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McElroy, John · Public domain text

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Author
John McElroy (1846–1929)
Language
English
Subjects
War stories, United States › History › Civil War, 1861-1865 › Fiction
Length
358,074 words · about 25 h 5 min
Sections
141 reader sections · Table of contents
Contents (141)
  1. Opening under 1 min
  2. Preface about 2 min
  3. Preface under 1 min
  4. XXII. A NIGHT OF SONG about 1 min
  5. I. GOING TO WAR—SI KLEGG'S COMPLETE EQUIPMENT AND WHAT BECAME OF IT about 8 min
  6. II. THE DEADLY BAYONET IT IS USED FOR NEARLY EVERYTHING ELSE THAN FOR PRODDING MEN about 4 min
  7. III. THE OLD CANTEEN THE MANY AND QUEER USES TO WHICH IT WAS AT LAST PUT about 5 min
  8. IV. THE AWFUL HARDTACK THE HARD AND SOLID STAFF OF MILITARY LIFE about 9 min
  9. V. FAT PORK—INDISPENSABLE BODY TIMBER FOR PATRIOTISM about 5 min
  10. VI. DETAILED AS COOK—SI FINDS RICE ANOTHER INNOCENT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF CUSSEDNESS IN IT about 7 min
  11. VII. IN THE AWKWARD SQUAD SI HAS MANY TRIBULATIONS LEARNING THE MANUAL OP ARMS about 6 min
  12. VIII. ON COMPANY DRILL SI GETS TANGLED IN THE MAZES OF THE EVOLUTIONS about 4 min
  13. IX. SI GETS A LETTER AND WRITES ONE TO PRETTY ANNABEL, UNDER DIFFICULTIES about 8 min
  14. X. SI AND THE DOCTORS HE JOINS THE PALE PROCESSION AT SICK-CALL about 5 min
  15. XI. THE PLAGUE OF THE SOLDIER INTRODUCTION TO "ONE WHO STICKETH CLOSER THAN A BROTHER." about 13 min
  16. XII. A WET NIGHT THE DEPRAVITY OF AN ARMY TENT REVEALS ITSELF about 8 min
  17. XIII. SI "STRAGGLED" AND THE OTHER BOYS MADE IT MIGHTY LOVELY FOR HIM about 9 min
  18. XIV. SI AND THE MULES ONE DAY'S RICH EXPERIENCE AS COMPANY TEAMSTER about 10 min
  19. XV. UNDER FIRE—SI HAS A FIGHT, CAPTURES A PRISONER AND GETS PROMOTED about 8 min
  20. XVI. ONE OF THE "NON-COMMISH" A NIGHT'S ADVENTURES AS "CORPORAL OF THE GUARD." about 13 min
  21. XVII. FORAGING ON THE WAY SI HAS SOME VARIED EXPERIENCES WITH SOUTHERN PRODUCTS about 10 min
  22. XVIII. A SUNDAY OFF SI AND SHORTY GET A MUCH-NEEDED WASH-UP about 9 min
  23. XIX. A CLOSE CALL CORPORAL KLEGG HAS AN EXCITING ADVENTURE GUARDING A FORAGE TRAIN about 16 min
  24. XX. "THE SWEET SABBATH" HOW THE BLESSED DAY OF REST WAS SPENT IN THE ARMY about 13 min
  25. XXI. SI AND SHORTY WERE RAPIDLY LEARNING THE GREAT MILITARY TRUTH about 14 min
  26. XXII. A NIGHT OF SONG HOME-SICKNESS AND ITS OUTPOURING IN MUSIC about 12 min
  27. Preface under 1 min
  28. XXII. TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN about 1 min
  29. Preface about 1 min
  30. I. THROUGH MUD AND MIRE DUTY'S PATH LEADS THE 200TH IND. SOUTHWARD FROM NASHVILLE about 9 min
  31. II. SECOND DAY'S MARCH THE LONG COLUMN CRAWLS THROUGH RAIN AND COLD TO MURFREESBORO about 10 min
  32. III. STILL ON THE MARCH SI AND SHORTY STOP ON THE WAY LONG ENOUGH TO BAG SIX REBS about 8 min
  33. IV. THE SUNSHINE OF LIFE SI FEELS ONCE MORE THAT LIFE IS REALLY WORTH LIVING about 7 min
  34. V. LINING UP FOR BATTLE THE 200TH IND. GUARDS THE WAGON TRAIN, AND DEFEATS AN ATTACK about 10 min
  35. VI. BATTLE OF STONE RIVER THE 200TH IND. IS PRAISED FOR BRAVERY about 15 min
  36. VII. AFTER THE FIRST DAY THE DISCOMFORTS OF THAT LAST NIGHT OF 1862 about 9 min
  37. VIII. A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S DAY THE TWO ARMIES LIE FROWNING AT EACH OTHER about 14 min
