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The Life Record of H. W. Graber

The Life Record of H. W. Graber

by H. W. Graber

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Author
Graber, H. W. (Henry W.), 1841-1917
Title
The life record of H. W. Graber A Terry Texas Ranger, 1861-1865; sixty-two years in Texas
Original Publication
United States: H. W. Graber,1916.
Credits
Pat McCoy 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
F296: United States local history: Gulf States. West Florida
Subject
Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 68143
Release Date
May 21, 2022
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Untitled
  2. 2.Preface
  3. 3.My Earliest Recollections
  4. 4.CHAPTER I
  5. 5.CHAPTER II I Abandon the Printer’s Trade and Take Up Surveying.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III Indian Troubles—My First Venture in Business.
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV My First Military Experiences.
  8. 8.CHAPTER V Our First Engagement
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI An Accidental Injury—Shiloh—The “Mark-time” Major.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII I Am Wounded and Captured.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII The Escape of Major Ousley.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX In Prison at Louisville, Where I Was Honored With Handcuffs.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. Camp Chase—Fort Delaware—I Change My Name for the First Time and Am Finally Exchanged.
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI The Inhumanity of the Federal Government.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. I Rejoin My Command.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. Middle Tennessee and Kentucky.
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. Bardstown Engagement—I “Swap” Horses With a Federal.
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. The Battle of Perryville.
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. I Refuse to Become a Teamster.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. Omissions in Preceding Chapters
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII General Johnston’s Failure to Strike—Sherman
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX Georgia Service—A Negro’s Preference—A Hazardous Undertaking.
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX I Sell a Ten Dollar Gold Piece for Fifteen Hundred Dollars.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI My Service With Captain Shannon.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII We Receive Notice of Johnston’s Surrender—I Decline to be Paroled and Resolve to Make My Way Out.
  26. 26.The Reconstruction Period
  27. 27.PREFACE
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXIII Upon My Return From the Army I Find My Business Affairs in Bad Shape.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXIV The Affair at Hempstead.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXV I Narrowly Escape Capture.
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVI I Save the Life of an Enemy
  32. 32.CHAPTER XXVII I Get Back Into the Business World.
  33. 33.CHAPTER XXVIII I Assist in Establishing the Masonic Institute.
  34. 34.CHAPTER XXIX I Remove to Waxahachie and Go Into Business There.
  35. 35.CHAPTER XXX The Tap Railroad.
  36. 36.CHAPTER XXXI Business Troubles.
  37. 37.CHAPTER XXXII I Start Anew.
  38. 38.CHAPTER XXXIII The Methodist School at Waxahachie.
  39. 39.CHAPTER XXXIV My Later Business Experiences.
  40. 40.CHAPTER XXXV The Confederate Veterans’ Home.
  41. 41.CHAPTER XXXVI My Appointments in the U. C. V.
  42. 42.CHAPTER XXXVII The Terry Rangers’ Flag.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XXXVIII Roosevelt’s Visit to Texas
  44. 44.CHAPTER XXXIX My Family.
  45. 45.CHAPTER XL In Conclusion.

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