UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY OF “TOM” ANDERSON

AND

Twenty Great Battles.

By John McElroy

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.
CHAPTER XIX.	CHAPTER XIX.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

THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI

By John Mcelroy

THE STRUGGLE FOR MISSOURI.

INDEX

CHAPTER I	A SALIENT BASTION FOR THE SLAVERY EMPIRE
CHAPTER II	THE WAR CLOUDS GATHER
CHAPTER III	NATHANIEL LYON'S ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE
CHAPTER IV	THE CAPTURE OF CAMP JACKSON
CHAPTER V	THE SCOTT-HARNEY AGREEMENT
CHAPTER VI	THE LAST WORD BEFORE THE BLOW
CHAPTER VII	GEN LYON BEGINS AN EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER VIII.	STORM GATHERS IN SOUTHWESTERN MISSOURI
CHAPTER IX	EVE OF THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK
CHAPTER X	BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK
CHAPTER XI	THE AFTERMATH OF WILSON'S CREEK
CHAPTER XII	A GALAXY OF NOTABLE MEN
CHAPTER XIII	FREMONT'S MARVELOUS INEFFECTIVENESS
CHAPTER XIV	THE SAD RETREAT FROM SPRINGFIELD
CHAPTER XV	GEN H.W. HALLECK IN COMMAND
CHAPTER XVI	HUNTER, LANE, MISSOURI AND KANSAS
CHAPTER XVII	PRICE DRIVEN OUT OF THE STATE
CHAPTER XVIII	GEN EARL VAN DORN TAKES COMMAND
CHAPTER XIX	THE VICTORY IS WON
INDEX

LLUSTRATIONS

The Struggle for Missouri.

General Francis P Blair

The War Clouds Gather

The Harney Mansion

General Claiborne Jackson

General Lyon

General John C. Fremont

The Scott-harney Agreement

General Sterling Price

Sigel Crossing the Osage

General Henry W. Halleck

Battlefield of Wilson's Creek

Table of Union Casualties

Table of Confederate Casualties

Table

General Samuel R. J. Curtis

General Albert Pike

Battle of Pea Ridge

THE RED ACORN

By John McElroy

	Preface
Chapter I	A Declaration
Chapter II	First Shots
Chapter III	A Race
Chapter IV	Disgrace
Chapter V	The Lint-scraping and Bandage-making Union
Chapter VI	The Awakening
Chapter VII	Pomp and Circumstances of Glorious War
Chapter VIII	The Tedium of Camp
Chapter IX	On the March
Chapter X	The Mountaineer's Revenge
Chapter XI	Through the Mountains and the Night
Chapter XII	Aunt Debby Brill
Chapter XIII	"An Apple Jack Raid.”
Chapter XIV	In the Hospital
Chapter XV	Making an Acquaintance with Duty
Chapter XVI	The Ambuscade
Chapter XVII	Alspaugh on a Bed of Pain
Chapter XVIII	Secret Service
Chapter XIX	The Battle of Stone River

SI KLEGG

His Transformation From a Raw Recruit To A Veteran.

BOOK ONE OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy.

PREFACE
SI KLEGG
CHAPTER I	GOING TO WAR—SI KLEGG'S COMPLETE EQUIPMENT
CHAPTER II	THE DEADLY BAYONET
CHAPTER III	THE OLD CANTEEN
CHAPTER IV	THE AWFUL HARDTACK
CHAPTER V	FAT PORK—INDISPENSABLE BODY TIMBER FOR PATRIOTISM
CHAPTER VI	DETAILED AS COOK—SI FINDS RICE ANOTHER INNOCENT
CHAPTER VII.	IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD
CHAPTER VIII	ON COMPANY DRILL
CHAPTER IX	SI GETS A LETTER
CHAPTER X.	SI AND THE DOCTORS
CHAPTER XI.	THE PLAGUE OF THE SOLDIER
CHAPTER XII	A WET NIGHT
CHAPTER XIII	SI "STRAGGLED"
CHAPTER XIV	SI AND THE MULES
CHAPTER XV	UNDER FIRE—SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER
CHAPTER XVI	ONE OF THE "NON-COMMISH"
CHAPTER XVII	FORAGING ON THE WAY
CHAPTER XVIII	A SUNDAY OFF
CHAPTER XIX	A CLOSE CALL
CHAPTER XX	"THE SWEET SABBATH"
CHAPTER XXI	SI AND SHORTY WERE RAPIDLY LEARNING
CHAPTER XXII	A NIGHT OF SONG

