War and Romance -- Colonel Fred Jones -- Hanging in the Army -- General A. J. Smith vs. Dirty Guns. CHAPTER XXV 232 A Trip into the Enemy's Country -- The Rebels twice Driven back by General Steadman -- Incidents of the Charge of the 1st Tennessee Cavalry, under Major Tracy -- The 35th and 9th Ohio in the Fight -- Colonel Moody and the 74th Ohio -- Colonel Moody on the Battle-field. CHAPTER XXVI 240 A Wedding in the Army -- A Bill of Fare in Camp -- Dishonest Female Reb -- Private Cupp -- To the 13th Ohio. CHAPTER XXVII 248 The Oath -- A Conservative Darkey's Opinion of Yankees -- Visit to the Graves of Ohio and Indiana Boys -- Trip from Murfreesboro to Louisville -- Nashville Convalescents -- A Death in the Hospital -- Henry Lovie Captured. CHAPTER XXVIII 256 General Steadman Superseded by General Schofield, of Missouri -- Colonel Brownlow's Regiment -- His Bravery -- A Rebel Officer Killed by a Woman -- Discontent in East Tennessee -- Picket Duty and its Dangers -- A Gallant Deed and a Chivalrous Return. CHAPTER XXIX 263 An Incident at Holly Springs, Miss. -- The Raid by Van Dorn -- Cincinnati Cotton-Dealers in Trouble -- Troubles of a Reporter. CHAPTER XXX 268 A Reporter's Idea of Mules -- Letter from Kentucky -- Chaplain Gaddis Turns Fireman -- Gaddis and the Secesh Grass-Widow. CHAPTER XXXI 279 A Visit to the 1st East Tennessee Cavalry -- A Proposed Sermon -- Its Interruption -- How ye Preacher is Bamboozled out of $15 and a Gold Watch -- Cavalry on the Brain -- Old Stonnicker Drummed Out of Camp -- Now and Then. CHAPTER XXXII 289 An Incident of the 5th O. V. I. -- How to Avoid the Draft -- Keep the Soldiers' Letters -- New Use of Blood-hounds -- Proposition to Hang the Dutch Soldiers -- The Stolen Stars. Debate Between Slabsides and Garrotte. 303 Sermon From "Harp of a Thousand Strings." 308 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. PORTRAIT OF ALF BURNETT. SKEERED! THAT AINT NO NAME FOR IT. RUNAWAY SCRAPE IN VIRGINIA. SPORTS IN CAMP. FAT VOLUNTEER. OLD STONNICKER DRUMMED OUT OF CAMP. DEBATE BETWEEN SLABSIDES AND GARROTTE. SERMON--"HARP OF A THOUSAND STRINGS." INCIDENTS OF THE WAR. CHAPTER I.