  38. IX. VICTORY AT LAST SI REAPPEARS AS FROM THE GRAVE, WITH AN APPETITE LIKE PRAIRIE FIRE about 10 min
  39. X. THE VICTORIOUS ARMY SI AND SHORTY FINALLY SUCCEED IN GETTING OUT OF THE WET about 9 min
  40. XI. WINTER QUARTERS THEY BUILT THEM A HOUSE AND GOT IN OUT OF THE RAIN about 11 min
  41. XII. ADDING TO THEIR COMFORT MAKING ADDITIONS AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR "HOME." about 11 min
  42. XIII. "HOOSIER'S REST" SI AND SHORTY CHRISTEN THEIR PLACE AND GIVE A HOUSE-WARMING about 9 min
  43. XIV. DEACON KLEGG'S SURPRISE DECIDES TO VISIT MURFREESBORO' AND MEETS WITH ADVENTURES about 14 min
  44. XV. DEACON KLEGG'S ARRIVAL IS MISTAKEN FOR A KNIGHT OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE about 15 min
  45. XVI. IN A NEW WORLD DEACON KLEGG HAS A LITTLE EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IN THE ARMY about 10 min
  46. XVII. THE DEACON'S INITIATION RAPIDLY ACQUIRES EXPERIENCE OF LIFE IN THE ARMY about 12 min
  47. XVIII. THE DEACON IS SHOCKED HE IS CAUGHT WITH THE GOODS ON HIM about 14 min
  48. XIX. THE DEACON IS TROUBLED DISPOSES OF THE $500 "WHISKY" MONEY AND GOES OUT FORAGING about 16 min
  49. XX. THE DEACON BUTTS IN ENFORCES THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION about 8 min
  50. XXI. THE PERPLEXED DEACON TROUBLED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH THE FREEDMAN about 14 min
  51. XXII. TRYING TO EDUCATE ABRAHAM LINCOLN TOO HIGH-PRESSURE SCHOOLING—THE BOYS ON PICKET about 6 min
  52. XVIII. THE JEW SPY AGAIN about 1 min
  53. Preface about 1 min
  54. I. OUT ON PICKET THE BOYS SHOW THE DEACON A NEW WRINKLE IN THE CULINARY ART about 7 min
  55. II. ROSENBAUM, THE SPY THE JEW TELLS THE THRILLING STORY OF HIS ADVENTURE about 15 min
  56. III. THE DEACON GOES HOME SHORTY FALLS A VICTIM TO HIS GAMBLING PROPENSITIES about 13 min
  57. IV. A SPY'S EXPERIENCES MR. ROSENBAUM TELLS THE BOYS MORE OF HIS ADVENTURES about 15 min
  58. V. THE BOYS GO SPYING ON AN EXPEDITION WITH ROSENBAUM THEY MAKE A CAPTURE about 16 min
  59. VI. LETTER FROM HOME THE DEACON'S TROUBLES IN GETTING HOME WITH ABRAHAM LINCOLN about 12 min
  60. VII. CORN PONE AND BUTTERMILK SI AND SHORTY GO FORAGING AND ARE CAPTURED AND ROBBED about 15 min
  61. VIII. A PERIOD OF SELF-DISGUST SI AND SHORTY HAVE AN ATTACK OF IT, FOLLOWED BY RECOVERY about 13 min
  62. IX. SHORTY GETS A LETTER BECOMES ENTANGLED IN A HIGHLY IMPORTANT CORRESPONDENCE about 14 min
  63. X. TRADING WITH THE REBS THE BOYS HAVE SOME FRIENDLY COMMERCE WITH THE REBEL PICKETS about 12 min
  64. XI. SHORTY'S CORRESPONDENT GETS A LETTER FROM BAD AX, WIS., AND IS ALMOST OVERCOME WITH JOY about 14 min
  65. XII. THE BAN ON WET GOODS SI HAS A HARD TIME TRYING TO KEEP WHISKY OUT OF CAMP about 16 min
  66. XIII. THE JEW SPY WRITES SHORTY HAS AN ADVENTURE WITH A LONE, LORN WIDDER LADY." about 13 min
  67. XIV. SHORTY HAS AN ADVENTURE WITH SI HE GOES OUT TO VISIT MRS. BOLSTER about 13 min
  68. XV. SHORTY NEARLY GOT MARRIED BREAKING UP A BAD REBEL NEST IS NO PICNIC about 18 min
  69. XVI. AN UNEXPECTED MARRIAGE THE BOYS CAPTURE REBELS AND ADMINISTER THE OATH about 12 min
  70. XVII. GATHERING INFORMATION SI AND SHORTY WORK A TRAP AND LAND SOME PRISONERS about 14 min
  71. XVIII. THE JEW SPY AGAIN MR. ROSENBAUM RECITES A THRILLING EXPERIENCE about 20 min
  72. Preface under 1 min
