The Lost Army

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Author

Knox, Thomas Wallace, 1835-1896

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Produced by David Widger from page images generously provided by The Internet Archive

Language

English

LoC Class

PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres

Subject

Generals -- Juvenile fiction

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Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 45071

Release Date

March 7, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LOST ARMY
2. 2.By Thomas W. Knox — The Werner Company New York 1899
3. 3.CHAPTER I. HARRY AND JACK—OUTBREAK OF THE WAR—TRYING TO ENLIST.
4. 4.CHAPTER II. ST. LOUIS AND CAMP JACKSON.
5. 5.CHAPTER III. SECESSION IDEAS OF NEUTRALITY.
6. 6.CHAPTER IV. ON THE ROAD TO GLORY.
7. 7.CHAPTER V. ON THE MARCH—CAPTURING A REBEL FLAG.
8. 8.CHAPTER VI. MARCHING AND CAMPING IN THE RAIN—FIRST SHOTS AT THE ENEMY.
9. 9.CHAPTER VII. FROM JEFFERSON TO BOONEVILLE—FIRST BATTLE IN MISSOURI.
10. 10.CHAPTER VIII. THE CAPTURED CAMP—A CHAPLAIN'S EXPLOIT.
11. 11.CHAPTER IX. REGULARS AND VOLUNTEERS—FORAGING IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY.
12. 12.CHAPTER X, LESSONS IN MULE-DRIVING—CRITICAL POSITION OF THE ARMY.
13. 13.CHAPTER XI. A TERRIBLE MARCH—A FIGHT AND A RETREAT.
14. 14.CHAPTER XII. BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK.—DEATH OF GENERAL LYON.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIII. AFTER THE BATTLE—A FLAG OF TRUCE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XIV. LOSSES IN BATTLE—THE RETREAT.
17. 17.CHAPTER XV. IN CAMP AT ROLLA—A PRIVATE EXPEDITION INTO THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVI. HINTS FOR CAMPAIGNING—IN A REBEL'S HOUSE—SNUFF-DIPPING.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVII. A SUCCESSFUL SCOUT—CAPTURE OF A REBEL CAVALRY SQUAD.
20. 20.CHAPTER XVIII. THE REBELS ON THE OFFENSIVE—SIEGE OF LEXINGTON.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIX. SURRENDER OF LEXINGTON—PRICE'S RETREAT AND FREMONT'S ADVANCE.
22. 22.CHAPTER XX. OCCUPATION OF SPRINGFIELD—ANOTHER BATTLE IMMINENT.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXI. ARMY SCOUTING—REFUGEES AND THEIR SUFFERINGS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXII. A GENERAL ADVANCE—A SCOUTING PARTY AND WHAT CAME OF IT.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIII. IN THE CAMP OF THE REBELS—CAPTURED LETTERS AND THEIR CONTENTS.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXIV. A RAPID PURSUIT—“THE ARKANSAS TRAVELER”—GAME CHICKENS
27. 27.CHAPTER XXV. A RAPID RETREAT—AN EXPEDITION AND A FORCED MARCH.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVI. VAN DORN's ADVANCE—SIGEL'S MASTERLY RETREAT—THE BATTLE BEGUN.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVII. THE FIGHTING NEAR ELKHORN TAVERN—HARRY'S EXPERIENCE UNDER FIRE.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVIII. GENERAL CARR'S DIVISION DRIVEN BACK—JACK BECOMES A PRISONER.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIX. THE NIGHT IN CAMP—BEGINNING OF THE LAST DAY'S BATTLE.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXX. THE REBELS DEFEATED—END OF THE BATTLE—INDIANS SCALPING OUR SOLDIERS AND MUTILATING THEIR BODIES.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXI. JACK'S EXPERIENCES AS A PRISONER—REBEL SOLDIERS OPINIONS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXII. JACK'S DIPLOMACY—HIS RETURN TO CAMP—A NEW MOVE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIII. A NEW SCOUTING EXPEDITION—CAPTURED BY THE ENEMY.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXIV. CAPTURED AGAIN—HOW JACK “PLAYED CRAZY.”
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXV. A TREACHEROUS HOST—HOW THE BOYS TURNED THE TABLES.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVI. CONVICTED BY A DUMB WITNESS—SHORT RATIONS—A CAPTURE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVII. RETURNING CORDELIA'S KINDNESS—JACK AND HARRY ON A NAVAL EXPEDITION.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE BOATS UNDER FIRE—IMPORTANT INFORMATION.
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXIX. A JOKE ON THE SPIES—WONDERFUL SHELLS—THE ARMY REACHES CLARENDON.
42. 42.CHAPTER XL. A NIGHT ATTACK BY PIGS—BATTLE BETWEEN FORTS AND GUN-BOATS—DISASTER TO THE MOUND CITY.
43. 43.CHAPTER XLI. THE LOST ARMY IN CAMP AT HELENA—NEGROES UTILIZED—THE END. — THE END.

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