CONTENTS
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| [CHAPTER I] | 11 | |
My enlistment in the Union Army—The "Bushwhackers"of Missouri—The Quantrells and theJames Brothers—Cutting a man's head off—Myfirst adventure in the war—Capturing a guerrilla. | ||
| [CHAPTER II] | 22 | |
We leave Missouri and go South—The prisoners ofDonelson—The taking of New Madrid—"Kindlybury this unfortunate officer"—Quaker guns atShiloh—The killing of the colonel. | ||
| [CHAPTER III] | 29 | |
Iuka, the fiercest battle of the war, 217 men out of482 of my regiment are shot—The awful rebelcharge at Corinth—Moonlight on the battlefield—Bushelsof arms and legs—Tombstones for fireplaces—Oneof Grant's mistakes . | ||
| [CHAPTER IV] | 40 | |
An unlucky campaign led by General Grant—HollySprings burned up—The first foragers—Some modernFalstaffs—Counting dead men. | ||
| [CHAPTER V] | 49 | |
The laughable campaign of the war—An army floatingamong the tree tops of the Yazoo Pass. | ||
| [CHAPTER VI] | 54 | |
Grant's new plan at Vicksburg—Running the Vicksburgbatteries—An hour and a half of horror—Thebatteries are passed—The most important eventin the war. | ||
| [CHAPTER VII] | 63 | |
Crossing the Mississippi on gunboats and steamers—Battleof Port Gibson—How General Grant lookedto a private soldier—A boy from Mississippi—Fightsat Raymond—Battle of Jackson in a thunderstorm—Digginghis brothers' grave—Grant in battle—Savinga flag—How men feel in battle—An awfulspectacle—The critical moment of General Grant'slife—A battlefield letter from him to Sherman. | ||
| [CHAPTER VIII] | 87 | |
Assaults on the walls of Vicksburg—Logan in battle—Anarmy mule—A promotion under the guns ofVicksburg—A storm of iron hail at Vicksburg—TheVicksburg clock—The town surrenders—Theglad news—Reading my first order to the regiment—Myregiment put on guard in the captured city—Eightdays' furlough in four years of war. | ||
| [CHAPTER IX] | 102 | |
Sherman's army floats across the Tennessee River atmidnight—Washington at the Delaware nothingcompared to this—We assault Missionary Ridge—Anawful battle—My capture. | ||
| [CHAPTER X] | 111 | |
In Libby Prison—Life there—"Belle Isle"—All prisonsbad—The great escape—"Maryland, My Maryland." | ||
| [CHAPTER XI] | 119 | |
Escaping from Macon—An adventure in Atlanta—Inthe disguise of a Confederate soldier—My wanderingsinside the Confederate army and what Iexperienced there—I am captured as a spy—HowI got out of it all. | ||
| [CHAPTER XII] | 137 | |
Under fire of our own guns at Charleston—Trying tocapture a railway train—The secret band—Betrayed—Thedesolation of Charleston. | ||
| [CHAPTER XIII] | 144 | |
Living in a grave—An adventure in the woods ofSouth Carolina—Life in the asylum yard at thecapital of South Carolina—The song of "Sherman'sMarch to the Sea"—How it came to be written—Finalescape—The burning up of South Carolina'scapitol. | ||
| [CHAPTER XIV] | 174 | |
The army in the Carolinas—General Sherman sendsfor me—Gives me a place on his staff—Experiencesat army headquarters—Sherman's life on the march—Musicat headquarters—Logan's violin—The General'sfalse friend—The army wades, swims, andfights through the Carolinas—I am sent as despatchbearer to General Grant—A strange ridedown the Cape Fear River in the night—GeneralTerry—Learn that my song "The March to theSea" is sung through the North, and has given thecampaign its name—I bring the first news of Sherman'ssuccess to the North—An interview withGeneral Grant. | ||
| [CHAPTER XV] | 198 | |
Washington City in the last three days of the war—Look,the President!—The last man of the regiment. | ||