I The Curtain Rises II The Parting III A Midnight Session IV A Friendly Warning V Boy and Girl VI God's Will VII The Best Man Wins VIII The Storm Center IX The Old Regime X The Gauge of Battle XI Jennie's Vision XII A Little Cloud XIII The Closing of the Ranks XIV Richmond in Gala Dress XV The House on Church Hill XVI The Flower-Decked Tent XVII The Fatal Victory XVIII The Aftermath XIX Socola's Problem XX The Anaconda XXI Gathering Clouds XXII Jennie's Recruit XXIII The Fatal Blunder XXIV The Sleeping Lioness XXV The Bombardment XXVI The Irreparable Loss XXVII The Light that Failed XXVIII The Snare of the Fowler XXIX The Panic in Richmond XXX The Deliverance XXXI Love and War XXXII The Path of Glory XXXIII The Accusation XXXIV The Turn of the Tide XXXV Suspicion XXXVI The Fatal Deed XXXVII The Raiders XXXVIII The Discovery XXXIX The Conspirators XL In Sight of Victory XLI The Fall of Richmond XLII The Capture XLIII The Victor XLIV Prison Bars XLV The Master Mind XLVI The Torture XLVII Vindication LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS "The man in front gave a short laugh and advanced on the girl" "'You have given me new eyes--'" "'We have won, sir!' was the short curt answer" "Dick saluted and sprang into the saddle--'I understand, sir'" "Jennie thrust her trembling little figure between the two men and confronted Dick" "'Do your duty--put them on him!'" LEADING CHARACTERS OF THE STORY _The Prologue_ 1814-1853 Lt. Jefferson Davis, Of the U. S. Army. Joseph E. Davis, His Big Brother. Colonel Zachary Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready." Sarah Knox Taylor, His Daughter. James Pemberton, A Faithful Slave. _The Story_ 1860-1867 Hon. Roger Barton, An Original Secessionist. Jennie, His Daughter. Dick Welford, A Confederate Soldier. Joseph Holt, A Renegade Southerner. Henrico Socola, A Soldier of Fortune. The President, Of the Confederacy. Mrs. Davis, His Wife. Burton Harrison, His Secretary. Joseph E. Johnston, A Master of Retreat. P. G. T. Beauregard, The First Hero. Stonewall Jackson, Of the "Foot Cavalry." Robert E. Lee, The Southern Commander. U. S. Grant, The Bull Dog Fighter. Nelson A. Miles, A Jailer. John C. Underwood, A Reconstruction Judge. THE VICTIM The Prologue THE VICTIM PROLOGUE I KIDNAPPED The hot sun of the South was sinking in red glow through the giant tree-tops of a Mississippi forest beyond the village of Woodville. A slender girl stood in the pathway watching a boy of seven trudge manfully away beside his stalwart brother. Her lips trembled and eyes filled with tears. "Wait--wait!" she cried. With a sudden bound she snatched him to her heart.