[Illustration: [See page 168 TO THE FRONT FROM WINCHESTER] STRANGE STORIES OF THE CIVIL WAR BY ROBERT SHACKLETON, JOHN HABBERTON WILLIAM J. HENDERSON, L. E. CHITTENDEN CAPT. HOWARD PATTERSON, U.S.N. GEN. G. A. FORSYTH, U.S.A. AND OTHERS ILLUSTRATED [Illustration] NEW YORK AND LONDON HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS Copyright, 1907, by HARPER & BROTHERS. Published May, 1907. PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CONTENTS I A BOY’S IMPRESSIONS OF THE CIVIL WAR BY WILLIAM J. HENDERSON II THE CAPTAIN OF COMPANY Q _The Tale of an Unenlisted Soldier_ BY ROBERT SHACKLETON III MIDSHIPMAN JACK, U.S.N. _The Action of Appalachicola_ BY WILLIAM DRYSDALE IV CAPTAIN BILLY _Aid and Comfort to the Enemy_ BY LUCY LILLIE V THE BLOCKADE-RUNNER _A Dangerous Prize_ VI TWO DAYS WITH MOSBY _An Adventure with Guerillas_ VII THE FIRST TIME UNDER FIRE _The Experience of a Raw Recruit_ VIII HOW CUSHING DESTROYED THE “ALBEMARLE” _One of the Bravest Deeds in Naval History_ CAPTAIN HOWARD PATTERSON, U. S. N. IX PRESIDENT LINCOLN AND THE SLEEPING SENTINEL BY L. E. CHITTENDEN X THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE “MONITOR” AND “MERRIMAC” _Told by Captain Worden and Lieutenant Greene of the “Monitor”_ BY L. E. CHITTENDEN XI SHERIDAN’S RIDE _Told by his Aide_ BY GENERAL G. A. FORSYTH, U. S. N. (Retired) XII LEE’S SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX _Told by One Who was Present_ BY GENERAL G. A. FORSYTH, U. S. N. (Retired) ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FRONT FROM WINCHESTER _Frontispiece_ THEN ZEBEDEE DASHED OUT ACROSS THE PLAIN _Facing p._ 20 “COULD THEY COME TO ATTACK US WHEN THEY KNOW WHAT TROUBLE WE ARE IN?” “ 40 MEAN AS WERE THE SURROUNDINGS IT MADE A TRAGIC SCENE “ 56 CHASING A BLOCKADE-RUNNER “ 62 THE BATTLE BETWEEN THE “MONITOR” AND “MERRIMAC” “ 158 “SHERIDAN! SHERIDAN!” “ 178 DEPARTURE OF GENERAL LEE AFTER THE SURRENDER “ 216 INTRODUCTION