CONTENTS.
CHAPTER PAGE I. Mr. Edward Colburne becomes acquainted with Miss Lillie Ravenel 7
II. Miss Ravenel becomes acquainted with Lieutenant Colonel Carter 19
III. Mr. Colburne takes a Segar with Lieutenant Colonel Carter 34
IV. The Dramatic Personages go on a Picnic, and study the Ways of New Boston 44
V. The Dramatic Personages get News from Bull Run 59
VI. Mr. Colburne sees his Way clear to be a Soldier 71
VII. Captain Colburne raises a Company, and Colonel Carter a Regiment 84
VIII. The Brave bid "Good-by" to the Fair 99
IX. From New Boston to New Orleans, _via_ Fort Jackson 112
X. The Ravenels find Captain Colburne in good Quarters 125
XI. New Orleans Life and New Orleans Ladies 142
XII. Colonel Carter befriends the Ravenels 159
XIII. The Course of True Love begins to run rough 175
XIV. Lillie chooses for herself 191
XV. Lillie bids "Good-by" to the Lover whom she has chosen and to the Lover whom she would not choose 203
XVI. Colonel Carter gains one Victory and Miss Ravenel another 218
XVII. Colonel Carter is entirely victorious before he begins his Campaign 232
XVIII. Doctor Ravenel commences the Reorganization of Southern Labor 247
XIX. The Reorganization of Southern Labor is continued with Vigor 261
XX. Captain Colburne marches and fights with Credit 275
XXI. Captain Colburne has Occasion to see Life in a Hospital 289
XXII. Captain Colburne re-enforces the Ravenels in Time to aid them in running away 303
XXIII. Captain Colburne covers the Retreat of the Southern Labor Organization 319
XXIV. A desperate Attack and a successful Defense 333
XXV. Domestic Happiness in spite of adverse Circumstances 346
XXVI. Captain Colburne describes Camp and Field Life 360
XXVII. Colonel Carter makes an Astronomical Expedition with a dangerous Fellow-traveler 371
XXVIII. The Colonel continues to be led into Temptation 385
XXIX. Lillie reaches the Apotheosis of Womanhood 401
XXX. Colonel Carter commits his first ungentlemanly Action 414
XXXI. A Torture which might have been spared 427
XXXII. A most logical Conclusion 440
XXXIII. Lillie devotes herself entirely to the Rising Generation 459
XXXIV. Lillie's Attention is recalled to the Risen Generation 473
XXXV. Captain Colburne as Mr. Colburne 489
XXXVI. A Brace of Offers 503
XXXVII. A Marriage 517
MISS RAVENEL'S CONVERSION.
Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty Page 3