  73. XX. STEWED CHICKEN about 1 min
  74. Preface about 1 min
  75. I. THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN ON TO DUCK RIVER "ONLY 25 MILES TO SHELBYVILLE." about 8 min
  76. II. THE BALKY MULES SUGGESTIONS GALORE "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 18 MILES AWAY." about 12 min
  77. III. THIRD DAY OF THE DELUGE TOILSOME PLODDING, AND "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 15 MILES AWAY." about 13 min
  78. IV. THE FOURTH DAY OF THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN "SHELBYVILLE ONLY 10 MILES AWAY." about 12 min
  79. V. AFLOAT ON A LOG SI, SHORTY AND THE WEST-POINTER HAVE AN EVENTFUL JOURNEY about 15 min
  80. VI. DISTRESSING ENEMIES OTHER THAN THE REBELS AND RAIN, MUD, AND SWOLLEN STREAMS about 15 min
  81. VII. THE EXCITING ADVANCE TULLAHOMA THE GREAT BATTLE THAT DID NOT COME OFF about 13 min
  82. VIII. THE GLORIOUS FOURTH INDEPENDENCE DAY FUN ON THE BANKS OF ELK RIVER about 12 min
  83. IX. A LITTLE EPISODE OVER LOVE LETTERS about 9 min
  84. X. AFTER BRAGG AGAIN RESTFUL SUMMER DAYS END—THE UNION PEOPLE OF EAST TENNESSEE about 18 min
  85. XI. THE MOUNTAIN FOLK THE SHADOW OF AN EAST TENNESSEE VENDETTA about 11 min
  86. XII. SI AND SHORTY IN LUCK THEY MAKE A BRIEF VISIT TO "GOD'S COUNTRY." about 16 min
  87. XIII. MANY HAPPY EVENTS HOURS THAT WERE ALL-TOO-FEW AND ALL-TOO- SHORT about 15 min
  88. XIV. THE FRISKY YOUNGSTERS TRYING TO LICK A BATCH OF RECRUITS INTO SHAPE about 14 min
  89. XV. KEYED UP FOR ACTION MARCHING INTO THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA about 13 min
  90. XVI. THE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE THE END OF THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA about 9 min
  91. XVII. IN THE HOSPITAL REMOVED FROM THE BATTLEFIELD TO THE HOSPITAL AT CHATTANOOGA about 12 min
  92. XVIII. A DISTURBING MESSAGE THE DEACON HURRIEDLY LEAVES FOR CHATTANOOGA about 17 min
  93. XIX. TEDIOUS CONVALESCENCE THE DEACON COMMITS A CRIME AGAINST HIS CONSCIENCE about 18 min
  94. XX. STEWED CHICKEN THE DEACON'S CULINARY OPERATIONS BRING HIM LOTS OF TROUBLE about 11 min
  95. Preface under 1 min
  96. XXI. CHATTANOOGA AT LAST about 1 min
  97. Preface about 1 min
  98. I. THE DEACON PROVIDES RESORTS TO HIGHWAY ROBBERY AND HORSE STEALING about 16 min
  99. II. THE DEACON ATTEMPTED RESTITUTION TRIED TO RETURN THE HORSE TO HIS OWNER about 15 min
  100. III. A COW IN CAMP THE DEACON HAS SOME EXPERIENCES WITH THE QUADRUPED about 14 min
  101. IV. THE DEACON'S PLAN DEALING WITH AN OBSTRUCTION TO THE HOMEWARD JOURNEY about 13 min
  102. V. TROUBLE ENCOUNTERED THE BOYS MEET AN OLD FRIEND AND ARE TAKEN HOME IN A HURRY about 14 min
  103. VI. THE BOYS IN THE OLD HOME ON BEAN BLOSSOM CREEK about 12 min
  104. VII. WEEKS OF CONVALESCENCE PLENTY OF NURSING FROM LOVING, TENDER HANDS about 13 min
  105. VIII. SI IS PROMOTED ANNABEL APPRISED OF IT—SHORTY MEETS JERUSHA about 15 min
  106. IX. SHORTY IN TROUBLE HAS AN ENCOUNTER WITH THE PROVOST-MARSHAL about 14 min
  107. X. SHORTY AS ORDERLY HAS A TOUR OF DUTY AT THE GENERAL'S HEADQUARTERS about 13 min
  108. XI. SHORTY RUNS HEADQUARTERS GETS ENTIRELY TOO BIG FOR HIS PLACE about 12 min
  109. XII. SHORTY ON A HUNT GOES AFTER KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE about 14 min
  110. XIII. AN UNEXPECTED MEETING BREAKING UP A DEN OF COPPERHEADS about 17 min
