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Surry of Eagle's-nest, or, The memoirs of a staff-officer serving in Virginia

Cooke, John Esten (1830-1886)
  
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CONTENTS.

 1. 
I. THE SURRYS.
 2. 
II. IN WHICH THE WRITER OMITS A NUMBER OF THINGS.
 3. 
III. HOT BLOOD.
 4. 
IV. A PAIR OF EYES.
 5. 
V. WHAT I SAW ON THE BROOK ROAD.
 6. 
VI. THE VENDETTA.
 7. 
VII. MY COMMISSION.
 8. 
VIII. THE LONELY HOUSE.
 9. 
IX. THE WOMAN IN WHITE.
 10. 
X. THE MYSTERIES OF THE WILDERNESS.
 11. 
XI. THE PACKAGE.
 12. 
XII. HOW I ENCOUNTERED A TRAVELLER, AND OF WHAT WE CONVERSED.
 13. 
XIII. THE OWNER OF THE HANDKERCHIEF.
 14. 
XIV. A FOLLOWER OF CALHOUN.
 15. 
XV. PYGMALION.
 16. 
XVI. THE GUEST WHO DID NOT COME.
 17. 
XVII. THE “LAST RIDE TOGETHER.”
 18. 
XVIII. THE ALGERINE.
 19. 
XIX. THE STATUE SPEAKS.
 20. 
XX. THE RUINED CHURCH AND THE STRANGER.
 21. 
XXI. ON REVIEW.
 22. 
XXII. I VISIT COLONEL “JEB. STUART.”
 23. 
XXIII. A MOONLIGHT RIDE WITH STUART.
 24. 
XXIV. JOHN BROWN AND HIS BULL-DOG.
 25. 
XXV. THE RAID OF THE BEE-GUM.
 26. 
XXVI. MY FIRST SIGHT OF THE BLUE-COATS.
 27. 
XXVII. THE ENCHANTMENTS OF BOGY!
 28. 
XXVIII. THE COUNCIL OF WAR.
 29. 
XXIX. THE CAVALRY PICKET.
 30. 
XXX. THE STONE HOUSE AT MANASSAS.
 31. 
XXXI. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE STONE HOUSE.
 32. 
XXXII. BEAUREGARD.
 33. 
XXXIII. THE LINES.
 34. 
XXXIV. THE HEROINE OF MANASSAS.
 35. 
XXV. I RETURN THE PACKAGE.
 36. 
XXXVI. A RIDE IN THE DOG-DAYS.
 37. 
XXXVII. THE FLANK MOVEMENT.
 38. 
XXXVIII. TWO BROTHERS.
 39. 
XXXIX. ELM COTTAGE AND ITS INMATES.
 40. 
XL. A CHAPTER ENTIRELY WITHOUT INCIDENT.
 41. 
XLI. THE DISPATCH FROM RICHMOND.
 42. 
XLII. ASHBY.
 43. 
XLIII. WILL NEVER LEAVE WINCHESTER WITHOUT A FIGHT —NEVER, NEVER!”
 44. 
XLIV. A FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP.
 45. 
XLV. THE “FOOT CAVALRY.”
 46. 
XLVI. THE VALUE OF TEN MINUTES.
 47. 
XLVII. THE OFFICER WHOM ASHBY HAD WOUNDED.
 48. 
XLVIII. THE DEATH-TRENCHES.
 49. 
XLIX THE SECOND RETREAT.
 50. 
L. THE CHASE AFTER MILROY.
 51. 
LI. THE ADVANCE.
 52. 
LII. A NIGHT ADVENTURE.
 53. 
LIII. JACKSON RETURNING TO “HIS PROPERTY.”
 54. 
LIV. A LITLE IDEA OF CAPTAIN BOGY'S.
 55. 
LV. THE TRAP
 56. 
LVI. FALLING BACK.
 57. 
LVII. ASHBY'S WHITE HORSE.
 58. 
LVIII I AM CAPTURED.
 59. 
LIX. I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF SIR PERCY WYNDHAM.
 60. 
LX. HOW ASHBY WAS NOT “BAGGED” BY SIR PERCY.
 61. 
LXI. ASHBY AMONG HIS MEN.
 62. 
LXII. “VIRGINIANS, CHARGE!”
 63. 
LXIII. CUT OFF.
 64. 
LXIV. FREMONT CHECKED.
 65. 
LXV. EXEUNT OMNES.
 66. 
LXVI. IN WHICH THE WRITER OF THESE MEMOIRS IS TAKEN TO TASK.
 67. 
LXVII. LEE STRIKES.
 68. 
LXVIII. PAST THE RAPIDAN.
 69. 
LXIX. AN ADVENTURE OF STUART'S.
 70. 
LXX. THE PURSUIT.
 71. 
LXXI. THE HOUSE IN THE WILDERNESS, AND ITS OCCUPANTS.
 72. 
LXXII. ARCADES AMBO.
 73. 
LXXIII. MORDAUNT'S SECRET.
 74. 
LXXIV. THE SNAKE SCOTCHED.
 75. 
LXXV. THE NIGHT ATTACK.
 76. 
LXXVI. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
 77. 
