Twenty Great Battles. By John McElroy 1886. “UNCLE DANIEL” IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC. A TRUTHFUL
New York, Jan. 1st, 1886.
CONTENTS
[ UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY ]
[ 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.]
[ 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 -- ]
[ [!-- H2 anchor --] -- ]