ILLUSTRATIONS

As Si Looked when he Landed at Louisville

Si's Load Begins to Get Heavy

Si's Chum, "shorty" Elliott

The Diverse Uses of the Good Old Canteen

What the Bayonet Was Good for

As Maria Pictured Si Using his Bayonet

He Tries the Butt of his Gun on It

The Best Way After All

The Veteran Talks to Si

Drawing Rations

"All Right, Boss; Dats a Go"

Si Falls out With his Food

Si Thinks It over

The Trouble Begins

The Rice Gets the Bulge

Si Makes the Acquaintance of The Guard House

"Right Shoulder Shift—Arms!"

"Fix—bayonets!"

Brought his Gun Down on the Man's Foot

Don't Care a Continental

"Right—face!"

"Forward—march!"

"Company—right Wheel!"

It's from Annabel

Si Carries a Rail

Si Writes to "deer Annie."

An Army Writing-desk

Laying the Foundation

A Rude Awakening

Visits the Doctor

"Let Yer Nails Grow; Ye'll Need 'em"

"Say, Cap, What Kind O' Bug is This?"

"Skirmishing"

"Naw! Lemme Show Ye How!"

Struck by a Cyclone

Supper Under Difficulties

Hydropathic Treatment

Si Defies a Regiment

He Let Both Heels Fly

Si Went Sprawling

Stuck in the Mud

It Burst With a Loud "bang."

Si Takes a Crack at A Reb

Si Captures a Johnny

Corporal si Klegg

One of the "Non-Com Mish."

"Not 'less Ye Say 'Bunker Hill.'"

They Had Shot a Mule

The 200th Ind. Was Not Without Talent in Foraging

Si Beat a Retreat

Si Being Worked for a "good Thing."

Si Was Disposed to Grumble

Showing the Old Man a Trick

Waiting for Their Clothes to Dry

An Assault on the Well-filled Corn Crib

Shorty Held the Calf

Si Sprang Upon Him

"Shorty if We—only Git—out O' This—"

So Straight he Leaned Backward

Si Almost Fainted when the Colonel Stopped

Shorty Was There—with a Guard

SI KLEGG

THRU THE STONE RIVER CAMPAIGN AND IN WINTER QUARTERS AT MURFREESBORO.

BOOK TWO OF SIX VOLUMES

By John McElroy

PREFACE
SI KLEGG
CHAPTER I	THROUGH MUD AND MIRE
CHAPTER II	SECOND DAY'S MARCH
CHAPTER III	STILL ON THE MARCH
CHAPTER IV	THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE
CHAPTER V	LINING UP FOR BATTLE
CHAPTER VI	BATTLE OF STONE RIVER
CHAPTER VII	AFTER THE FIRST DAY
CHAPTER VIII	A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S DAY
CHAPTER IX	VICTORY AT LAST
CHAPTER X	THE VICTORIOUS ARMY
CHAPTER XI	WINTER QUARTERS
CHAPTER XII	ADDING TO THEIR COMFORT
CHAPTER XIII	"HOOSIER'S REST"
CHAPTER XIV	DEACON KLEGG'S SURPRISE
CHAPTER XV	DEACON KLEGG'S ARRIVAL IS MISTAKEN
CHAPTER XVI	IN A NEW WORLD
CHAPTER XVII	THE DEACON'S INITIATION
CHAPTER XVIII	THE DEACON IS SHOCKED
CHAPTER XIX	THE DEACON IS TROUBLED
CHAPTER XX	THE DEACON BUTTS IN
CHAPTER XXI	THE PERPLEXED DEACON
CHAPTER XXII	TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN