By SAM. R. WATKINS,
COLUMBIA, TENN.
"Quaeque ipse miserima vidi,
Et quorum pars magna fui."
TO THE MEMORY
OF MY DEAD
COMRADES OF
THE MAURY GRAYS,
AND THE FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT, WHO
DIED IN DEFENSE OF SOUTHERN HOMES AND
LIBERTIES: ALSO TO MY LIVING COMRADES,
NEARLY ALL OF
WHOM SHED THEIR
BLOOD IN DEFENSE
OF THE SAME
CAUSE, THIS BOOK
IS RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED BY THE
AUTHOR . . . . .
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I--RETROSPECTIVE
WE ARE ONE AND UNDIVIDED
THE BLOODY CHASM
EIGHTEEN HUNDRED AND SIXTY-ONE
CAMP CHEATHAM
ON THE ROAD
STAUNTON
WARM SPRINGS
CHEAT MOUNTAIN
ROMNEY
STANDING PICKET ON THE POTOMAC
SCHWARTZ AND PFIFER
THE COURT-MARTIAL
THE DEATH WATCH
VIRGINIA, FAREWELL
CHAPTER II--SHILOH
SHILOH
CHAPTER III--CORINTH
CORINTH
ROWLAND SHOT TO DEATH
KILLING A YANKEE SHARPSHOOTER
COLONEL FIELD
CAPTAIN JOE P. LEE
CORINTH FORSAKEN
CHAPTER IV--TUPELO
TUPELO
THE COURT-MARTIAL AT TUPELO
RAIDING ON ROASTINGEARS
CHAPTER V--KENTUCKY
WE GO INTO KENTUCKY
THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE
THE RETREAT OUT OF KENTUCKY
KNOXVILLE
AH, SNEAK
I JINE THE CAVALRY
CHAPTER VI--MURFREESBORO
MURFREESBORO
BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO
ROBBING A DEAD YANKEE
CHAPTER VII--SHELBYVILLE
SHELBYVILLE
A FOOT RACE
EATING MUSSELS
POOR BERRY MORGAN
WRIGHT SHOT TO DEATH WITH MUSKETRY
DAVE SUBLETT PROMOTED
DOWN DUCK RIVER IN A CANOE
SHENERAL OWLEYDOUSKY
CHAPTER VIII--CHATTANOOGA
BACK TO CHATTANOOGA
AM VISITED BY MY FATHER
OUT A LARKING
HANGING TWO SPIES
EATING RATS
SWIMMING THE TENN.
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