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CONTENTS I. EARLY SOLDIER LIFE 7 II. IN MISSOURI—BATTLE OF FREDERICKTOWN 16 III. IN WINTER QUARTERS AT ARCADIA, MISSOURI 34 IV. OUR FIRST MARCH SOUTHWARD 47 V. IN ARKANSAS—AN INSULATE AND DESTITUTE ARMY 68 VI. BATTLE OF CACHE RIVER 77 VII. AFTER THE BATTLE—HARD MARCH TO THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 91 VIII. SKIRMISHING, AND CONFISCATING COTTON 95 IX. RETURN TO THE NORTH—A WINTER CAMPAIGN IN SOUTHERN MISSOURI 100 X. OUR WINTER CAMPAIGN, CONTINUED 111 XI. RETURN TO PILOT KNOB 116 XII. A PUBLIC MEETING—LAST MARCH IN MISSOURI 121 XIII. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI 128 XIV. ACROSS TO THE VICKSBURG SIDE OF THE RIVER 131 XV. MAGNOLIA HILLS—TO THE REAR OF VICKSBURG 136 XVI. BATTLE OF CHAMPION HILLS 140 XVII. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER 143 XVIII. VICKSBURG 152 XIX. SIEGE OF VICKSBURG 162 XX. CHARGE UPON VICKSBURG—A FEW INCIDENTS 172 XXI. WITH THE ARMY OF THE GULF 182 XXII. IN LOUISIANA 185 XXIII. UP THE TECHE VALLEY 192 XXIV. ON THE GULF OF MEXICO 194 XXV. IN TEXAS 205 XXVI. CAPTURE OF FORT ESPARENZA 211 XXVII. IN WINTER QUARTERS AT INDIANOLA, TEXAS 226 XXVIII. RE-ENLISTMENT OF THE THIRTY-THIRD 230 3 XXIX. WITH THE NINETY-NINTH 237 XXX. SLAVERY, THE BALLOT AND THE PRESIDENCY—AN ESSAY 243 XXXI. RETURN FROM TEXAS TO LOUISIANA 256 XXXII. FROM NEW ORLEANS TO NEW YORK, AND THENCE TO ILLINOIS 263 XXXIII. MUSTERED OUT—HOME AGAIN 266 4 ...

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