IV | THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE
CHAPTER V | LINING UP FOR BATTLE
CHAPTER VI | BATTLE OF STONE RIVER
CHAPTER VII | AFTER THE FIRST DAY
CHAPTER VIII | A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S DAY
CHAPTER IX | VICTORY AT LAST
CHAPTER X | THE VICTORIOUS ARMY
CHAPTER XI | WINTER QUARTERS
CHAPTER XII | ADDING TO THEIR COMFORT
CHAPTER XIII | "HOOSIER'S REST"
CHAPTER XIV | DEACON KLEGG'S SURPRISE
CHAPTER XV | DEACON KLEGG'S ARRIVAL IS MISTAKEN
CHAPTER XVI | IN A NEW WORLD
CHAPTER XVII | THE DEACON'S INITIATION
CHAPTER XVIII | THE DEACON IS SHOCKED
CHAPTER XIX | THE DEACON IS TROUBLED
CHAPTER XX | THE DEACON BUTTS IN
CHAPTER XXI | THE PERPLEXED DEACON
CHAPTER XXII | TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN

ILLUSTRATIONS

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
Preparing Supper 40
After the Mules Stampeded 44
The Adjutant Smiled on si and Shorty 49
The Prisoners 50
A Close Shave 62
Groundhog Fled 64
Earning Thirteen Dollars a Month 57
A Frightened Teamster 70
A Lucky Fall 81
Finding a Good Thing 85
Si's Challenge 90
A Disagreeable Awakening for Shorty and Si. 94
Si Klegg Fell Without a Groan 113
Shorty Thinks si Does Not Look Like a Ghost. 118
Shorty Retaliates. 126
The House Beautiful. 133
Solid Comfort. 135
"Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" 139
Shorty Confiscates the Caboose Door. 143
Si Defended the Plunder. 148
Si Floors the Wagonmaster. 154
A Stoutly-built, Farmer-looking Man Entered the Train 164
The Free Fight. 169
Mr. Klegg Ready for Action. 172
Deacon Klegg and the Knight of The Golden Circle.
The General Interrupts the Game 184
Meeting Between si and his Father. 189
His Honor and the 'attorney' Bucked And Gagged.
Shorty Admonishes the Orderly 198
The Deacon is Shocked. 210
Trying to Conquer the Deacon's Scruples. 212
'How Much'd You Give for This?' 216
Deacon Klegg Looks over the Larder. 220
Hit My Jug a Welt With his Sword 231
'Pulled out a Fat Roll of Greenbacks. 235
I'm Gwine Ter Kill Ye, Right Here 246
Do You Hear? Git on Your Mule at Onct.'
"I'll Invite Your Attention to the Emancipation Proclamation 264 "
The Deacon Gives Abe a Lesson in Wood Chopping 269

SI KLEGG

SI AND SHORTY MEET MR. ROSENBAUM, THE SPY,
WHO RELATES HIS ADVENTURES

BOOK THREE OF SIX VOLUMES

By John Mcelroy

CONTENTS

SI KLEGG
PREFACE
CHAPTER I | OUT ON PICKET
CHAPTER II | ROSENBAUM, THE SPY
CHAPTER III | THE DEACON GOES HOME
CHAPTER IV | A SPY'S EXPERIENCES
CHAPTER V | THE BOYS GO SPYING
CHAPTER VI | LETTER FROM HOME
CHAPTER VII | CORN PONE AND BUTTERMILK
CHAPTER VIII | A PERIOD OF SELF-DISGUST
CHAPTER IX | SHORTY GETS A LETTER
CHAPTER X | TRADING WITH THE REBS
CHAPTER XI | SHORTY'S CORRESPONDENT
CHAPTER XII | THE BAN ON WET GOODS
CHAPTER XIII | THE JEW SPY WRITES
CHAPTER XIV | SHORTY HAS AN ADVENTURE WITH SI
CHAPTER XV | SHORTY NEARLY GOT MARRIED
CHAPTER XVI | AN UNEXPECTED MARRIAGE
CHAPTER XVII | GATHERING INFORMATION
CHAPTER XVIII | THE JEW SPY AGAIN

