Twenty Great Battles.
Reading edition
By John McElroy
1886.
“UNCLE DANIEL” IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC. A TRUTHFUL PICTURE, IN STORY, BASED UPON EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR. THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE UNION SOLDIERS AND THEIR CHILDREN. The Author
New York, Jan. 1st, 1886.
CONTENTS
UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY
CHAPTER I. -- DARK DAYS OF 1861.—A FATHER WHO GAVE HIS CHILDREN TO THE COUNTRY.—RALLYING TO THE FLAG.—RAISING VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.
CHAPTER II. -- BATTLE OF THE “GAPS.”—YOUNG HARVEY LYON BRUTALLY MURDERED.— UNCLE DANIEL'S RETURN.—RAISING TROOPS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.
CHAPTER III. -- BATTLE OF TWO RIVERS.—COL. TOM ANDERSON MEETS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.—UNCLE DANIEL BECOMES AN ABOLITIONIST.—A WINTER CAMPAIGN AGAINST A REBEL STRONGHOLD.
CHAPTER IV. -- BATTLE OF DOLINSBURG.—HEROIC CONDUCT OF COL. TOM ANDERSON —REPORTED DEAD.—HIS WIFE REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE REPORT.
CHAPTER V. -- ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE—TWO DAYS OF AWFUL FIGHTING AT PITTSKILL LANDING—HARD-WON VICTORY-UNCLE DANIEL'S SONS BEAR THEMSELVES GALLANTLY.
CHAPTER VI. “K. G. C.”—ORGANIZATION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNION IN THE NORTH—PLOTTING EVERYWHERE—OBJECTS OF THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE.--
CHAPTER VII. -- TRAITOR KNIGHTS—ORGANIZATION OF REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS—SIGNS AND SECRETS—GEN. ANDERSON'S TOUR OF INVESTIGATION —THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.
CHAPTER VIII. -- BATTLE OF PAGELAND—A VICTORY TURNED INTO A DEFEAT BY TREACHERY—DEATH OF GEN. LYON—ON THE TRAIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.
CHAPTER IX. -- BATTLE OF ANTLER'S RUN—SERAINE WHITCOMB LEAVES FOR THE SOUTH—PLOTTING IN CANADA—DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AMONG ARMY OFFICERS.
CHAPTER X. -- BATTLE OF MURPHY'S HILL.-THE MOST SANGUINARY FIGHTING OF THE WAR.—-MURDER OF STEPHEN LYON.—UNCLE HAM GETS A STRONG DISLIKE TO WAR.
CHAPTER XI. -- THE COURT-MARTIAL.—AT MURPHY'S HILL.—THE TWO OPPOSING ARMIES AND THEIR MOVEMENTS.—JAMES WHITCOMB'S TRIAL.— SENTENCED TO DEATH AND PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT.
CHAPTER XII. -- MORGANSON'S RAID AND BATTLE OF CHEROKEE RUN.—THE REBEL CAVALRYMEN WHIRL THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO.—BEATEN AND CAPTURED.—KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE CONTINUE THEIR MACHINATIONS.
CHAPTER XIII. -- GEN. SILENT GUIDED BY A SPECTER.—ARMY OF THE CENTER.— BELEAGUERED AND HALF STARVED IN CHATTERAUGUS.—MIDDLETON'S RIDGE.—GEN. SILENT'S FORCES SWEEP THE REBELS FROM THE CREST.
CHAPTER XIV. -- SERAINE WHITCOMB'S EXAMINATION OF THE REBEL PRISONS AND HENRY LYON'S RELEASE.—MAN'S INHUMANITY.—SERAINE WHITCOMB VISITS THE SOUTHERN PRISON PENS.—A SAD TALE OF WOE.— GRAPHIC PICTURE OF SUFFERING, WRETCHEDNESS AND DEATH.
CHAPTER XV. -- PLOTS TO POISON AND BURN.—FIRE AND POISON.—THE PLOT TO BURN NORTHERN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE.—THE SCHEME AVENGED.—PART OF THE CHIEF PLOTTERS BURNED BY THEIR OWN COMBUSTIBLES.
CHAPTER XVI. -- A HAPPY WEDDING.—MARRIAGE OF SERAINE WHITCOMB AND HENRY LYON.—FIRE AND PLAGUE.—THE PLOTTING IN CANADA TO BURN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE.
CHAPTER XVII. -- MOBS IN THE NORTH.—LAWLESS VIOLENCE AND OUTRAGE BY REBEL SYMPATHIZERS.—THE CLASH OF ARMS.—BATTLE OF THE CHAPARRAL BETWEEN GEN. SILENT AND GEN. LAWS.
CHAPTER XVIII. -- OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY OF THE CENTER.—GEN. SHERWOOD'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST GATE CITY.—HEAD'S ARMY DESTROYED.—GEN. PAPSON'S GREAT VICTORIES AT FRANKTOWN AND NASHUA.
THE SCHEME TO CAPTURE OR KILL THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SILENT.—A VILLANOUS PLOT.—THE RECKLESS AND DESPERATE SCHEMES OF THE CONSPIRATORS.—THE PLAN REVEALED.—THE PRESIDENT AND GEN. SILENT WARNED OF THEIR DANGER.
CHAPTER XX. -- COLLAPSE OF THE GREAT REBELLION.—LAWS' ARMY SURRENDERS.— THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.
CHAPTER XXI. -- SCHEME FOR A NEW REBELLION.—ANDREW JOHNSON AND HIS CO-CONSPIRATORS.—THE GENERAL OF THE ARMY AND SECRETARY OF WAR SAVE THE COUNTRY.—“TOM” ANDERSON'S BRUTAL MURDER.—UNCLE DANIEL DIES.
ILLUSTRATIONS
Uncle Daniel Telling his Story --
Tom and the Mob --
Death of Harvey Lyon --
The Charge of Col. Anderson's Regiment --
Pupils Attacking the Little Abolitionist --
Col. Anderson Wounded --
Uncle Daniel Meets Aunt Martha --
Ham Encounters the Rebels --
Knights of the Golden Circle Meeting in a Barn --
Drinking to the Success of Treason --
Henry Lyon is Captured --
Death of General Lyon --
General Anderson Taking Command --
Anderson Overhears the Conspiracy --
The Murder of Steven Lyon --
Morganson's Raid --
A Spector Appears to the General --
Seraine With Henry at Pine Forest Prison --
Jackson Starts for Europe --
The Burning of the Will-o-the-wisp --
Thomlinson and Friends in Consultation --
Marriage of Henry and Seraine --
Gens. Silent and Meador in Conversation --
A Scene in the Trenches --
Mrs. Lyon Dies at Peter's Coffin --
Uncle Daniel Conferring With Lincoln and Stanton --
The Shooting of President Lincoln by Wilkes --
Murderous Assault Upon Gen. Anderson and Family --
Death of Uncle Daniel --