LXXVII. WHAT I FOUND IN THE SADDLE-POCKETS OF MY CAPTURED HORSE.
 78. 
LXXVIII. A GLIMPSE OF GENERAL EARLY.
 79. 
LXXIX. STUART TAKES HIS REVENGE.
 80. 
LXXX. FLANKING POPE.
 81. 
LXXXI. I CHASE AND COME UP WITH A FEDERAL OFFICER.
 82. 
LXXXII. VIOLET GRAFTON'S SECRET.
 83. 
LXXXIII. I AM THROWN INTO CONFUSION BY MISS HENRIETTA
 84. 
LXXXIV. SURROUNDED.
 85. 
LXXXV. THE SINGLE COMBAT
 86. 
LXXXVI. IN WHICH THE WRITER OMITS A DESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS.
 87. 
LXXXVII. THE YOUNG SIGNAL-OFFICER.
 88. 
LXXXVIII. ONE OF STUARTS “TIGHT PLACES.”
 89. 
LXXXIX. IN WHICH THE WRITER GETS OVER A GREAT DEAL OF GROUND.
 90. 
XC. HAMPTON CHARGES, AND I “GO UNDER.”
 91. 
XCI. I EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH GENERAL McCLELLAN.
 92. 
XCII. WHAT FOLLOWED.
 93. 
XCIII. WHERE AND WITH WHOM I SUPPED ON THE NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG.
 94. 
XCIV. FALLING BACK WITH STUART.
 95. 
XCV. WHICH CONTAINS A VALUABLE MORAL REFLECTION.
 96. 
XCVI. A DREAM OF AUTUMN.
 97. 
XCVII. THE AWAKING.
 98. 
XCVIII. HOW PELHAM FOUGHT HIS HORSE ARTILLERY
 99. 
XCIX. I DELIVER UP HARRY SALTOUN'S WATCH, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY.
 100. 
C. ACHMED
 101. 
CI. IN A CARRIAGE WINDOW.
 102. 
CII. FROM THE HILLS OF THE MASSAPONNAX.
 103. 
CIII. “IT IS WELL THIS IS SO TERRIBLE—WE WOULD GROW TOO FOND OF IT!”
 104. 
CIV. PELHAM AND JEAN.
 105. 
CV. RECOLLECTIONS OF “CAMP NO-CAMP.”
 106. 
CVI. I GO WITH STUART TO CULPEPPER.
 107. 
CVII. THE LAST CHARGE OF PELHAM.
 108. 
CVIII. THE SPRING FLOWERS OF INCOGNITA.
 109. 
CIX. THE ADVERSARIES.
 110. 
CX. THE NIGHT-HAWKS FLOWN.
 111. 
CXI. HOURS AT “CAMP PELHAM.”
 112. 
CXII. THE SUMMONS.
 113. 
CXIII. THE DEFIANCE.
 114. 
CXIV. MORDAUNT'S MOTIVE.
 115. 
CXV. SHOWING THAT, THOUGH YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SET OUT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WILL ARRIVE
 116. 
CXVI. THE WOES OF BASKERVILLE.
 117. 
CXVII. I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A FAMOUS CHARACTER.
 118. 
CXVIII. WHICH SOLVES THE WHOLE MYSTERY.
 119. 
CXIX. IN WHICH MAY BEVERLEY PASSES AWAY FROM THIS HISTORY.
 120. 
CXX. DIABOLISM.
 121. 
CXXI. WHERE MORDAUNT HAD BEEN, AND THE RESULT OF HIS JOURNEY.
 122. 
CXXII. BOOTS AND SADDLES
 123. 
CXXIII. IN WHICH BOGY, MOONSHINE, AND SNAKEBUG ALL “GO UNDER.”
 124. 
CXXIV. THE LAST OF FARLEY.
 125. 
CXXV. THE ABDUCTION.
 126. 
CXXVI. HOOKER IN HIS DEN.
 127. 
CXXVII. THE WING OF THE DEATH-ANGEL.
 128. 
CXXVIII. UNDER THE SHADES OF THE WILDERNESS.
  
CXXIX.
  
CXXX.
  
CXXXI.
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CXXXII. IN A DREAM.

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SURRY OF EAGLE'S-NEST;
OR,
THE MEMOIRS OF A STAFF-OFFICER
SERVING IN VIRGINIA.

EDITED, FROM THE MSS. OF COLONEL SURRY,

By JOHN ESTEN COOKE,

AUTHOR OF THE “VIRGINIA COMEDIANS.” WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY WINSLOW HOMER.
NEW YORK:
BUNCE AND HUNTINGTON,
459, BROOME STREET.
© 1866.
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