by Oliver Optic
CONTENTS
PAGECHAPTER I. GRACE MORGAN AND HER TREASURE-CHEST 15
CHAPTER II. PREPARATIONS FOR DECISIVE ACTION 28
CHAPTER III. THE LIEUTENANT BAGS HIS GAME 41
CHAPTER IV. A REFRACTORY GUERILLA CHIEF 54
CHAPTER V. LIEUTENANT LYON ENCOUNTERS ANOTHER ENEMY 67
CHAPTER VI. A SMART SKIRMISH IN THE ROAD 80
CHAPTER VII. THE BATTLE AT THE BREEDINGS FORT 92
CHAPTER VIII. BEFORE THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS 105
CHAPTER IX. PREPARING FOR ANOTHER BATTLE IN THE ROAD 118
CHAPTER X. THE SHARPSHOOTERS OF MILLERSVILLE 131
CHAPTER XI. THE APPROACH OF ANOTHER CAVALRY FORCE 144
CHAPTER XII. A NEW COMPANY OF MOUNTED RIFLEMEN 156
CHAPTER XIII. A NIGHT IN A JAIL AT JAMESTOWN 169
CHAPTER XIV. THE AIDE-DE-CAMP OF THE GENERAL 182
CHAPTER XV. THE ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF A WAGON-TRAIN 195
CHAPTER XVI. AN IMAGINARY AND A REAL BATTLE 208
CHAPTER XVII. THE OVERWHELMING DEFEAT OF THE ENEMY 221
CHAPTER XVIII. THE FLAG OF TRUCE ON THE MEADOW 234
CHAPTER XIX. THE RIVERLAWN CAVALRY ON THE FLANK 247
CHAPTER XX. THE FLOWING TIDE OF THE ENEMY'S RETREAT 260
CHAPTER XXI. DECK FINDS HIMSELF IN A TIGHT PLACE 273
CHAPTER XXII. A LIEUTENANT AMONG THE "MISSING" 286
CHAPTER XXIII. WITHIN THE CONFEDERATE LINES 299
CHAPTER XXIV. A NIGHT ADVENTURE ON THE CUMBERLAND 311
CHAPTER XXV. A BOAT VOYAGE DOWN THE GREAT RIVER 324
CHAPTER XXVI. FOUR FUGITIVES FROM THE BATTLE-FIELD 337
CHAPTER XXVII. THE OWNER OF THE MANSION ON THE HILL 349
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE FIGHT BEGINS AT GROVE-HILL MANSION 362
CHAPTER XXIX. A NEW METHOD OF OPERATIONS 375
CHAPTER XXX. THE SURRENDER OF CAPTAIN GRUNDY 387
CHAPTER XXXI. AN UNEXPECTED RE-ENFORCEMENT 399
CHAPTER XXXII. DECK LYON'S PLAN OF BATTLE 411
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE DEFEAT AND SURRENDER OF THE GUERILLAS 424
CHAPTER XXXIV. THE GATHERING OF A NEW COMMAND 437
CHAPTER XXXV. A FIRST LIEUTENANT AT EIGHTEEN 450
CHAPTER XXXVI. SCOUTING IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY. 463