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CONTENTS.

CONTENTS.

• Part 1.
  PERSONAL PORTRAITS.

  Introduction xiii

  • I. Stuart 17

  • II. Jackson 44

  • III. Hampton 57

  • IV. Ashby 70

  • V. Beauregard 83

  • VI. Early 96

  • VII. Mosby 113

  • VIII Pelham “the Gallant” 127

  • IX. Farley “the Scout” 141

  • X. Hardeman Stuart, the Young Captain of the Signal Corps 152

  • XI. Jennings Wise, Captain of “The Blues” 158

• Part 2.
  IN THE CAVALRY.

  Introduction 169

  • I. Stuart's “Ride around McClellan,” in June, 1862 174

  • II. Stuart on the Outpost; a Scene at “Camp Qui Vive” 192

  • III One of Stuart's Escapes 204

  • IV. Glimpse of Colonel “Jeb Stuart” 212

  • V. A Deserter 220

  • VI. A Young Virginian and his Spurs 228

  • VII. To Gettysburg and Back Again 236

  • VIII. From the Rapidan to Frying-Pan; in October, 1863 263

  • IX. Major R—'s Little Private Scout 279

  • X. A Dash at Aldie 284

  • XI. Jackson's Death-Wound 297

  • XII. Facotiæe of the Camp—Souvenirs of a C. S. Officer 310

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• Part 3.
  OUTLINES FROM THE OUTPOST.

  • I. A Scout across the Rappahannock 323

  • II. How I was Arrested 333

  • III. Mosby's Raid into Fairfax 346

  • IV. My Friend Lieutenant Bumpo 354

  • V. Corporal Shabrach:

    • I. His Opinion of General Lee 365

    • II. His Description of the Passport Office 372

  • VI. The Band of the “First Virginia” 377

  • VII. The “Old Stonewall Brigade” 382

  • VIII. Annals of “The Third” 389

  • IX. Blunderbus on Picket 402

  • X. Adventures of Darrell:

    • I. How he took Upton's Hill 410

    • II. His Recollections of Manassas and the “Gamest Yankee” 416

    • III. How he was Captured 423

    • IV. Incidents of the Peninsula 434

  • XI. Longbow's Horse 445

  • XII. Roslyn and the White House: Before and After 462

  • XIII. On the Wing 474

• Part 4.
  SCOUT LIFE.

  • I. The Scouts 483

  • II. Hunted Down 487

  • III. How S—Overheard his Death-Warrant 500

  • IV. How S—Captured a Federal Colonel's Hat 509

  • V. How S—Carried off a Federal Field-Officer 514

  • VI. An Adventure with the “Bluebirds” 520

• Part 5.
  LATTER DAYS.

  • I. On the Road to Petersburg: Notes of an Officer of the C. S. A. 527

  • II. A Family Rifle-Pit: an Incident of Wilson's Raid 536

  • III. A Fight, a Dead Man, and a Coffin 542

  • IV. General Pegram on the Night before his Death 553

  • V. Lee's Last Battles 556