CHAPTER II Mobilization 21 CHAPTER III Henry and Donelson 24 CHAPTER IV Corinth Again the Center 32 CHAPTER V Strange Outcome of a False Alarm 39 CHAPTER VI Shiloh 45 CHAPTER VII Corinth After Shiloh 67 CHAPTER VIII Battle of Rienzi 79 CHAPTER IX Murfreesboro and Kentucky Campaign 83 CHAPTER X The Battle of Corinth 88 CHAPTER XI West Tennessee 104 CHAPTER XII Middle Tennessee 109 CHAPTER XIII Pursuit of the Streight Raiders 112 CHAPTER XIV Chickamauga 119 CHAPTER XV West Tennessee 121 CHAPTER XVI Gen. “Sooey” Smith 127 CHAPTER XVII Fort Pillow 132 CHAPTER XVIII A Personal Sorrow 136 CHAPTER XIX Battle of Brice’s Cross-Roads 139 CHAPTER XX Harrisburg and Tupelo, Miss. 152 CHAPTER XXI Raid Into Memphis 157 CHAPTER XXII Raid Into North Alabama and Middle Tennessee 162 CHAPTER XXIII Sulphur Trestle, Ala. 167 CHAPTER XXIV Fourth Invasion of West Tennessee 175 CHAPTER XXV The Beginning of Dark Days 179 CHAPTER XXVI The Last Flickering of the Great Flame 186 CHAPTER XXVII Reconstruction 199 CHAPTER XXVIII Americanism Triumphant 207 CHAPTER I THE TOCSIN OF WAR In yielding to the request which has brought forth this effort, I shall not assume the rôle of the historian nor set myself up as a critic of any command or commander. Being in my seventy-sixth year, in the calming twilight of life’s evening, I feel that I am capable of recording, without prejudice or passion, my impressions of that most heated era of our country, whose momentous events--sad, tragic, glorious--represent the summit of dramatic interest in all my years.