“To you my comrades whether far or near,
I send this message, let our past revive;
Come, sound reveille to our hearts once more.”
NEW BEDFORD, MASS.
FRANKLIN E. JAMES.
1898
To my Boys,
Who delighted in their childhood
to hear their father tell stories of
the war, and at whose desire these
memories have been recalled, this
book is
—DEDICATED.—
CONTENTS.
| CHAP. | PAGE. | |
| I | ENLISTMENT | [ 1] |
| II | TO THE SEAT OF WAR | [ 6] |
| III | ON THE MARCH | [ 10] |
| IV | ANTIETAM | [ 14] |
| V | UNDER ARREST | [ 17] |
| VI | IN CAMP | [ 21] |
| VII | FREDERICKSBURG | [ 25] |
| VIII | CHANCELLORSVILLE | [ 29] |
| IX | BRANDY STATION & ALDIE | [ 33] |
| X | GETTYSBURG | [ 38] |
| XI | MINE RUN | [ 44] |
| XII | A LETTER FROM THE FRONT | [ 48] |
| XIII | RE-ENLISTED | [ 52] |
| XIV | AT HOME AGAIN | [ 55] |
| XV | IN THE WILDERNESS | [ 59] |
| XVI | LAUREL HILL | [ 63] |
| XVII | WILDERNESS CAMPAIGN | [ 69] |
| XVIII | LEAVES FROM MY DIARY | [ 73] |
| XIX | COLD HARBOR | [ 79] |
| XX | NORFOLK RAILROAD | [ 85] |
| XXI | EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY | [ 88] |
| XXII | PETERSBURG | [ 92] |
| XXIII | PEEBLE’S FARM | [ 97] |
| XXIV | WELDON RAILROAD | [ 101] |
| XXV | HATCHER’S RUN | [ 106] |
| XXVI | ON FURLOUGH | [ 112] |
| XXVII | WOUNDED | [ 117] |
| XXVIII | CLOSING SCENES | [ 123] |
| XXIX | MUSTERED OUT | [ 128] |
