Under the Stars and Bars Or, Memories of Four Years Service with the Oglethorpes, of Augusta, Georgia
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PREFACE.
INDEX.
INTRODUCTORY.
EARLY HISTORY OF THE OGLETHORPES.
OFF TO THE WAR.
ORGANIZATION OF FIRST GA. REGIMENT.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE TABLE OF LONG MEASURE.
THE LAUREL HILL RETREAT.
CHAPTER I.
DONNING THE GREY.
MY FIRST MARCH.
MY FIRST SKIRMISH.
MY FIRST PICKET DUTY.
MY FIRST BATTLE.
A NIGHT STAMPEDE.
THREE LITTLE CONFEDERATES.
CHAPTER II.
A CHANGE OF BASE.
A SOLILOQUY—(NOT HAMLET'S.)
"LIABLE TO DISAPPINTMENTS."
A TRAMP WITH STONEWALL JACKSON.
ASHBY AND JACKSON.
"AUNT HANNAH."
A RIDE WITH BELLE BOYD, THE CONFEDERATE SPY.
VIRGINIA.
HOME AGAIN.
ROSTER OF OGLETHORPE INFANTRY,
PRIVATES.
CHAPTER III.
REORGANIZATION WITH 12th GA. BATTALION.
A "LITTLE LONG."
THE 12th GA. BATTALION FLAG.
OFF TO THE FRONT
COL. HOGELAND AND HIS WAR DIARY.
JACKSBORO.
THE PARSON AND THE GRAVY.
"THEM MOLASSES."
RATIONS.
CHAPTER IV.
TRANSFERRED TO THE COAST.
A STUDY IN INSECT LIFE.
SOAP AND WATER.
A SUGARED TONGUE.
FIRE AND FALL BACK
SKIRMISHING FOR PIE
STEED AND THE SUGAR
"BUTTER ON MY GREENS."
OUR CAMP POET.
CHAPTER V.
THE DALTON AND ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
BATTLE OF JONESBORO.
FURTHER MEMORIES OF THE CAMPAIGN.
"TWO AND A DOG."
STRIPES ON THE WRONG SIDE.
A CLOSE SHAVE.
A TWILIGHT PRAYER MEETING.
TOM HOWARD'S SQUIRREL BEAD.
"WHEN THIS CRUEL WAR IS OVER."
"JIM, TOUCH OFF NO. 1."
ANOTHER STAMPEDE.
A SUMMER DAY ON THE FIRING LINE.
A SQUIRREL HUNT UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
JIM THOMAS' DILEMMA.
A POOR GUN OR A POOR GUNNER.
SAVED FROM DEATH BY A BIBLE.
INCIDENTS ON THE KENNESAW LINE.
SLEEPING UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
THE VICTIM OF MISPLACED CONFIDENCE.
PEDICULUS CORPORIS.
BATTLE OF KENNESAW
ROLL CALL AFTER BATTLE.
UNDER TWO FLAGS.
AN UN-DRESS PARADE.
RECKLESS COURAGE.
WATERMELON AS A PERSUADER.
SAVED FROM A NORTHERN PRISON BY A NOVEL.
A SLAVES LOYALTY.
ONE AGAINST THREE THOUSAND.
A BRAVE CAROLINA MAIDEN.
A GEORGIA "HOSS."
CHAPTER VI.
NASHVILLE CAMPAIGN.
A CHRISTMAS DAY WITH FORREST.
CLOSING DAYS OF THE CAMPAIGN.
SOME INCIDENTS OF THE CAMPAIGN. "GO OFF AND WASH YOURSELVES."
PARTING WITH HARDEE.
GEN. BATE AS A POET AND WIT.
PAT CLEBURNE AS AN ORATOR.
HOOD'S STRATEGY.
A LUCKY FIND.
"WHO ATE THE DOG."
WHERE IS THE OVEN?
AMENDE HONORABLE.
COURAGE SUBLIME.
CHAPTER VII.
THE CLOSING CAMPAIGN.
AN ARCTIC RIDE.
CLEANED UP FINANCIALLY.
A SAD HOME-COMING.
OUR LAST BATTLE.
CONCLUSION.
ROSTER OF THE "OGLETHORPES," 1862-1865.
OFFICERS.
PRIVATES.
ADDENDA.
OGLETHORPE INFANTRY, CO. B.
SHIPS THAT DID NOT PASS IN THE NIGHT.
OGLETHORPE INFANTRY, CO. B.
OFFICERS.
PRIVATES.
MUSTER ROLL OF OGLETHORPE INFANTRY,
OFFICERS.
PRIVATES.
SUPPLEMENT.
ONE OF MY HEROES.
BEN HILL AND THE DOG.
A REMINISCENCE.
THE REBEL CHAPLAIN AND THE DYING BOY IN BLUE.
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