To those Reconstructed Rebels Ernestine and William Donaldy with no apologies from a damnyankee
The author wishes to express appreciation to Mrs. Gertrude Morton Parsley, Reference Librarian, Tennessee State Library and Archives, for her aid in obtaining use of the unpublished memoirs of trooper John Johnson, concerning the escape of the Morgan company after Cynthiana.
Contents
[1. Ride with Morgan]
[2. Guns in the Night]
[3. On the Run—]
[4. The Eleventh Ohio Cavalry]
[5. Bardstown Surrenders]
[6. Horse Trade]
[7. A Mule for a River]
[8. Happy Birthday, Soldier!]
[9. One More River To Cross]
[10. "Dismount! Prepare To Fight Gunboats!"]
[11. The Road to Nashville]
[12. Guerrillas]
[13. Disaster]
[14. Hell in Tennessee]
[15. Independent Scout]
[16. Missing in Action]
[17. Poor Rebel Soldier....]
[18. Texas Spurs]
[By Andre Norton]
FROM GENERAL N. BEDFORD FORREST'S FAREWELL TO HIS COMMAND, MAY 9, 1865, GAINESVILLE, ALABAMA.
The cause for which you have so long and so manfully struggled, and for which you have braved dangers, endured privations and sufferings, and made so many sacrifices, is today hopeless....
Civil war, such as you have passed through naturally engenders feelings of animosity, hatred and revenge. It is our duty to divest ourselves of all such feelings; and, as far as in our power to do so, to cultivate friendly feelings toward those with whom we have so long contended, and heretofore so widely, but honestly, differed....