ILLUSTRATIONS

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're Here For." 32
The Negroes Merrymaking. 39
Klegg Starts Home. 45
Shorty Settles With the Banker. 51
Close Call for Rosenbaum. 54
The Spy in Custody. 58
Rosenbaum Runs Into Sigel's Pickets. 66
Watching the House. 75
The Surprise 79
Undesirable Acquaintances. 100
The Spoils of War 105
An Uncomfortable Situation 107
Shorty and si Are at Outs. 110
Si and Shorty As Mounted Infantry 117
Bushrod Prays for his Life 119
The Duel. 139
The Overture for Trade. 144
Si Wants a Fight 147
Shorty Wants to Fight Groundhog 157
Shorty Reading the Letter 160
She Whipped out a Long Knife. 189
Take Your Arm from Around That Yank's Neck 203
Jeff Sat up and Rubbed Himself 208
Old Bragg Used to Walk up Unt Down, Growling Unt Cussing. 259

SI KLEGG

EXPERIENCES OF SI AND SHORTY
ON THE GREAT TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN.

BOOK FOUR OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy

CONTENTS

PREFACE
SI KLEGG
CHAPTER I | THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN ON TO DUCK RIVER
CHAPTER II | THE BALKY MULES
CHAPTER III | THIRD DAY OF THE DELUGE
CHAPTER IV | THE FOURTH DAY OF THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER V | AFLOAT ON A LOG
CHAPTER VI | DISTRESSING ENEMIES
CHAPTER VII | THE EXCITING ADVANCE TULLAHOMA
CHAPTER VIII | THE GLORIOUS FOURTH INDEPENDENCE DAY FUN
CHAPTER IX | A LITTLE EPISODE OVER LOVE LETTERS
CHAPTER X. | AFTER BRAGG AGAIN
CHAPTER XI. | THE MOUNTAIN FOLK
CHAPTER XII. | SI AND SHORTY IN LUCK
CHAPTER XIII | MANY HAPPY EVENTS
CHAPTER XIV | THE FRISKY YOUNGSTERS
CHAPTER XV | KEYED UP FOR ACTION
CHAPTER XVI | THE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE
CHAPTER XVII | IN THE HOSPITAL
CHAPTER XVIII | A DISTURBING MESSAGE
CHAPTER XIX | TEDIOUS CONVALESCENCE
CHAPTER XX | STEWED CHICKEN

ILLUSTRATIONS

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 Parapet. 91
The Bluff Worked 107
She Ran Like a Deer, But si Cut Her off 123
You Must'nt Kill a Wounded Man 143
"Father, There's a Couple of Soldiers out There." 159
The First Wad Came out Easily and All Right. 165
'Annabel, How Purty You Look.' 173
The Recruits Lined up on the Platform. 186
They Posted the Men Behind The Trees. 197
They Had a Delirious Remembrance of the Mad Whirl. 211
The Dead Being Collected After the Battle. 220
"Pap, is That You?" Said a Weak Voice. 238
"He Took Another Look at his Heavy Revolver." 254

"If You Don't Skip out O' Here This Minute I'll Bust Your Head As I
Would a Punkin." 264

