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By a Citizen-soldier.","description":"This edition features\u003cbr\u003e • a linked Table of Contents\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCONTENTS.(abridged list)\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003eThe Advent of our General of Division — Camp near Frederick City, Maryland — The Old Revolutionary Barracks at Frederick — An Irish Corporal's Recollections of the First Regiment of Volunteers from Pennsylvania — Punishment in the Old First,\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER II.\u003cbr\u003eThe Treason at Harper's Ferry — Rebel Occupation of Frederick — Patriotism of the Ladies of Frederick — A Rebel Guard nonplussed by a Lady — The Approach to Antietam — Our Brigadier cuts Red-Tape — The Blunder of the day after Antietam — The Little Irish Corporal's idea of Strategy\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER III.\u003cbr\u003eThe March to the River — Our Citizen Soldiery — Popularity of Commanders, how Lost and how Won — The Rebel Dead — How the Rebels repay Courtesy\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IV.\u003cbr\u003eA Regimental Baker — Hot Pies — Position of the Baker in line of Battle — Troubles of the Baker — A Western Virginia Captain on a Whiskey Scent — The Baker's Story — How to obtain Political Influence — Dancing Attendance at Washington — What Simon says — Confiscation of Whiskey\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER V.\u003cbr\u003eThe Scene at the Surgeon's Quarters — Our Little Dutch Doctor — Incidents of his Practice — His Messmate the Chaplain — The Western Virginia Captain's account of a Western Virginia Chaplain — His Solitary Oath — How he Preached, how he Prayed, and how he Bush-whacked — His Revenge of Snowden's Death — How the little Dutch Doctor applied the Captain's Story\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VI.\u003cbr\u003eA Day at Division Head-Quarters — The Judge Advocate — The tweedle-dum and tweedle-dee of Red-Tape as understood by Pigeon-hole Generals — Red Tape Reveries — French Authorities on Pigeon-hole Investigations — An Obstreperous Court and Pigeon-hole Strictures — Disgusting Head-Quarter Profanity\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VII.\u003cbr\u003eA Picket-Station on the Upper Potomac — Fitz John's Rail Order — Rails for Corps Head-Quarters versus Rails for Hospitals — The Western Virginia Captain — Old Rosy, and How to Silence Secesh Women — The Old Woman's Fixin's — The Captain's Orderly\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER VIII.\u003cbr\u003eThe Reconnoissance — Shepherdstown — Punch and Patriotism — Private Tom on West Point and Southern Sympathy — The Little Irish Corporal on John Mitchell — A Skirmish — Hurried Dismounting of the Dutch Doctor and Chaplain — Battle of Falling Waters not intended — Story of the Little Irish Corporal — Patterson's Folly, or Treason\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER IX.\u003cbr\u003eReconnoissance concluded — What we Saw and What we didn't See, and what the Good Public Read — Pigeon-hole Generalship and the Press — The Preacher Lieutenant and how he Recruited — Comparative Merits of Black Union Men and White Rebels — A Ground Blast, and its effect upon a Pigeon-hole General — Staff Officers Striking a Snag in the Western Virginia Captain — Why the People have a right to expect Active Army Movements — Red Tape and the Sick List — Pigeon-holing at Division Head-quarters\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER X.\u003cbr\u003eDeparture from Sharpsburg Camp — The Old Woman of Sandy Hook — Harper's Ferry — South sewing Dragon's Teeth by shedding Old John's Blood — The Dutch Doctor and the Boar — Beauties of Tobacco — Camp Life on the Character — Patrick, Brother to the Little Corporal — General Patterson no Irishman — Guarding a Potato Patch in Dixie — The Preacher Lieutenant on Emancipation — Inspection and the Exhorting Colonel — The Scotch Tailor on Military Matters\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XI.\u003cbr\u003eSnicker's Gap — Private Harry on the \"Anaconda\" — Not inclined to turn Boot-Black-\"Oh! why did you go for a Soldier?\" — The ex-News-Boy — Pigeon-hole Generalship on the March — The Valley of the Shenandoah — A Flesh Carnival — The Dutch Doctor on a Horse-dicker — An Old Rebel, and how he parted with his Apple-Brandy — Toasting the \"Union\" — Spruce Retreats\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XII.\u003cbr\u003eThe March to Warrenton — Secesh Sympathy and Quarter-Master's Receipts — Middle-Borough — The Venerable Uncle Ned and his Story of the Captain of the Tigers — The Adjutant on Strategy — Red Tapism and Mac-Napoleonism — Movement Stopped — Division Head-Quarters out of Whiskey — Stragglers and Marauders — A Summary Proceeding — Persimmons and Picket-Duty — A Rebellious Pig — McClellanism\u003cbr\u003e...\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER XXI.\u003cbr\u003eThe Pigeon-hole General and his Adjutant, under Charges","brand":"PastIsProlog","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079348863216,"sku":"2940013185586","price":3.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013185586_p0.jpg?v=1763577995","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013185586","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}