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| Introduction | [11] |
| CHAPTER I |
| The Outbreak of the War |
| Journey to Texas—John Brown’s Raid—My SecessionResolution—Presidential Election—Lincoln Elected—Excitementin the South—Secession Ordinances—“TheLone Star Defenders”—Fort Sumter FiredOn—Camp Life—The Regiment Complete—Citizens’Kindness—Mustered In—The Third Texas Cavalry—Roster | [15] |
| CHAPTER II |
| Off for the Front |
| Organization of Regiment—Officers—Accouterment—Onthe March—Taming a Trouble-maker—Crossingthe Red River—In the Indian Territory—The IndianMaid—Fort Smith—The March to Missouri—McCulloch’sHeadquarters—Under Orders—Preparationfor First Battle | [26] |
| CHAPTER III |
| Our First Battle |
| On the March—Little York Raid—Under Fire—OurFirst Battle—Oak Hill (Wilson’s Creek)—Death ofGeneral Lyon—Our First Charge—Enemy Retires—Impressions of First Battle—Death of Young Willie—Horrors of a Battlefield—Troops Engaged—Casualties | [39] |
| CHAPTER IV |
| The War in Missouri |
| Personal Characteristics—Two Braggarts—Joe Welch—WilliamHood—We Enter Springfield—Bitter Feelingin Missouri—Company Elections—Measles andTyphoid—Carthage, and My Illness There—We LeaveCarthage—Death of Captain Taylor—Winter Quarters—Furloughed—HomeAgain | [52] |
| CHAPTER V |
| The War in Missouri—Continued |
| I Rejoin the Command—Sleeping in Snow—Ambushed—Battleof Elkhorn Tavern (Pea Ridge)—Capturinga Battery—Deaths of Generals McCulloch and McIntosh—BattleContinued—Casualties—Keetsville—OfficialReports—March Southward—Foraging—LostArtillery—Illness Again | [63] |
| CHAPTER VI |
| The Siege of Corinth |
| Leave Winter Quarters—The Prairies—Duvall’s Bluff—AwaitingTransportation—White River—The Mississippi—Memphis—AmDetailed—En Route to Corinth—Corinth—RedTape—Siege of Corinth—“A Soldier’sGrave”—Digging for Water—Suffering andSickness—Regiment Reorganized—Evacuation ofCorinth | [79] |
| CHAPTER VII |
| Battle of Iuka |
| Camp at Tupelo, Miss.—Furloughed—Report for Duty—CampRoutine—“The Sick Call”—Saltillo—Personnelof the Brigade—Baldwin “Contraband”—On toIuka—Iuka—Battle of Iuka—Casualties—Retreat | [96] |
| CHAPTER VIII |
| Battle of Corinth |
| Captain Dunn, the “Mormon”—Paroles—Baldwin—Onto Corinth—Conscription—Looking for Breakfast—TheArmy Trapped—A Skirmish—Escape—HollySprings—Battle of Corinth—Casualties—CavalryAgain | [111] |
| CHAPTER IX |
| Holly Springs Raid |
| At Grenada—Scouting—Engagement at Oakland—ChaplainThompson’s Adventure—Holly Springs Raid—Jake—TheBridge at Wolf River—I Am Wounded—Bolivar—Attackon Middleburg—Christmas | [127] |
| CHAPTER X |
| The Engagement at Thompson’s Station |
| January, 1863—Jake Arrested—Detailed—My BrotherVisits Me—Elected Second Lieutenant—Battle ofThompson’s Station—Duck River—Capture of theLegion—The “Sick Camp”—Murder of GeneralVan Dorn | [143] |
| CHAPTER XI |
| The Surrender of Vicksburg |
| Moving Southward—I Lose My Horse—Meet Old HuntsvilleFriends—A New Horse—In Mississippi—“SneezeWeed”—Messenger’s Ferry—Surrender of Vicksburg—ArmyRetires—Fighting at Jackson—AfterSherman’s Men—A Sick Horse—Black Prince—“Taxin Kind”—Ross’ Brigade—Two Desertions | [156] |
| CHAPTER XII |
| Battle at Yazoo City |
| Midwinter—Through the Swamps—Gunboat Patrols—Crossingthe Mississippi—Through the Ice—FerryingGuns—Hardships—Engagement at Yazoo City—HarryingSherman—Under Suspicion—A PracticalJoke—Battle at Yazoo City—Casualties—A SocialCall—Eastwood—Drowning Accident—A MilitarySurvey | [173] |
| CHAPTER XIII |
| Under Fire for One Hundred Days |
| Corduroy Breeches—Desolate Country—Conscript Headquarters—An“Arrest”—Rome, Ga.—Under Firefor One Hundred Days—Big and Little Kenesaw—LostMountain—Rain, Rain, Rain—HazardousScouting—Green Troops—Shelled—Truce—Atlanta—Deathof General MacPherson—Ezra Church—McCook’sRetreat—Battle near Newman—Results | [190] |
| CHAPTER XIV |
| Kilpatrick’s Raid |
| Kilpatrick’s Raid—Attack on Kilpatrick—Lee’s Mill—Lovejoy’sStation—The Brigade Demoralized—ISurrender—Playing ’Possum—I Escape—The BrigadeReassembles—Casualties | [205] |
| CHAPTER XV |
| Union Soldier’s Account of Kilpatrick’s Raid |
| Kilpatrick’s Raid—Ordered to the Front—Enemy’sArtillery Silenced—We Destroy the Railroad—HotWork at the Railroad—Plan of Our Formation—Stampedingthe Horses—The Enemy Charges—Sleepingon Horseback—Swimming the River—Campedat Last | [216] |
| CHAPTER XVI |
| Close of the Atlanta Campaign |
| Sherman Changes His Tactics—Hood Deceived—HeavyFighting—Atlanta Surrenders—End of the Campaign—Losses—Scouting—AnInvader’s Devastation—Raidingthe Raiders—Hood Crosses the Coosa—AReconnaissance—Negro Spies—Raiding the Blacks—CrossingIndian Creek—A Conversion | [228] |
| CHAPTER XVII |
| My Last Battle |
| Tories and Deserters—A Tragic Story—A Brutal Murder—TheSon’s Vow—Vengeance—A Southern Heroine—SeekingOur Command—Huntsville—A StrangeMeeting—We Find the Division—The Battle in theFog—My Last Battle | [245] |
| CHAPTER XVIII |
| Ross’ Report of Brigade’s Last Campaign |
| Ross’ Report—Repulse a Reconnoitering Party—EffectiveFighting Strength—Advance Guard—The Battleat Campbellsville—Results—Thompson’s Station—HarpethRiver—Murfreesboro—Lynville—Pulaski—SugarCreek—Losses During Campaign—Captures—Acknowledgments | [254] |
| CHAPTER XIX |
| The End of the War |
| Christmas—I Lose All My Belongings—The “OwlTrain”—A Wedding—Furloughed—Start for Texas—Hospitality—ANight in the Swamp—The FloodedCountry—Swimming the Rivers—In Texas—HomeAgain—Surrender of Lee, Johnston, and KirbySmith—Copy of Leave of Absence—Recapitulation—Valuationof Horses in 1864—Finis | [267] |