CONTENTS

CHAPTER

I. I FIND LIFE
II. PROGRESS IN CALVINISM, HUNT GHOSTS, SEE LA FAYETTE
III. FATHER'S DEATH
IV. GO TO BOARDING SCHOOL
V. LOSE MY BROTHER
VI. JOIN CHURCH, AND MAKE NEW ENDEAVORS TO KEEP SABBATH
VII. DELIVERER OF THE DARK NIGHT
VIII. FITTING MYSELF INTO MY SPHERE
IX. HABITATIONS OF HORRID CRUELTY
X. KENTUCKY CONTEMPT FOR LABOR
XI. REBELLION
XII. THE VALLEY OF THE SHADOW OF DEATH
XIII. "LABOR—SERVICE OR ACT"
XIV. SWISSVALE
XV. WILLOWS BY THE WATER-COURSES
XVI. THE WATERS GROW DEEP
XVII. MY NAME APPEARS IN PRINT
XVIII. MEXICAN WAR LETTERS
XIX. TRAINING SCHOOL
XX. RIGHTS OF MARRIED WOMEN
XXI. PITTSBURG SATURDAY VISITER
XXII. RECEPTION OF THE VISITER
XXIII. MY CROOKED TELESCOPE
XXIV. MINT, CUMMIN AND ANNIS
XXV. FREE SOIL PARTY
XXVI. VISIT WASHINGTON
XXVII. DANIEL WEBSTER
XXVIII. FUGITIVE SLAVE LAW—THE TWO RIDDLES
XXIX. BLOOMERS AND WOMAN'S RIGHTS CONVENTIONS
XXX. MANY MATTERS
XXXI. THE MOTHER CHURCH
XXXII. POLITICS AND PRINTERS
XXXIII. SUMNER, BURLINGAME AND CASSIUS M. CLAY
XXXIV. FINANCE AND DESERTION
XXXV. MY HERMITAGE
XXXVI. THE MINNESOTA DICTATOR
XXXVII. ANOTHER VISITER
XXXVIII. BORDER RUFFIANISM
XXXIX. SPEAK IN PUBLIC
XL. A FAMOUS VICTORY
XLI. STATE AND NATIONAL POLITICS
XLII. RELIGIOUS CONTROVERSIES
XLIII. FRONTIER LIFE
XLIV. PRINTERS
XLV. THE REBELLION
XLVI. PLATFORMS
XLVII. OUT INTO THE WORLD AND HOME AGAIN
XLVIII. THE ARISTOCRACY OF THE WEST
XLIX. THE INDIAN MASSACRE OF '62
L. A MISSIVE AND A MISSION
LI. NO USE FOR ME AMONG THE WOUNDED
LII. FIND WORK
LIII. HOSPITAL GANGRENE
LIV. GET PERMISSION TO WORK
LV. FIND A NAME
LVI. DROP MY ALIAS
LVII. HOSPITAL DRESS
LVIII. SPECIAL WORK
LIX. HEROIC AND ANTI-HEROIC TREATMENT
LX. COST OF ORDER
LXI. LEARN TO CONTROL PYAEMIA
LXII. FIRST CASE OF GROWING A NEW BONE
LXIII. A HEROIC MOTHER
LXIV. TWO KINDS OF APPRECIATION
LXV. LIFE AND DEATH
LXVI. MEET MISS DIX AND GO TO FREDERICKSBURG
LXVII. THE OLD THEATER
LXVIII. AM PLACED IN AUTHORITY
LXIX. VISITORS
LXX. WOUNDED OFFICERS
LXXI. "NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP"
LXXII. MORE VICTIMS AND A CHANGE OF BASE
LXXIII. PRAYERS ENOUGH AND TO SPARE
LXXIV. GET OUT OF THE OLD THEATER
LXXV. TAKE BOAT AND SEE A SOCIAL PARTY
LXXVI. TAKE FINAL LEAVE OF FREDERICKSBURG
LXXVII. TRY TO GET UP A SOCIETY AND GET SICK
LXXVIII. AN EFFICIENT NURSE
LXXIX. TWO FREDERICKSBURG PATIENTS
LXXX. AM ENLIGHTENED
CONCLUSION