Sword and Pen

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Owens, John Algernon

Title

Sword and Pen Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier

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E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865)

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Glazier, Willard W., 1841-1905

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28152

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Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES — Sword and Pen; OR, Ventures and Adventures OF WILLARD GLAZIER, (The Soldier-Author,) IN WAR AND LITERATURE: — COMPRISING INCIDENTS AND REMINISCENCES OF HIS CHILDHOOD; HIS CHEQUERED LIFE AS A STUDENT AND TEACHER; AND HIS REMARKABLE CAREER AS A SOLDIER AND AUTHOR; EMBRACING ALSO THE STORY OF HIS UNPRECEDENTED JOURNEY FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK; AND AN ACCOUNT OF HIS DISCOVERY OF THE TRUE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, AND CANOE VOYAGE THENCE TO THE GULF OF MEXICO. — BY JOHN ALGERNON OWENS. — Illustrated. — PHILADELPHIA: P. W. ZIEGLER &. COMPANY, PUBLISHERS, 720 CHESTNUT STREET. 1890 . — Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by JOHN ALGERNON OWENS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D.C.
3. 3.PREFACE.
4. 4.CONTENTS. — CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE GLAZIER FAMILY. — CHAPTER II. BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF WILLARD GLAZIER. — CHAPTER III. EARLY LIFE AND HABITS. — CHAPTER IV. WILLARD GLAZIER AT SCHOOL. — CHAPTER V. ECCENTRICITIES OF HENRY GLAZIER. — CHAPTER VI. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE. — CHAPTER VII. WILLARD GLAZIER AT HOME. — CHAPTER VIII. ADVENTURES — EQUINE AND BOVINE. — CHAPTER IX. THE YOUNG TRAPPER OF THE OSWEGATCHIE. — CHAPTER X. THE SOLDIER SCHOOL-MASTER. — CHAPTER XI. INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY LIFE. — CHAPTER XII. FIRST BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION. — CHAPTER XIII. MANASSAS AND FREDERICKSBURG. — CHAPTER XIV. UNWRITTEN HISTORY. — CHAPTER XV. THE CAPTURE. — CHAPTER XVI. LIBBY PRISON. — CHAPTER XVII. PRISON LIFE. — CHAPTER XVIII. DANVILLE. — MACON. — SAVANNAH. — CHAPTER XIX. UNDER FIRE AT CHARLESTON. — CHAPTER XX. THE ESCAPE FROM COLUMBIA. — CHAPTER XXI. LOYALTY OF THE NEGROES. — CHAPTER XXII. PROGRESS OF THE FUGITIVES. — CHAPTER XXIII. THE PERILS OF AN ESCAPE. — CHAPTER XXIV. RECAPTURED BY A CONFEDERATE OUTPOST. — CHAPTER XXV. FINAL ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY. — CHAPTER XXVI GLAZIER RE-ENTERS THE SERVICE. — CHAPTER XXVII. CAREER AS AN AUTHOR. — CHAPTER XXVIII. "THREE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL CAVALRY." — CHAPTER XXIX. "BATTLES FOR THE UNION." — CHAPTER XXX. "HEROES OF THREE WARS." — CHAPTER XXXI. OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. — CHAPTER XXXII. BOSTON TO CHICAGO. — CHAPTER XXXIII. CHICAGO TO OMAHA. — CHAPTER XXXIV. CAPTAIN GLAZIER CAPTURED BY INDIANS. — CHAPTER XXXV. RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA. — CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER. — CHAPTER XXXVII HOME OF THE CHIPPEWAS. — CHAPTER XXXVIII EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY. — CHAPTER XXXIX. DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI. — CHAPTER XL. DOWN THE GREAT RIVER. — CHAPTER XLI. RECEPTION BY THE NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. — CHAPTER XLII. BEFORE THE MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY. — CHAPTER XLIII. GREETINGS OF THE VOYAGE. — "SWORD AND PEN" COMMENDATIONS. — APPENDIX BY THE PUBLISHERS
5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS. — SWORD AND PEN.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF THE GLAZIER FAMILY.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. BIRTH AND CHILDHOOD OF WILLARD GLAZIER.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. EARLY LIFE AND HABITS.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. WILLARD GLAZIER AT SCHOOL.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. ECCENTRICITIES OF HENRY GLAZIER.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. VISIONS OF THE FUTURE.
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. WILLARD GLAZIER AT HOME.
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. ADVENTURES—EQUINE AND BOVINE.
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. THE YOUNG TRAPPER OF THE OSWEGATCHIE.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. THE SOLDIER SCHOOL-MASTER.
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. INTRODUCTION TO MILITARY LIFE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. FIRST BATTLE OF BRANDY STATION.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. MANASSAS AND FREDERICKSBURG.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. UNWRITTEN HISTORY.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. FROM BATTLE-FIELD TO PRISON.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. LIBBY PRISON.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. PRISON LIFE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. DANVILLE.—MACON.—SAVANNAH.
