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PREFACE

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ORGANIZATION AND ROLL OF COMPANY

TROUBLE ABOUT ARMS

THE CAUSE OF SECESSION

THE ELEVENTH REGIMENT

THE RIFLE GRAYS, COMPANY A

LYNCHBURG RIFLES, COMPANY E

HOME GUARD, COMPANY G

JEFFERSON DAVIS RIFLE, COMPANY H

THE BATTLE BEGINS

THE YANKEES DRIVEN BACK

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE

GENERAL JOHNSTON TO THE RESCUE

GEN. KIRBY SMITH TURNS THE TIDE OF BATTLE

THE REBEL YELL

UNDER SHELLING

THE NEWS OF VICTORY

THE ENEMY NOT PURSUED

GATHERING THE SPOILS

ADVANCE TO FAIRFAX COURT HOUSE

PICKET CLOSE TO ENEMY—EXCITING TIMES

BACK TO CENTREVILLE

THE PENINSULA CAMPAIGN

YORKTOWN LINES EVACUATED

BATTLE OF WILLIAMSBURG

THE BATTLE BEGINS

"GIVE IT TO THEM!"

INTO A HOT FIRE

COLONEL GARLAND WOUNDED

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE

GARLAND AND KEMPER PROMOTED

THE BATTLE OF SEVEN PINES

THE BRIGADE IN RESERVE

INTO THE FIGHT AT DOUBLE-QUICK

INCIDENTS OF THE BATTLE

ON THE PICKET LINES

BATTLE OF GAINES' MILL

SECOND MANASSAS AND THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN

SHARPSBURG

BACK TO VIRGINIA

THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG

SPECTACULAR SCENE

BEHIND MARYE'S HILL

SHARP-SHOOTING

TO RICHMOND

OFF FOR THE OLD NORTH STATE

BACK TO VIRGINIA

PENNSYLVANIA CAMPAIGN

GETTYSBURG

BACK TO VIRGINIA

TO TAYLORSVILLE

TO NORTH CAROLINA AGAIN

MARCHING THROUGH SWAMPS AND SAND

THE CAPTURE OF PLYMOUTH

COMPANIES C AND G HAVE SERIOUS EXPERIENCE

THE GUNBOAT "ALBEMARLE"

COL. JAMES DEARING WINS PROMOTION

MARCH ON WASHINGTON, NORTH CAROLINA

NEWBERNE AGAIN INVESTED

BACK TO PETERSBURG

BEAST BUTLER

THE BATTLE OF DRURY'S BLUFF

GENERAL GRACIE'S COURAGE

INTO A HOT FIRE AT CLOSE RANGE

COL. RICHARD F. MAURY

YANKEE BRIGADE CAPTURED

GENERAL WHITING'S FAILURE

YANKEE FLAGS

A PRISONER OF WAR

ON TO WASHINGTON

ON SHIPBOARD

RUN AGROUND

SHORT OF WATER

IN THE STOCKADE

UNDER FIRE

PRISON RULES

ROTTEN CORNMEAL AND PICKLED RATIONS

A PLOT LAID

DISAPPOINTMENT AND GREAT SUFFERING

THREE DEATHS AND BURIALS AT SEA

CONDUCT OF THE WAR

SHERMAN'S MARCH

VIRGINIA DISMEMBERED

LINCOLN'S ASSASSINATION

OUT OF PRISON AND AT HOME

INDEX

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