Life and Letters of General W. H. L. Wallace

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CONTENTS CHAPTER I PARENTAGE - EARLY LIFE CHAPTER II GoES TO OTTAWA. STUDIES LAW • CHAPTER III MEXICAN WAR - JOURNEY TO MEXICO • CHAPTER IV I 8 13 MARCHING INTO MEXICO · 21 CHAPTER V ON THE MARCH TO BUENA VISTA • · 32 CHAPTER VI BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA · 40 CHAPTER VII THE ILLINOIS TRoops RETURN HOME - WALLACE ENDEAVORS TO RE-ENTER THE ARMY CHAPTER VIII COURTSHIP AND MARRIAGE CHAPTER IX 55 DICKEY AND WALLACE AGAINST LOVEJOY IN 1856 AND 1858 70 CHAPTER X LINCOLN'S NOMINATION - THE FEELING IN THE COUNTRY BEFORE HIS INAUGURATION 87 CHAPTER XI LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION - FIRING ON SUMTER - THE COUNTRY PREPARES FOR WAR. MR. WALLACE MADE COLONEL . 98 CONTENTS-Continued CHAPTER :xn COLONEL WALLACE'S REGIMENT ENLISTS FOR THE WAR. THE COMMAND MOVES TO BIRD'S POINT, MIssoURI CHAPTER XIII GENERAL FREMONT IN COMMAND OF WESTERN DEPARTMENT. LARGE REBEL FORCE NEAR BIRD'S POINT • CHAPTER XIV MAJOR GENERAL HALLECK IN COMMAND OF WESTERN DEPARTMENT . BATTLE OF BELMONT CHAPTER XV CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY AND FORT DONELSON CHAPTER XVI CONGRATULATORY CORRESPONDENCE - THE TROOPS MOVE UP IIS 126 137 THE TENNESSEE RIVER TO SAVANNAH 168 CHAPTER XVII GENERAL WALLACE'S COMMAND MOVES TO PITTSBURG LANDING. MRS. WALLACE'S JOURNEY TO PITTSBURG LANDING CHAPTER XVIII BATTLE OF SHILOH . CHAPTER XIX DEATH AND BURIAL OF GENERAL WALLACE. PATHETIC LETTER OF MRs. WALLACE CHAPTER XX 179 188 197 PuBLIC OPINION OF GENERAL WALLACE - HIs SERVICES AS AN OFFICER - HIs CHARACTER AS A MAN - MEMORIAL WINDOW. 2II CHAPTER XXI MRs. WALLACE 223 INDEX ...