24. 24.CHAPTER XIX. UNDER FIRE AT CHARLESTON.
25. 25.CHAPTER XX. THE ESCAPE FROM COLUMBIA.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXI. LOYALTY OF THE NEGROES.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXII. PROGRESS OF THE FUGITIVES.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII. THE PERILS OF AN ESCAPE.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV. RECAPTURED BY A CONFEDERATE OUTPOST.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXV. FINAL ESCAPE FROM CAPTIVITY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI. GLAZIER RE-ENTERS THE SERVICE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII. CAREER AS AN AUTHOR.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII. "THREE YEARS IN THE FEDERAL CAVALRY."
34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX. "BATTLES FOR THE UNION."
35. 35.CHAPTER XXX. "HEROES OF THREE WARS."
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI. OCEAN TO OCEAN ON HORSEBACK. — INTRODUCTORY. — JOHN STARK. — PERORATION.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII. FROM BOSTON TO CHICAGO.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII. FROM CHICAGO TO OMAHA.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV. CAPTURED BY INDIANS.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV. RETURN FROM CALIFORNIA.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI. THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.
42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII. HOME OF THE CHIPPEWAS.
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY.
44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX. DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
45. 45.CHAPTER XL. DOWN THE GREAT RIVER.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLI. RECEPTION BY THE NEW ORLEANS ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLII. BEFORE THE MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
48. 48.CHAPTER XLIII. GREETINGS OF THE VOYAGE.
49. 49."SWORD AND PEN" COMMENDATIONS. — EXTRACTS FROM NOTICES OF THE PRESS. — Syracuse Times. — Chicago Tribune. — Hamilton (Ont.) Times. — Troy Daily Times. — Scranton Republican. — Oswego Times and Express. — Boston Transcript. — Buffalo News. — Albany Sunday Press. — Newark Register. — Boston Globe. — Newark Daily Journal. — New York Herald. — Hartford Courant. — Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. — Wilmington Morning News. — New York Tribune. — Baltimore American. — Philadelphia Ledger. — Philadelphia Evening Star. — Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. — Philadelphia Inquirer.
50. 50.APPENDIX BY THE PUBLISHERS OF "DOWN THE GREAT RIVER."
51. 51.ADDENDUM.
52. 52.I. LETTERS FROM BARRETT CHANNING PAINE.
53. 53.II. RECEPTION AT NEW ORLEANS AND SAINT LOUIS. — BEFORE THE MISSOURI HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
54. 54.III. LETTERS PERTINENT TO THE SUBJECT.
55. 55.IV. PUBLIC OPINION IN MINNESOTA. — From His Excellency, A. R. McGill, Governor of Minnesota: — From Hon. Horace Austin, Ex-Governor: — From Hon. W. H. Gale, Ex-Lieutenant-Governor, Winona — From F. W. Seeley, Adjutant-General — From Moses E. Clapp, Attorney-General: — From H. W. Childs, Assistant Attorney-General: — From J. K. Moore, Private Secretary to Governor McGill: — From Gus. H. Beaulieu, Deputy U. S. Marshal, District of Minnesota: — From Ed. W. S. Tingle, St. Paul Globe: — From Rev. W. T. Chase, Pastor First Baptist Church, Minneapolis: — From Ex-Mayor Pillsbury, Minneapolis: — From Rev. J. L. Pitner, Pastor Methodist Episcopal Church, Minneapolis: — From John E. Bradley, Superintendent Public Schools, Minneapolis: — From Hon. Samuel E. Adams, Member of the Minnesota Historical Society, Monticello: — From John H. Elliott, Secretary Y. M. C. A., Minneapolis: — From J. S. McLain, Evening Journal, Minneapolis: — From Albert Shaw, Minneapolis Tribune: — From Judge John P. Rea, Commander-in-Chief G.A.R., Minneapolis: — From G. M. Wing, Secretary North-West Indian Commission, Minneapolis: — From Hon. J. G. Lawrence, Ex-Senator, Wabasha: — From Judge L. A. Evans, Ex-Mayor, Saint Cloud — From Will E. Haskell, President and Managing Editor, Minneapolis Tribune: — From J. O. Simmons, Little Falls. — From Rev. Andrew D. Stowe, Rector, Trinity Church, Anoka: — From D. Sinclair, Winona: — From William A. Spencer, Clerk United States District Court, Saint Paul: — From O. C. Chase, Chairman County Commissioners, Otter-Tail County: — From John J. Ankeny, Postmaster, Minneapolis: — From P. P. Swenson, Sheriff, Hennepin County: — From Freeman E. Kreck, Postmaster, Aitkin: — From A. Y. Merrill, County Attorney, Aitkin: — From J. W. Wakefield, Aitkin: — From Lyman P. White, Ex-Mayor, Brainerd: — From W. W. Hartley, Brainerd: — From