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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of John McElroy

Author: John McElroy and David Widger

Release Date: May 18, 2019 [EBook #59540]

Language: English

Credits: Produced by David Widger

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

JOHN McELROY

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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##  ANDERSONVILLE

##  UNCLE DANIEL

##  THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI

##  THE RED ACORN

##  SI KLEGG, BOOK 1 (OF 6)

##  SI KLEGG, BOOK 2 (OF 6)

##  SI KLEGG, BOOK 3 (OF 6)

##  SI KLEGG, BOOK 4 (OF 6)

##  SI KLEGG, BOOK 5 (OF 6)

##  SI KLEGG, BOOK 6 (OF 6)

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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Table of Contents

INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF JOHN McELROY

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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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

CONTENTS: INTRODUCTION AUTHOR'S PREFACE LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ILLUSTRATIONS

UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY OF “TOM” ANDERSON

AND

Twenty Great Battles.

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI

CONTENTS THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI. INDEX

LLUSTRATIONS

THE RED ACORN

CONTENTS

SI KLEGG

His Transformation From a Raw Recruit To A Veteran.

BOOK ONE OF SIX VOLUMES

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

SI KLEGG

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

BOOK TWO OF SIX VOLUMES

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

SI KLEGG

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

BOOK THREE OF SIX VOLUMES

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

SI KLEGG

EXPERIENCES OF SI AND SHORTY ON THE GREAT TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN.

BOOK FOUR OF SIX VOLUMES

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

SI KLEGG

THE DEACON'S ADVENTURES AT CHATTANOOGAIN CARING FOR THE BOYS

BOOK FIVE OF SIX VOLUMES

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

SI KLEGG

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

BOOK SIX OF SIX VOLUMES

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

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