Chapter XIV: Book FOUR: Of Six Volumes

By John McElroy

CONTENTS PREFACE SI KLEGG CHAPTER I THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN ON TO DUCK RIVER CHAPTER II THE BALKY MULES CHAPTER III THIRD DAY OF THE DELUGE CHAPTER IV THE FOURTH DAY OF THE TULLAHOMA CAMPAIGN CHAPTER V AFLOAT ON A LOG CHAPTER VI DISTRESSING ENEMIES CHAPTER VII THE EXCITING ADVANCE TULLAHOMA CHAPTER VIII THE GLORIOUS FOURTH INDEPENDENCE DAY FUN CHAPTER IX A LITTLE EPISODE OVER LOVE LETTERS CHAPTER X. AFTER BRAGG AGAIN CHAPTER XI. THE MOUNTAIN FOLK CHAPTER XII. SI AND SHORTY IN LUCK CHAPTER XIII MANY HAPPY EVENTS CHAPTER XIV THE FRISKY YOUNGSTERS CHAPTER XV KEYED UP FOR ACTION CHAPTER XVI THE TERRIFIC STRUGGLE CHAPTER XVII IN THE HOSPITAL CHAPTER XVIII A DISTURBING MESSAGE CHAPTER XIX TEDIOUS CONVALESCENCE CHAPTER XX STEWED CHICKEN ILLUSTRATIONS During the Halt for Dinner. 20 'Don't Call Me Your Gran'pap.' 35 Here Goes, Mebbe to Libbey Prison. 55 I'm All on Fire 77 Si and Shorty Were the First to Mount The Parapet. 91 The Bluff Worked 107 She Ran Like a Deer, But si Cut Her off 123 You Must'nt Kill a Wounded Man 143 "Father, There's a Couple of Soldiers out There." 159 The First Wad Came out Easily and All Right. 165 'Annabel, How Purty You Look.' 173 The Recruits Lined up on the Platform. 186 They Posted the Men Behind The Trees. 197 They Had a Delirious Remembrance of the Mad Whirl. 211 The Dead Being Collected After the Battle. 220 "Pap, is That You?" Said a Weak Voice. 238 "He Took Another Look at his Heavy Revolver." 254 "If You Don't Skip out O' Here This Minute I'll Bust Your Head As I Would a Punkin." 264

SI KLEGG THE DEACON'S ADVENTURES AT CHATTANOOGA IN CARING FOR THE BOYS