CONTENTS
[ PREFACE ]
[ SI KLEGG ]
[ CHAPTER I. ]THROUGH MUD AND MIRE
[ CHAPTER II. ]SECOND DAY'S MARCH
[ CHAPTER III. ]STILL ON THE MARCH
[ CHAPTER IV. ]THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE
[ CHAPTER V. ]LINING UP FOR BATTLE
[ CHAPTER VI. ]BATTLE OF STONE RIVER
[ CHAPTER VII. ]AFTER THE FIRST DAY
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S DAY
[ CHAPTER IX. ]VICTORY AT LAST
[ CHAPTER X. ]THE VICTORIOUS ARMY
[ CHAPTER XI. ]WINTER QUARTERS
[ CHAPTER XII. ]ADDING TO THEIR COMFORT
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]"HOOSIER'S REST"
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]DEACON KLEGG'S SURPRISE
[ CHAPTER XV. ]DEACON KLEGG'S ARRIVAL IS MISTAKEN
[ CHAPTER XVI. ]IN A NEW WORLD
[ CHAPTER XVII. ]THE DEACON'S INITIATION
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]THE DEACON IS SHOCKED
[ CHAPTER XIX. ]THE DEACON IS TROUBLED
[ CHAPTER XX. ]THE DEACON BUTTS IN
[ CHAPTER XXI. ]THE PERPLEXED DEACON
[ CHAPTER XXII. ]TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN
ILLUSTRATIONS
[ The Aid Spatters Mud on si 18 ]
[ Stop Beatin' Them Mules' 22 ]
[ What Do You See, Shorty?' 33 ]
[ Si Reports to the Colonel 38 ]
[ After the Mules Stampeded 44 ]
[ The Adjutant Smiled on si and Shorty 49 ]
[ Earning Thirteen Dollars a Month 57 ]
[ A Disagreeable Awakening for Shorty and Si. 94 ]
[ Si Klegg Fell Without a Groan 113 ]
[ Shorty Thinks si Does Not Look Like a Ghost. 118 ]
[ "Am I a Soldier of the Cross?" 139 ]
[ Shorty Confiscates the Caboose Door. 143 ]
[ Si Defended the Plunder. 148 ]
[ Si Floors the Wagonmaster. 154 ]
[ A Stoutly-built, Farmer-looking Man Entered the Train 164 ]
[ Mr. Klegg Ready for Action. 172 ]
[ Deacon Klegg and the Knight of The Golden Circle. ]
[ The General Interrupts the Game 184 ]
[ Meeting Between si and his Father. 189 ]
[ His Honor and the 'attorney' Bucked And Gagged. ]
[ Shorty Admonishes the Orderly 198 ]
[ The Deacon is Shocked. 210 ]
[ Trying to Conquer the Deacon's Scruples. 212 ]
[ 'How Much'd You Give for This?' 216 ]
[ Deacon Klegg Looks over the Larder. 220 ]
[ Hit My Jug a Welt With his Sword 231 ]
[ 'Pulled out a Fat Roll of Greenbacks. 235 ]
[ I'm Gwine Ter Kill Ye, Right Here 246 ]
[ Do You Hear? Git on Your Mule at Onct.' ]
[ "I'll Invite Your Attention to the Emancipation Proclamation 264 " ]
PREFACE
"Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born years ago in the brain of John McElroy, Editor of THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
These sketches are the original ones published in THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE, revised and enlarged some what by the author. How true they are to nature every veteran can abundantly testify from his own service. Really, only the name of the regiment was invented. There is no doubt that there were several men of the name of Josiah Klegg in the Union Army, and who did valiant service for the Government. They had experiences akin to, if not identical with, those narrated here, and substantially every man who faithfully and bravely carried a musket in defense of the best Government on earth had some times, if not often, experiences of which those of Si Klegg are a strong reminder.
THE PUBLISHERS. THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE RANK AND FILE OF THE GRANDEST ARMY EVER MUSTERED FOR WAR.