TO HIM
WHOSE BRAVE AND BLITHE ENDURANCE
MADE THOSE WHO FOLLOWED
HIM FORGET,
IN HIS SUNSHINY PRESENCE,
HALF THE HARDSHIP AND THE DANGER
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I | PAGE |
| Good-by to the Army of the Potomac | [17] |
CHAPTER II | |
| New Orleans After the War | [41] |
CHAPTER III | |
| A Military Execution | [59] |
CHAPTER IV | |
| Marches Through Pine Forests | [83] |
CHAPTER V | |
| Out of the Wilderness | [95] |
CHAPTER VI | |
| A Texas Norther | [113] |
CHAPTER VII | |
| Life in a Texas Town | [132] |
CHAPTER VIII | |
| Letters Home | [150] |
CHAPTER IX | |
| Disturbed Condition of Texas | [165] |
CHAPTER X | |
| General Custer Parts with his Staff at Cairo and Detroit | [185] |
CHAPTER XI | |
| Orders to Report at Fort Riley, Kansas | [205] |
CHAPTER XII | |
| Westward Ho!—Fighting Dissipation in the Seventh Cavalry—General Custer's Temptations | [222] |
CHAPTER XIII | |
| A Medley of Officers and Men | [256] |
CHAPTER XIV | |
| The Course of True Love | [279] |
CHAPTER XV | |
| A Prairie Fire | [310] |
CHAPTER XVI | |
| Sacrifices and Self-Denial of Pioneer Duty—Captain Robbins and Colonel Cook attacked, and Fight for Three Hours | [327] |
CHAPTER XVII | |
| A Flood at Fort Hays | [356] |
CHAPTER XVIII | |
| Ordered Back to Fort Harker | [373] |
CHAPTER XIX | |
| The First Fight of the Seventh Cavalry | [387] |