Thatcher, Marshall D. A Hundred Battles in the West, St. Louis to Atlanta, 1861-65. The Second Michigan Cavalry. Detroit, Mich.: Published by the author, 1884,
Co. B, Second Michigan Cavalry CHAPTER I. THE organization of a company. Leaf from a diary. Off for Grand Rapids...... 17
CHAPTER II. DETAILS of Organization. Sketch of the Captains and Companies. The Field and Staff...... 20
CHAPTER IIL OFF for St. Louis. An ovation all along the line. Horses follow in sections of trains. Incidents by the way. Camp Benton. 27
CHAPTER IV. THE finishing touches. Farewell to Benton Barracks. Lambs to the slaughter. Commerce, Mo. Jeff. Thompson s light artillery. A night in the mud. New Madrid. The baptism of fire. ..."...... 32
CHAPTER V. AFLOAT on the Mississippi . Off for Memphis. Counter march to Pittsburg Landing . A muddy business . Monterey . Farmington . In front of Corinth General Pope. ... 39
CHAPTEP VI. THE Mississippi campaign . The raid on Booneville . Philip H. Sheridan. Blackland. Baldwin...... 46
CHAPTER VII. THE North Mississippi campaign. "Pine Hills." Back to Booneville. The second Booneville. Rienzi. A flag of truce. . 58-
CHAPTER VIII. FROM Corinth to Perryville . Col. Phil gets a star. Colonel Archie Campbell . Cincinnati . Louisville . General Buell . Rous seau and Sheridan. Loomis. Perryville. . . . 70
CHAPTER IX. AFTER the battle. Confederate retreat. A flag of truce. "We will bury your dead, move on." Sweeping the state. . . 88
CHAPTER X. CARTER S raid. 750 miles in twenty days. Mountain paths. Among the Icouds. Bushwhacked. Capturing forts. Humphrey Marshall. Cutting communications . Burning bridges. 94
CHAPTER XI. RECUPERATING. Pleasant hours short lived. Farewell to Kentucky. General Green Clay Smith. Brentwood. Thompson’s Station. . . . H2
CHAPTER XII. MIDDLE TENNESSEE. Three months of post duty with the variations. Colonel Watkins and Colonel Campbell. McGarrick s Ford. Numerous small fights. ... 122
CHAPTER XIII. THE Tennessee campaign . Franklin to Triune . Triune to Franklin. Stirring up General Armstrong. Return to Triune. The grand forward move. Rain and mud. Guy s gap. A grand cavalry charge . Shelby ville. ... 128
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CHAPTER XIV. STEVENSON, ALABAMA. The army concentrating. Immense depot of supplies. Sickness. Over mountain and moor. Scouting through Georgia. Lafayette. Crawfish Springs and Chicamauga. Chattanooga ours. . . 137
CHAPTER XV. VICTORY out of defeat. Reflections not designed as critical. Great soldiers. Wheeler s Raid. Destroys a 1,000 wagon train. A wild chase. Camp life. A ferry disaster. 151
CHAPTER XVI. EAST TENNESSEE. Climbing mountains Bushwhacked Dandridge "Races." A lively campaign and many hardships. . . 159
CHAPTER XVII. MOSSY CREEK. A trick which did not work. A fight, sharp, short, decisive. An artillery duel...... 167
CHAPTER XVIII. SEVEREVILLE or Fair Garden. A midnight retreat. A morning’s advance. A dead line. Storming bridge and barricade. . 174
