 | Hilt to hilt, or, Days and nights on the banks of the Shenandoah in the autumn of 1864 |  |
CONTENTS.
PAGE
Prologue 7
I.— In “Mosby's Confederacy” 11
II.— The Night-Hawks 17
III.— Landon 21
IV.— Knocked from the Saddle 25
V.— Captain Blount 31
VI.— How they Managed Matters on the Border in 1864 34
VII.— An Eye for an Eye 36
VIII.— The Night March 41
IX.— The Old Chapel 53
X.— Why I did not Return with Landon 58
XI.— How I Missed my Supper 65
XII.— Captain Ratcliffe 70
XIII.— A Moonlight Ride 77
XIV.— Arden's Secret 81
XV.— Arden Dismounts Me 90
XVI.— One! Two! Three! Four! 93
XVII.— Winchester 100
XVIII.— Early and some Braves of the Valley Army 107
XIX.— Fitzhugh Lee, the Gay and Gallant 112
XX.— The Torch 117
XXI.— “Before to-morrow you will be dead — or I will!” 122
XXII.— Lieutenant Arden, U.S.A. 126
XXIII.— Bizarre 130
XXIV.— Lover's Leap 138
XXV.— Poison 145
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XXVI.—Nameless 156
XXVII.—“A Trump!” 167
XXVIII.—One of the Bright Spots in my Memory 170
XXIX.—Blount's Secret 176
XXX.—Touch-and-go 183
XXXI.—The Deserter 190
XXXII.—Antoinette Duvarny 195
XXXIII.—The Ring 203
XXXIV.—The Offer and Refusal 209
XXXV.—In the “Fox-Spring Woods” 214
XXXVI.—War in the Valley of the Shenandoah in 1864 221
XXXVII.—No Quarter 225
XXXVIII.—“Partisan Rancour” 228
XXXIX.—The Last Knot in the String 231
XL.—Across a Grave 236
XLI.—Arden's Badges 243
XLII.—“Coward! Coward! Coward!” 246
XLIII.—Nemesis 251
Epilogue:
I.—The Blue Courier 259
II.—My Last Look at the Red-Cross Flag 263
III.—In Arms to the Last 267
| Hilt to hilt, or, Days and nights on the banks of the Shenandoah in the autumn of 1864 | |