  111. XIV. GUARDING THE KNIGHTS SI AND SHORTY STAND OFF A MOB AT THE JAIL about 16 min
  112. XV. OFF FOR THE FRONT SI AND SHORTY TAKE CHARGE OF A SQUAD OF RECRUITS about 10 min
  113. XVI. THE TROUBLESOME BOYS SI AND SHORTY'S RECRUITS ENTER KENTUCKY about 12 min
  114. XVII. THE FRIGHTENED SURGEON SI AND SHORTY HAVE A TIME WITH THEIR WILD, YOUNG SQUAD about 11 min
  115. XVIII. NO PEACE FOR SI AND SHORTY THE YOUNGSTERS KEEP THEM BUSY WHILE THE TRAIN MOVES SOUTH about 12 min
  116. XIX. THE FIRST SCRAPE A LITTLE INITIATORY SKIRMISH WITH THE GUERRILLAS about 15 min
  117. XX. AFTER THE SKIRMISH WILD SHOOTING WAS ALL THAT SAVED A SURPRISED COLORED MAN about 10 min
  118. XXI. CHATTANOOGA AT LAST LOST IN A MAZE OF RAILROAD TRAINS about 9 min
  119. Preface under 1 min
  120. XX. SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL under 1 min
  121. Preface about 1 min
  122. I. SHORTY BEGINS BEING A FATHER TO PETE SKIDMORE about 5 min
  123. II. SI AND SHORTY COME VERY NEAR LOSING THEIR BOYS about 16 min
  124. III. THE PARTNERS GET BACK TO THEIR REGIMENT AT LAST WITH ALL THEIR RECRUITS about 15 min
  125. IV. THE RECRUITS ARE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES about 12 min
  126. V. THE YOUNG RECRUITS ARE GIVEN AN INITIATION INTO ARMY LIFE about 10 min
  127. VI. SI KLEGG PUTS HIS AWKWARD SQUAD THROUGH ITS FIRST DRILL about 12 min
  128. VII. SHORTY'S HEART TURNS TOWARD MARIA AND HE FINALLY GETS A LETTER FROM HER about 13 min
  129. VIII. SHORTY WRITES A LETTER TO MARIA KLEGG AND ENTERS UPON HIS PARENTAL RELATIONS TO LITTLE PETE SKIDMORE about 10 min
  130. IX. SI TAKES HIS BOYS FOR A LITTLE MARCH INTO THE COUNTRY about 12 min
  131. X. THE BOYS HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE SKIRMISHES BUT FINALLY GET TO THE MILL about 14 min
  132. XI. SHORTY GIVES THE BOYS THEIR FIRST LESSON IN FORAGING about 15 min
  133. XII. THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN about 13 min
  134. XIII. THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN about 14 min
  135. XIV. THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE about 9 min
  136. XV. THE FIGHTING AROUND BUZZARD ROOST AND CAPTURE OF THE REBEL STRONGHOLD about 20 min
  137. XVI. THE 200TH IND. ASSAULTS THE REBEL WORKS AT DAYBREAK about 20 min
  138. XVII. GATHERING UP THE BOYS AFTER THE BATTLE about 13 min
  139. XVIII. AN ARTILLERY DUEL AND A "DEMONSTRATION" ON THE ENEMY'S POSITION about 15 min
  140. XIX. SI AND SHORTY ARE PUT UNDER ARREST about 13 min
  141. XX. SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL about 18 min

The opening of Preface

"Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born more than 25 years ago in the brain of John McElroy, editor of The National Tribune, who invented the names and characters, outlined the general plan, and wrote a number of the chapters. Subsequently, the editor, having many other important things pressing upon his attention, called in an assistant to help on the work, and this assistant, under the direction and guidance of the editor, wrote some of these chapters. Subsequently, without the editor's knowledge or consent, the assistant adopted all the material as his own, and expanded it into a book which had a limited sale and then passed into the usual oblivion of shortlived subscription books.

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