From Flag to Flag

About this eBook

Author

Ripley, Eliza, 1832-1912

Title

From flag to flag : A woman's adventures and experiences in the South during the war, in Mexico, and in Cuba

Original Publication

United States: D. Appleton and Company, 1888.

Credits

Emmanuel Ackerman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

F1751: History of the Americas: West Indies. Cuba

Subject

Ripley, Eliza, 1832-1912

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70286

Release Date

March 14, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.FROM FLAG TO FLAG
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.NOTE.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. A PLANTATION HOME IN LOUISIANA.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. THE NEW FLAG—CAMPAIGN SEWING SOCIETY—CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. A CREVASSE—OCCUPATION OF BATON ROUGE—DEFENSELESS CITIZENS.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. WILLY’S ERRAND—BRECKENRIDGE’S MESSAGE—THE RAW RECRUITS.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. THE BATTLE—RUSH TO ARLINGTON—DISASTER—DEPARTURE OF OUR GUESTS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. RESTORING ORDER—SCENES OF VANDALISM—PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. SECOND VISIT OF THE ENEMY—MIDNIGHT FLIGHT—FAREWELL TO ARLINGTON.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. “PICKETS DOWN DAR!”—HARD JOURNEYING—WILLY’S FATE—CHARLOTTE.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. CAMPING BY NIGHT—FORLORN WOMEN—BEAUMONT—HOUSTON.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. TRAVELING THROUGH TEXAS—NEARING THE RIO GRANDE.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. LAREDO—MEXICAN ESCORT TO PIEDRAS NEGRAS—THE CUSTOM-HOUSE—A NORTHER—SAN ANTONIO—SCARCITY OF NECESSARIES.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. FINAL TRIP TO THE RIO GRANDE—MATAMORAS OCCUPIED BY THE FRENCH—WAITING!—MARTHA BEFORE THE ALCALDE—WAR OVER!
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII. HAVANA—HÔTEL CUBANO—OUR HOME ON THE CERRO.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV. STREET SIGHTS AND SOUNDS—EVENINGS IN THE CITY—SHOPS AND SHOPPING—BEGGARS—VACCINATION.
19. 19.CHAPTER XV. A POLYGLOT—ZELL—BEATRIZ’S SCHOOL—IGNORANT GUAJIROS.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI. PLANTATION PURCHASED—LIFE AT “DESENGAÑO”—AT WORK ONCE MORE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII. RAINY SEASON—CULTIVATING ABANDONED FIELDS—DON FULGENCIO’S MODE—FIRST SUMMER AT DESENGAÑO—BOOKS.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII. MORE LABORERS REQUIRED—HENRY SHOOTS WILD DOGS—MILITARY RULE—EXTORTION.
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX. NEW CHINESE—COOLIE REBELLION—ZELL’S BRAVERY—CHINESE LABOR CONTRACT—VICIOUS INSECTS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XX. CIRIACO—PLANTATION GARDEN—TASAJO—NEGRO MUSIC AND DANCING.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI. THE GOOD OLD PRIEST—RELIGION AND SUPERSTITION OF THE NEGROES—THE SEÑORA’S GHOST.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII. CATTLE—BUTTER AND CHURN—OVERRUN WITH CATS—CURIOUS VOLCANO—MAJA AND JUTIA.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII. HARASSED BY THE MILITARY—LAWLESS SITUATION—MEN DRIVEN TO THE MOUNTAINS—RESTRICTED WALKS.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV. MURDEROUS ASSAULT—COMPLAINTS TO THE CAPTAIN-GENERAL—CARLOS GARCIA.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV. “BEHOLD A MAN FULL OF LEPROSY!”
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI. SUGAR-MAKING—DINNER AT “JOSEFITA’S”—DOMESTIC SERVICE—POOR DON PEDRO.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII. PARADISE—A GUAJIRO BALL—OUR NEIGHBORS—A DAY WITH THE MARQUIS.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII. FERTILITY OF THE SOIL—WORK DURING SUGAR-MAKING—FIRE IN THE CANE-FIELDS.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX. DON RUANO’S COFFEE ESTATE—COFFEE-MILLS AND COFFEE-POTS—WASTE OF FRUITS—DON RUANO AND HIS MOTHER.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXX. HOUSE-BUILDING ANTS—ELLIE’S YOUNG OWLS—HENRY SAYS “ADIOS.”
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXI. BEAUTIFUL OCTOBER—VIEW FROM THE MOUNTAIN—TERRIBLE TEMPORAL—DEVASTATION.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXII. DULLNESS—ISOLATION—WEARINESS—CUBA, FAREWELL!
37. 37.D. APPLETON & CO.’S PUBLICATIONS. — FLORENCE WARDEN’S PREVIOUS NOVELS. — Transcriber’s Notes

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