SI KLEGG

THE DEACON'S ADVENTURES AT CHATTANOOGA
IN CARING FOR THE BOYS

BOOK FIVE OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy

CONTENTS

PREFACE
SI KLEGG
CHAPTER I | THE DEACON PROVIDES
CHAPTER II | THE DEACON ATTEMPTED RESTITUTION
CHAPTER III | A COW IN CAMP
CHAPTER IV | THE DEACON'S PLAN
CHAPTER V | TROUBLE ENCOUNTERED
CHAPTER VI | THE BOYS IN THE OLD HOME ON BEAN BLOSSOM CREEK
CHAPTER VII | WEEKS OF CONVALESCENCE
CHAPTER VIII | SI IS PROMOTED
CHAPTER IX | SHORTY IN TROUBLE
CHAPTER X | SHORTY AS ORDERLY
CHAPTER XI | SHORTY RUNS HEADQUARTERS
CHAPTER XII | SHORTY ON A HUNT
CHAPTER XIII | AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
CHAPTER XIV | GUARDING THE KNIGHTS
CHAPTER XV | OFF FOR THE FRONT
CHAPTER XVI | THE TROUBLESOME BOYS
CHAPTER XVII | THE FRIGHTENED SURGEON
CHAPTER XVIII. | NO PEACE FOR SI AND SHORTY
CHAPTER XIX | THE FIRST SCRAPE
CHAPTER XX | AFTER THE SKIRMISH
CHAPTER XXI | CHATTANOOGA AT LAST

ILLUSTRATIONS

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 Reconnoitered the Situation 62
In Despair, the Deacon Turned to a Major. 77
"Arabella Curled Her Lip at Seeing Maria Take the Baby." 87
Shorty Went Outside Where There Was More Air. 101

"Sammy," Said Shorty, "I'm Goin' Away Right Off, and I Don't Want the
People to Know Nothin' of It." 113

Why, It's Shorty! Said the General, Recognizing Him At Once 129
"What Do You Think of That?" Said the Gambler. 141
Don't You Know Better Than to Come To Headquarters Like That? 156
How Do You Like the Looks of That, Old Butternut 169

The Prisoners Had Too Much Solicitude About Their Garments to Think of
Anything Else. 185

Have Come, Sir, in the Name of The People Of Indiana To Demand the
Release of Those Men. 199

I'll Send You a Catridge and Cap for Every Word You Write About Maria.
213

Here, You Young Brats, What Are You up to 225
Smallpox, Your Granny, Said si 237
There Was a Chorus of Yells, and then Another Volley. 247
Watching the Bridge Burners at Work 259
Wild Shooting of the Boys Saves The Surprised Colored Man. 273

SI KLEGG

SI AND SHORTY, WITH THEIR BOY RECRUITS,
ENTER ON THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN

BOOK SIX OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy

CONTENTS

PREFACE |

SI KLEGG

CHAPTER I

SHORTY BEGINS BEING A FATHER TO PETE SKIDMORE

CHAPTER II | SI AND SHORTY COME VERY NEAR LOSING THEIR BOYS
CHAPTER III | THE PARTNERS GET BACK TO THEIR REGIMENT AT LAST
CHAPTER IV | THE RECRUITS ARE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES
CHAPTER V | THE YOUNG RECRUITS
CHAPTER VI | SI KLEGG PUTS HIS AWKWARD SQUAD THROUGH ITS FIRST DRILL
CHAPTER VII | SHORTY'S HEART TURNS TOWARD MARIA
CHAPTER VIII | SHORTY WRITES A LETTER TO MARIA KLEGG
CHAPTER IX | SI TAKES HIS BOYS FOR A LITTLE MARCH INTO THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER X | THE BOYS HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE SKIRMISHES
CHAPTER XI | SHORTY GIVES THE BOYS THEIR FIRST LESSON IN FORAGING
CHAPTER XII | THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIII | THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIV | THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XV | THE FIGHTING AROUND BUZZARD ROOST
CHAPTER XVI | THE 200TH IND. ASSAULTS THE REBEL WORKS AT DAYBREAK
CHAPTER XVII | GATHERING UP THE BOYS AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XVIII | AN ARTILLERY DUEL
CHAPTER XIX | SI AND SHORTY ARE PUT UNDER ARREST
CHAPTER XX | SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL

ILLUSTRATIONS

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, Boys. 111
Don't Anybody Shoot. 119
Mr. Yank, Don't Conjure Me. 135
Little Pete's Awful Rebels. 149
Little Pete's Horse Bolts. 168
Capture of Rebel Stronghold. 185
The Charge Thru the Abatis. 211
Hooray for the Old Battery. 231
Awful Destruction. 241
Shorty Before the Court-martial. 256

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