FROM SCHOOL TO BATTLE-FIELD

A STORY OF THE WAR DAYS

BY

CAPTAIN CHARLES KING, U.S.A.

AUTHOR OF "TROOPER ROSS," ETC.

ILLUSTRATED BY VIOLET OAKLEY AND CHARLES H. STEPHENS

PHILADELPHIA J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY 1899

Copyright, 1898, BY J. B. Lippincott Company.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. CHAPTER XIII. CHAPTER XIV. CHAPTER XV. CHAPTER XVI. CHAPTER XVII. CHAPTER XVIII. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XX. CHAPTER XXI. CHAPTER XXII. CHAPTER XXIII. CHAPTER XXIV. CHAPTER XXV.

ILLUSTRATIONS

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"Come down aff the top o' dthat harrse!"Frontispiece.

Almost senseless, till Shorty strove to lift his bleeding head upon his knee30

"I couldn't stand it. I had to go"106

She was permitted to read and to weep over Snipe's pathetic letter123

First capture of the advancing arms of the Union221

"Where'd you get that watch?"302

FROM SCHOOL TO BATTLE-FIELD.