INDEX.
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INTRODUCTORY.
Page
Early History of the Oglethorpes7
Off to the War9
The Laurel Hill Retreat15
CHAPTER I.
Donning the Grey17
My First March21
My First Skirmish23
My First Picket Duty29
My First Battle30
A Night Stampede33
Three Little Confederates36
CHAPTER II.
A Change of Base38
A Tramp With Stonewall Jackson43
Aunt Hannah48
A Ride With Belle Boyd, the Confederate Spy50
Home Again55
Roster of Oglethorpe Infantry56
CHAPTER III. Service with 12th Ga. Battalion.
A "Little Long"62
12th Ga. Flag63
Col. Hogeland's War Diary65
The Parson and the Gravy71
Rations75
CHAPTER IV. Coast Service.
A Study in Insect Life80
Fire and Fall Back86
Skirmishing for Pie87
Steed and the Sugar88
Our Camp Poet91
CHAPTER V.
Dalton and Atlanta Campaign97
Stripes on the Wrong Side107
A Twilight Prayer Meeting109
Tom Howard's Squirrel Bead112
"Jim, Touch Off No. 1"114
A Summer Day on the Firing Line117
Saved from Death by a Bible123
Battle of Kennesaw130
Under Two Flags137
Saved from a Northern Prison by a Novel142
A Slave's Loyalty148
CHAPTER VI. Nashville Campaign.
A Christmas Day With Forrest155
Gen. Bate as a Poet and Wit166
Pat Cleburne as an Orator168
"Who Ate the Dog?"171
Courage Sublime178
CHAPTER VII. The Closing Campaign.
An Arctic Ride182
A Sad Home Coming187
Our Last Battle190
Conclusion200
Roster Co. A, 63rd Ga.204
ADDENDA.
Oglethorpe Infantry Co. B214
Roster Co. A, 9th Ga., Co. C, 2d Ga. S. S.219
SUPPLEMENT.
One of My Heroes225
Ben Hill and the Dog229
The Rebel Chaplain and the Dying Boy in Blue 236