CONTENTS
[ PREFACE]
[ SI KLEGG ]
[ CHAPTER I. ]THE DEACON PROVIDES
[ CHAPTER II. ]THE DEACON ATTEMPTED RESTITUTION
[ CHAPTER III. ]A COW IN CAMP
[ CHAPTER IV. ]THE DEACON'S PLAN
[ CHAPTER V. ]TROUBLE ENCOUNTERED
[ CHAPTER VI. ]THE BOYS IN THE OLD HOME ON BEAN BLOSSOM CREEK
[ CHAPTER VII. ]WEEKS OF CONVALESCENCE
[ CHAPTER VIII. ]SI IS PROMOTED
[ CHAPTER IX. ]SHORTY IN TROUBLE
[ CHAPTER X. ]SHORTY AS ORDERLY
[ CHAPTER XI. ]SHORTY RUNS HEADQUARTERS
[ CHAPTER XII. ]SHORTY ON A HUNT
[ CHAPTER XIII. ]AN UNEXPECTED MEETING
[ CHAPTER XIV. ]GUARDING THE KNIGHTS
[ CHAPTER XV. ]OFF FOR THE FRONT
[ CHAPTER XVI. ]THE TROUBLESOME BOYS
[ CHAPTER XVII. ]THE FRIGHTENED SURGEON
[ CHAPTER XVIII. ]NO PEACE FOR SI AND SHORTY
[ CHAPTER XIX. ]THE FIRST SCRAPE
[ CHAPTER XX. ]AFTER THE SKIRMISH
[ CHAPTER XXI. ]CHATTANOOGA AT LAST
ILLUSTRTIONS
[ Git Down from There! Commanded the Deacon 21 ]
[ Well, I'll Be Dumbed, Muttered the Deacon. 35 ]
[ Purty Good Milker, is She? Inquired the Deacon 51 ]
[ The Deacon Reconnoitered the Situation 62 ]
[ In Despair, the Deacon Turned to a Major. 77 ]
[ "Arabella Curled Her Lip at Seeing Maria Take the Baby." 87 ]
[ Shorty Went Outside Where There Was More Air. 101 ]
[ Why, It's Shorty! Said the General, Recognizing Him At Once 129 ]
[ "What Do You Think of That?" Said the Gambler. 141 ]
[ Don't You Know Better Than to Come To Headquarters Like That? 156 ]
[ How Do You Like the Looks of That, Old Butternut 169 ]
[ The Prisoners Had Too Much Solicitude About Their Garments to Think of Anything Else. 185 ]
[ Have Come, Sir, in the Name of The People Of Indiana To Demand the Release of Those Men. 199 ]
[ I'll Send You a Catridge and Cap for Every Word You Write About Maria. 213 ]
[ Here, You Young Brats, What Are You up to 225 ]
[ Smallpox, Your Granny, Said si 237 ]
[ There Was a Chorus of Yells, and then Another Volley. 247 ]
[ Watching the Bridge Burners at Work 259 ]
[ Wild Shooting of the Boys Saves The Surprised Colored Man. 273 ]
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 somewhat 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 sometimes, if not often, experiences of which those of Si Klegg are a strong reminder.'