CHAPTER XIX. VETERANS. Severeville to Cleveland. Florence. Shoal Creek. Forrest and Roddy. The non-veterans and the Atlanta campaign. Lieutenant Darrow. Captain Fargo s flag of truce. Pulaski. Franklin. Cypress Creek. . 179
CHAPTER XX. THE Hood campaign. Florence. Shoal Creek. Pontoons. A faithful negro. Beginning of Hood s advance. . 191
CHAPTER XXI. HOOD S Race with Schofield. Columbia. Spring Hill. The Harpeth. "Halt!" The butchery at Franklin. Stanley.-Wilson. Cox. Hatch. Croxton. Schofield s report. .... 197
CHAPTER XXII. BATTLE of Nashville. Hood s army demoralized. Cavalry capturing earthworks. Capturing prisoners. What Hood said. "The retreat." Thomas s report 219
CHAPTER XXIII. HOOD loses his grip" and resigns. Forrest s narrow escape. A battalion charges a division. Closing scenes. . . . 235
GENERAL POPE ...... 247
GENERAL ELLIOTT ...... 348
GENERAL STANLEY ...... 249
GENERAL EDWARD HATCH ...... 250
ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND ...... 253
COMMANDERS...... 254
STONE RIVER GENERAL ROSECRANS...... 256
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GORDON GRANGER. . . , ...... 270
PHILIP H. SHBHIDAN ...... 277
SHERIDAN S HORSE. . . . . , ...... 291
GENERAL STANLEY...... 292
GENERAL WILSON...... -. . . . . 294
R. H. G. MINTY ...... 301
CROXTON S BRIGADE...... 304
INCIDENTS AT FRANKLIN MRS. SNYDER ...... 307
W. D. MOODY...... 313
A DYING CONFEDERATE...... 315
A HORRID SCENE...... 316
THE SECOND BATTERY AT SHILOH...... 317
THE GLASGOW COLLISION ...... 318
LEFT ON THE FIELD...... 320
A DARING SCOUT...... 324
THE ROMANCE OF WAR...... 327
SURGEON CHARLES L. HENDERSON...... 330
SURGEON WILLIAM BROWNELL. . : . . . . 330
SURGEON W. F. GREEN ...... 331
NOTES BY W. F. GREEN...... 332
SURGEON GEORGE E. RANNEY...... 333
NOTES BY GEORGE E. RANNEY...... 335
COMMISSARY LAWRENCE ...... 338
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IN THE HOSPITAL ...... 339
LIEUTENANT R. T. DARROW ...... 341
TURNING THE TIDE...... 343
I i M BROWNLOW CAPTURED ...... 343
" FIVE DOLLARS FOR THAT REB." ...... 344
"WALK AROUND." . . . 345
BURNT HIS FINGERS. . . 346
HERE S YOUR MULE. .... 348
DESTROYING PONTOONS ...... 350
COMPLIMENTS TO WIRT ADAMS. . . 357
LEAVES FROM A DIARY 359
A SCOUT ON FOOT 364
"DiD THEY STING?" 366
AN INTERRUPTED WEDDING 367
HORSE SENSE. . 368
LUCKY ESCAPES. 370
WEAER S COVE . . . . 373
A BULL RUN HERO 378
A LIVELY PRISONER . . ,. . 379
A FLAG OF TRUCE . 380
SCOUTING IN NORTH CAROLINA. . . . , .... 382
DODGING SHELLS . . 384
UNEXPLODED SHELLS . 386
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WHO HIT CHALMERS AT BOONEVILLE ?....., 386
RUNNING THE GAUNTLET 387
A CORPORAL S GUARD MAKES A RECONNAISSANCE .... 388
UNDER ARREST...... 389
ONE DAY NEARER ATLANTA 391
WHY CHEATHAM DID NOT GET THERE. . , . . . . 392
GENERAL CHEATHAM S STORY . . . 393
CAVALRY AND GUNBOATS...... 400
CAPTURING OUTPOSTS. . 401
STRAINING A POINT TO SAVE A LIFE...... 403
AN OMEN 406
ALLEGED OUTRAGES...... 407
CAPTAIN AVERY. 408
LOOMIS S BATTERY. . . . 410
A LONELY GRAVE . . - . 411
DIED GAME. A YOUTHFUL SOLDIER 413
COURTING DEATH 414
Too MUCH GOLD. DISCIPLINE. . 415
THE LAST BATTLE. 416
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