E-text prepared by Roger Frank and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.fadedpage.net) A DAUGHTER OF THE UNION by LUCY FOSTER MADISON Author of "A Colonial Maid," Etc. Grosset & Dunlap Publishers . . New York By arrangement with The Penn Publishing Co. Copyright 1903 by The Penn Publishing Company Manufactured in the U. S. A. Contents Chapter Page I WHAT GIRLS CAN DO 5 II A GREAT AWAKENING 20 III STARTING FOR DIXIE 31 IV A TIMELY RENEWAL OF ACQUAINTANCE 41 V CASTING BREAD UPON THE WATERS 53 VI IN DIXIE LAND 70 VII THE EXAMPLE OF A GIRL 83 VIII THROUGH SHOT AND SHELL 95 IX JEANNE MEETS THE HERO OF NEW ORLEANS 104 X AN UNFORESEEN RESULT 117 XI CLEARED OF SUSPICION 128 XII AN UNEXPECTED MEETING 137 XIII UNDER EVERY FLOWER THERE LURKS A SERPENT 147 XIV A VICTIM OF DECEIT 158 XV BEFORE GENERAL BUTLER AGAIN 168 XVI THE VELVET GLOVE CONCEALS THE IRON HAND 178 XVII AGAIN DECEIVED 189 XVIII IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP 200 XIX "BOB" 212 XX THE ARREST OF A SPY 225 XXI A SURPRISE AND AN ESCAPE 237 XXII DICK TO THE FORE 250 XXIII RECAPTURE 259 XXIV VICKSBURG 272 XXV MADAME AGAIN 280 XXVI JEANNE MEETS FRIENDS 290 XXVII A PRISONER OF WAR 302 XXVIII THE SIEGE BEGINS 314 XXIX MADAME FOR THE LAST TIME 324 XXX THE END OF THE SIEGE 334 A DAUGHTER OF THE UNION CHAPTER I WHAT GIRLS CAN DO "That finishes everything," exclaimed Jeanne Vance, placing a neatly folded handkerchief in a basket. "And oh, girls, what a little bit of a pile it makes!" The five girls drew their chairs closer to the basket and gazed ruefully at its contents. "How many handkerchiefs are there, Jeanne?" asked one. "There are fifty handkerchiefs and five pairs of socks. It seemed like a great many when we took them to make, but what do they amount to after all?"