BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE
BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE
AUTHOR OF “SURRY OF EAGLE’S NEST.”
Nec aspera terrent.
CONTENTS
PROLOGUE.
MOHUN;
BOOK I. — GETTYSBURG.
I. — THE CAVALRY REVIEW.
II. — HOW I BECAME A MEMBER OF GENERAL STUART’S STAFF.
III. — BLUE AND GRAY PHANTOMS.
IV. — MOHUN AND HIS PRISONER.
V. — STUART.
VI. — STUART’S INSTINCT.
VII. — THE BALL BEFORE THE BATTLE.
VIII. — FLEETWOOD.
IX. — MOHUN FAINTS AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.
X. — THE SLIM ANIMAL.
XI. — NIGHTHAWK.
XII. — HOW STUART FELL BACK.
XIV. — MOSBY COMES TO STUART’S ASSISTANCE.
XV. — THE SUPPER NEAR BUCKLANDS.
XVI. — AN HONEST FOP.
XVII. — STUART GRAZES CAPTURE.
XVIII. — DROWSYLAND.
XIX. — CARLISLE BY FIRELIGHT.
XX. — THE HOUSE BETWEEN CARLISLE AND GETTYSBURG.
XXI. — FALLEN.
XXII. — DARKE AND MOHUN.
XXIII. — GETTYSBURG.
XXIV. — THE ARMY.
XXV. — THE WRESTLE FOR ROUND TOP HILL.
XXVI. — THE CHARGE OF THE VIRGINIANS.
XXVII. — THE GREAT MOMENT OF A GREAT LIFE.
XXVIII. — UNSHAKEN.
BOOK II. — THE FLOWER OF CAVALIERS.
I. — UNDER “STUART’S OAK.”
II. — BACK TO THE RAPIDAN.
III. — THE OPENING OF THE HUNT.
IV. — THE GAME A-FOOT.
V. — THE CHASE.
VI. — THE RUSE.
VII. — STUART CAUGHT IN THE TRAP.
VIII. — GENERAL MEADE’S “EYE-TEETH.”
IX. — WHAT THE AUTHOR HAS OMITTED.
X. — I FALL A VICTIM TO TOM’S ILL-LUCK.
XI. — I OVERHEAR A SINGULAR CONVERSATION.
XII. — THE BUCKLAND RACES.
XIII. — TWO SCENES IN DECEMBER, 1863.
XIV. — STUART’S WINTER QUARTERS.
XV. — LEE’S “RAGGED REGIMENTS.”
XVI. — HAMMER AND RAPIER.
XVII. — FORT DELAWARE.
XVIII. — THE UNIFORM.
XIX. — THE NOTE.
XX. — GENERAL GRANT’S PRIVATE ORDER.
XXI. — “VIRGINIA EXPECTS EVERY MAN TO DO HIS DUTY!”
XXII. — WHAT OCCURRED AT WARRENTON.
XXIII. — THE GRAVE OF ACHMED.
XXIV. — A NIGHT BIRD.
XXV. — THE APPOINTMENT.
XXVI. — STUART SINGS.
XXVII. — MOHUN RIDES.
XXVIII. — THE SPY.
XXIX. — THE PAPER.
XXX. — GRANT STRIKES HIS FIRST BLOW.
XXXI. — THE REPORT.
XXXII. — THE UNSEEN DEATH.
XXXIII. — BREATHED AND HIS GUN.
XXXIV. — MY LAST RIDE WITH STUART.
XXXV. — “SOON WITH ANGELS I’LL BE MARCHING.”
XXXVI. — YELLOW TAVERN, MAY 11, 1864.
BOOK III. — BEHIND THE SCENES.