J. H. Koop, Postmaster, Brainerd: — From N. H. Ingersoll, Editor, Brainerd Dispatch: — From Rev. Fletcher J. Hawley, D. D., Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Brainerd: — From John F. Peterson, Register of Deeds, Minneapolis: — From C. P. De Laithe, Superintendent of Schools, Aitkin County: — From J. H. Hallett, Brainerd: — From Hon. N. Richardson, Little Falls, Judge of Probate of Morrison County: — From O. L. Clyde, First Lieutenant, National Guard, Little Falls: — From Moses La Fond, Little Falls: — From R. Cronk, of the Government Survey, Sauk Rapids: — From Hon. T. G. Healey, Ex-State Senator, Monticello: — From William Tubbs, Postmaster and Ex-County Auditor, Monticello: — From W. J. Brown, Principal of the High School, Monticello: — From Commander A. H. Fitch, J. S. Cady Post, G. A. R., Department Minnesota; Anoka: — From J. M. Tucker, M. D., Hastings: — From Daniel O'Brien, Police Justice, Hastings: — From J. R. Lambert, Ex-Mayor, Hastings: — From S. Westerson, Chairman, Board of County Commissioners, Hastings: — From B. B. Herbert, Editor, The Republican, Red Wing: — From W. W. DeKay, Red Wing: — From William Moore, Superintendent of Schools, Lake City: — From George C. Stout, Mayor, Lake City: — From D. O. Irwin, Postmaster, Lake City: — From H. L. Smith, Editor and Proprietor of the Graphic, Lake City: — From F. J. Collins, Mayor of Wabasha: — From Hon. James G. Lawrence, Ex-State Senator, Wabasha: — From D. L. Dawley, Principal of Schools, Wabasha: — From S. B. Sheardown, M. D., Winona: — From Judge A. F. Storey, St. Vincent: — From James A. Thompson, Postmaster, Leech Lake (the nearest post-office to the source of the Mississippi): — From Paul Beaulieu, United States Interpreter, White Earth Indian Agency:
56. 56.V. RECOGNITION. — Geographers and Educational Publishers. — Page 4. "Record of Recent Discoveries and Events. — Page 73. "North Central States (Western Section). — "Maury's Manual of Geography, University Publishing Company, New York: — From Herr F. A. Brockhaus, Geographer and Publisher of Leipsic, Germany: — From Professor J. W. Redway, of Philadelphia, a well-known geographer and scientist: — From the Messrs. Harper & Brothers, New York: — From Rand, McNally & Company, Map-makers and Publishers, Chicago: — From George F. Cram, Map and Atlas Publisher, Chicago: — From Matthews, Northrup & Company, Art Printers, Buffalo, New York: — From Messrs. Cowperthwait & Company, Philadelphia. — From E. A. Lawrence, University Publishing Company, New York: — From W. M. Bradley & Brother, Philadelphia: — From John Lovell & Son, Educational Publishers, Montreal: — From MacMillan & Company, London and New York: — From Gaylord Watson, Map and Chart Publisher, New York: — From P. O'Shea, Catholic Publisher, New York: — From Geo. H. Adams & Son, Map Publishers, New York: — From the Map and School Supply Company, Toronto: — From Captain A. N. Husted, Professor of Mathematics, State Normal School, Albany, New York: — From Colonel George Soulé, President of Soulé, College, New Orleans: — From Rev. L. Abernethy, A. M., D. D., President of Rutherford College, North Carolina: — From J. L. Smith, Map Publisher, Philadelphia: — From G. H. Laughlin, A. M., Ph. D., President of Hiram College, Ohio: — From the firm of W. & A. K. Johnston, of Edinburgh, Scotland, Geographers and Engravers to the Queen: — From Charles Lubrecht, Map Publisher, New York: — From M. Dripps, Map Publisher, New York: — From George H. Benedict & Co., Map, Wood and Photo-Engravers, Chicago: — From John S. Kendall, President of the National School Furnishing Company of Chicago: — From Frederick Warne & Company, Publishers, London: — From Thos. Nelson & Sons, Edinburgh and New York: — From Herr A. Hartleben, one of the leading Publishers of Germany: — From Appleton's Annual Encyclopedia—1885: — From American Supplement to the Encyclopedia Britannica:
57. 57.VI. NOTICES OF THE PRESS. — Saint Paul Dispatch. — Minneapolis Spectator. — Brainerd Dispatch. — Northwestern Presbyterian, Minneapolis. — Winona Republican. — Minneapolis Star-News. — Detroit Commercial Advertiser. — La Crosse Republican and Leader. — Michigan Christian Advocate. — Detroit Tribune. — Grand Rapids (Michigan) Leader. — New Bedford Standard. — Madisonensis, Madison University, New York. — Hamilton, New York, Republican. — Davenport Tribune. — Daily Eagle, Grand Rapids, Michigan. — Telegram-Herald, Grand Rapids, Michigan. — Akron Daily Beacon. — Youngstown (Ohio) Telegram. — National Republican, Washington, D. C. — Dubuque Trade Journal. — Burlington Hawkeye. — Saint Paul Times. — Chicago Times. — Chicago Inter-Ocean. — Chicago Evening Journal. — Chicago Herald. — Springfield (Ohio) Times. — Ohio State Journal. — The Wheeling Intelligencer. — Philadelphia Public Ledger. — Brooklyn Eagle. — Philadelphia Times. — New York Observer. — Minneapolis Journal. — Philadelphia North American.
58. 58.CONCLUSION.

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