Produced by D Alexander and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material from the Google Print project.) MY DAYS AND NIGHTS ON THE BATTLE-FIELD. BY CHARLES CARLETON COFFIN, AUTHOR OF "STORY OF LIBERTY," "BOYS OF '76," "OUR NEW WAY ROUND THE WORLD," "FOLLOWING THE FLAG," "WINNING HIS WAY," ETC. BOSTON DANA ESTES AND COMPANY PUBLISHERS _Copyright_, 1887, BY ESTES AND LAURIAT [Illustration: "The brigade goes down the road upon the run."] CONTENTS. INTRODUCTORY. PAGE TO THE YOUTH OF THE UNITED STATES. 1 Chap. I. HOW THE REBELLION CAME ABOUT 3 II. THE GATHERING OF A GREAT ARMY 22 III. THE BATTLE OF BULL RUN 37 IV. THE CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY 65 V. THE CAPTURE OF FORT DONELSON 89 Thursday 98 Friday 104 Saturday 111 VI. THE SURRENDER 132 VII. THE ARMY AT PITTSBURG LANDING 153 VIII. THE BATTLE OF PITTSBURG LANDING From Daybreak till Ten o'clock 171 From Ten o'clock till Four 197 Sunday Evening 205 Monday 210 IX. EVACUATION OF COLUMBUS 229 X. OPERATIONS AT NEW MADRID 237 XI. OPERATIONS AT ISLAND NUMBER TEN 247 XII. FROM FORT PILLOW TO MEMPHIS 281 XIII. THE NAVAL FIGHT AT MEMPHIS 291 LIST OF DIAGRAMS. PAGE