I. — WHAT I DID NOT SEE.
II. — THE “DOOMED CITY.”
III. — I DINE WITH MR. BLOCQUE.
IV. — JOHN M. DANIEL.
V. — THE EDITOR IN HIS SANCTUM.
VI. — AN EDITORIAL IN THE EXAMINER.
VII. — UNDER THE CROSSED SWORDS.
VIII. — MR. X——-.
IX. — “SEND ME A COPY.—IN CANADA!”
X. — THE WAY THE MONEY WENT.
XI. — THE PASS.
XII. — THE GRAVE OF STUART.
XIII. — THE CEDARS.
XIV. — THE SITUATION.
XV. — MOHUN AGAIN.
XVI. — “FIVE FORKS.”
XVII. — GENERAL DAVENANT.
XVIII. — TWO MEN AND A WOMAN.
XIX. — THE MURDER.
XX. — THE KNIFE.
XXI. — THE CHAIN OF EVIDENCE.
XXII. — THE TRIAL.
XXIII. — WHAT THE LETTER CONTAINED.
XXIV. — “BLOOD.”
XXV. — THE BLUE SERPENT.
XXVI. — THE HOUSE NEAR MONK’S NECK, AND ITS OWNER.
XXVII. — STARVATION.
XXVIII. — BIRDS OF PREY.
XXIX. — DARKE’S PAST LIFE.
XXX. — STABBED “NOT MURDERED.”
XXXI. — THE TWO PAPERS.
XXXII. — A PISTOL-SHOT.
XXXIII. — PRESTON HAMPTON.
XXXIV. — I AM CAPTURED.
XXXV. — FACE TO FACE.
XXXVI. — THE CURSE.
BOOK IV. — THE PHANTOMS.
I. — RICHMOND BY THE THROAT.
II. — NIGHTMARE.
III. — LEE’S MISERABLES.
IV. — THE BLANDFORD RUINS.
V. — LES FORTUNÉS.
VI. — ON THE BANKS OF THE ROWANTY.
VII. — THE STUART HORSE ARTILLERY.
VIII. — “CHARGE! STUART! PAY OFF ASHBY’S SCORE!”
IX. — MOHUN,—HIS THIRD PHASE.
X. — AMANDA.
XI. — DEEP UNDER DEEP.
XII. — HOW THE MOMENT AT LAST CAME.
XIII. — FONTHILL.
XIV. — “LORD OF HIMSELF, THAT HERITAGE OF WOE.”
XV. — THE STORM.
XVI. — ACT I.
XVII. — THE WILL.
XVIII. — THE MARRIAGE.
XIX. — WEDDING ARRANGEMENTS.
XX. — THE CUP OF TEA.
XXI. — THE FOILS.
XXII. — WHILE WAITING FOR MIDNIGHT.
XXIII. — THE RESULT OF THE SIGNAL.
XXIV. — WHAT TOOK PLACE IN FIFTY MINUTES.
XXV. — GOING TO REJOIN MORTIMER.
XXVI. — AFTERWARD.
XXVII. — MOHUN TERMINATES HIS NARRATIVE.
BOOK V. — THE DEAD GO FAST.
I. — THE “DOOMED CITY” IN PROFILE—DECEMBER, 1864.
II. — THE MEN WHO RUINED THE CONFEDERACY.
III. — MY LAST VISIT TO JOHN M. DANIEL.
IV. — GARROTED.
V. — THE CLOAKED WOMAN.
VI. — THE HEART OF A STATESMAN.
VII. — SECRET SERVICE.
VIII. — BY FLAG-OF-TRUCE BOAT.
IX. — TO AND FRO IN THE SPRING OF ‘65.
X. — AEGRI SOMNIA.—MARCH, 1865.
XI. — I VISIT GENERAL FITZHUGH LEE.
XII. — BY A FIRE IN THE WOODS.
XIII. — DRINKING TEA UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
XIV. — MR. ALIBI.
XV. — FROM FIVE FORKS TO PETERSBURG.
XVI. — LEE’S LAST GREAT BLOW.
XVII. — THE WRESTLE FOR THE WHITE OAK ROAD.
XVIII. — THE BRIDEGROOM.
XIX. — THE CEREMONY.
XX. — WHAT OCCURRED AT “FIVE FORKS,” ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 31, 1865.
XXI. — FIVE FORKS.
XXII. — “THE LINE HAS BEEN STRETCHED UNTIL IT HAS BROKEN, COLONEL.”.
XXIII. — WHAT I SAW FROM THE GRAVE OF STUART.
XXIV. — THE RETREAT.
XXV. — HUNTED DOWN.
XXVI. — THE LAST COUNCIL OF WAR OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA.
XXVII. — THE NIGHT BEFORE THE SURRENDER.
XXVIII. — THE LAST CHARGE OF THE OLD GUARD.
XXIX. — THE SURRENDER.
EPILOGUE.