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  THE MISSISSIPPI FROM Memphis TO New Orleans]

  FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA]

  =By Mary Johnston=

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  =THE LONG ROLL.= The first of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH.

  =CEASE FIRING.= The second of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH.

  =LEWIS RAND.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN.

  =AUDREY.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN.

  =PRISONERS OF HOPE.= With Frontispiece.

  =TO HAVE AND TO HOLD.= With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E.B. THOMPSON, A.W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL.

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  =THE GODDESS OF REASON.= _A Drama._

  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK

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  THE ROAD TO VIDALIA]

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  BY MARY JOHNSTON

  WITH ILLUSTRATIONS

  BY N.C. WYETH

  HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK :: THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE 1912

  COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MARY JOHNSTON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

  _Published November 1912_

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  =To the Memory of=

  JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSTON MAJOR OF ARTILLERY, C.S.A.

  AND OF

  JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON GENERAL, C.S.A.

  CONTENTS

  I. THE ROAD TO VIDALIA 1

  II. CAPE JESSAMINE 11

  III. VICKSBURG 24

  IV. CHICKASAW BAYOU 36

  V. FORT PEMBERTON 46

  VI. THE RIVER 58

  VII. PORT GIBSON 69

  VIII. IN VIRGINIA 81

  IX. THE STONEWALL 95

  X. THE BULLETIN 108

  XI. PRISON X 115

  XII. THE SIEGE 128

  XIII. ACROSS THE POTOMAC 141

  XIV. THE CAVE 156

  XV. GETTYSBURG 166

  XVI. BACK HOME 178

  XVII. BREAD CAST ON WATER 191

  XVIII. THREE OAKS 204

  XIX. THE COLONEL OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH 215

  XX. CHICKAMAUGA 225

  XXI. MISSIONARY RIDGE 240

  XXII. DALTON 253

  XXIII. THE ROAD TO RESACA 265

  XXIV. THE GUNS 279

  XXV. THE WILDERNESS 287

  XXVI. THE BLOODY ANGLE 298

  XXVII. RICHMOND 306

  XXVIII. COLD HARBOUR 314

  XXIX. LITTLE PUMPKIN-VINE CREEK 321

  XXX. KENNESAW 329

  XXXI. THUNDER RUN 340

  XXXII. HUNTER’S RAID 347

  XXXIII. BACK HOME 354

  XXXIV. THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON 364

  XXXV. THE CRATER 372

  XXXVI. THE VALLEY 382

  XXXVII. CEDAR CREEK 392

  XXXVIII. THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE 405

  XXXIX. COLUMBIA 416

  XL. THE ROAD TO WINNSBORO’ 427

  XLI. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 440

  XLII. APRIL, 1865 450

  ILLUSTRATIONS

  THE ROAD TO VIDALIA (page 3) _Frontispiece_

  SHARPSHOOTERS 128

  THE BLOODY ANGLE 302

  THE SCOUT 392

  From drawings by N.C. Wyeth

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  CHAPTER I THE ROAD TO VIDALIA