CONTENTS CHAPTER I. DARK DAYS OF 1861.-A FATHER WHO GAVE HIS CHILDREN TO THE COUNTRY.-RALLYING TO THE FLAG.-RAISING VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. CHAPTER II. BATTLE OF THE "GAPS."-YOUNG HARVEY LYON BRUTALLY MURDERED.- UNCLE DANIEL'S RETURN.-RAISING TROOPS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA. CHAPTER III. BATTLE OF TWO RIVERS.-COL. TOM ANDERSON MEETS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.-UNCLE DANIEL BECOMES AN ABOLITIONIST.-A WINTER CAMPAIGN AGAINST A REBEL STRONGHOLD. CHAPTER IV. BATTLE OF DOLINSBURG.-HEROIC CONDUCT OF COL. TOM ANDERSON -REPORTED DEAD.-HIS WIFE REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE REPORT. CHAPTER V. ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE-TWO DAYS OF AWFUL FIGHTING AT PITTSKILL LANDING-HARD-WON VICTORY-UNCLE DANIEL'S SONS BEAR THEMSELVES GALLANTLY. CHAPTER VI. "K. G. C."-ORGANIZATION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNION IN THE NORTH-PLOTTING EVERYWHERE-OBJECTS OF THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE. CHAPTER VII. TRAITOR KNIGHTS-ORGANIZATION OF REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS-SIGNS AND SECRETS-GEN. ANDERSON'S TOUR OF INVESTIGATION -THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. CHAPTER VIII. BATTLE OF PAGELAND-A VICTORY TURNED INTO A DEFEAT BY TREACHERY-DEATH OF GEN. LYON-ON THE TRAIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE. CHAPTER IX. BATTLE OF ANTLER'S RUN-SERAINE WHITCOMB LEAVES FOR THE SOUTH-PLOTTING IN CANADA-DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AMONG ARMY OFFICERS. CHAPTER X. BATTLE OF MURPHY'S HILL.-THE MOST SANGUINARY FIGHTING OF THE WAR.--MURDER OF STEPHEN LYON.-UNCLE HAM GETS A STRONG DISLIKE TO WAR. CHAPTER XI. THE COURT-MARTIAL.-AT MURPHY'S HILL.-THE TWO OPPOSING ARMIES AND THEIR MOVEMENTS.-JAMES WHITCOMB'S TRIAL.- SENTENCED TO DEATH AND PARDONED BY THE PRESIDENT. CHAPTER XII. MORGANSON'S RAID AND BATTLE OF CHEROKEE RUN.-THE REBEL CAVALRYMEN WHIRL THROUGH INDIANA AND OHIO.-BEATEN AND CAPTURED.-KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE CONTINUE THEIR MACHINATIONS. CHAPTER XIII. GEN. SILENT GUIDED BY A SPECTER.-ARMY OF THE CENTER.- BELEAGUERED AND HALF STARVED IN CHATTERAUGUS.-MIDDLETON'S RIDGE.-GEN. SILENT'S FORCES SWEEP THE REBELS FROM THE CREST. CHAPTER XIV. SERAINE WHITCOMB'S EXAMINATION OF THE REBEL PRISONS AND HENRY LYON'S RELEASE.-MAN'S INHUMANITY.-SERAINE WHITCOMB VISITS THE SOUTHERN PRISON PENS.-A SAD TALE OF WOE.- GRAPHIC PICTURE OF SUFFERING, WRETCHEDNESS AND DEATH. CHAPTER XV. PLOTS TO POISON AND BURN.-FIRE AND POISON.-THE PLOT TO BURN NORTHERN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE.-THE SCHEME AVENGED.-PART OF THE CHIEF PLOTTERS BURNED BY THEIR OWN COMBUSTIBLES. CHAPTER XVI. A HAPPY WEDDING.-MARRIAGE OF SERAINE WHITCOMB AND HENRY LYON.-FIRE AND PLAGUE.-THE PLOTTING IN CANADA TO BURN CITIES AND SPREAD DISEASE. CHAPTER XVII. MOBS IN THE NORTH.-LAWLESS VIOLENCE AND OUTRAGE BY REBEL SYMPATHIZERS.-THE CLASH OF ARMS.-BATTLE OF THE CHAPARRAL BETWEEN GEN. SILENT AND GEN. LAWS. CHAPTER XVIII. OPERATIONS OF THE ARMY OF THE CENTER.-GEN. SHERWOOD'S CAMPAIGN AGAINST GATE CITY.-HEAD'S ARMY DESTROYED.-GEN. PAPSON'S GREAT VICTORIES AT FRANKTOWN AND NASHUA. CHAPTER XIX. CHAPTER XIX.THE SCHEME TO CAPTURE OR KILL THE PRESIDENT AND GEN.