CONTENTS
Myrta Lockett Avary
PAGE
ChapterI.
The Falling Cross
3
ChapterII.
“When This Cruel War is Over”
9
ChapterIII.
The Army of the Union: The Children and the Flag
15
ChapterIV.
The Coming of Lincoln
29
ChapterV.
The Last Capital of the Confederacy
47
ChapterVI.
The Counsel of Lee
67
ChapterVII.
“The Saddest Good Friday”
77
ChapterVIII.
The Wrath of the North
89
ChapterIX.
The Chaining of Jefferson Davis
101
ChapterX.
Our Friends, the Enemy
107
ChapterXI.
Buttons, Lovers, Oaths, War Lords, and Prayers for Presidents
123
ChapterXII.
Clubbed to His Knees
139
ChapterXIII.
New Fashions: A Little Bonnet and an Alpaca Skirt
147
ChapterXIV.
The General in the Cornfield
155
ChapterXV.
Tournaments and Starvation Parties
167
ChapterXVI.
The Bondage of the Free
179
ChapterXVII.
Back to Voodooism
201
ChapterXVIII.
The Freedmen’s Bureau
209
ChapterXIX.
The Prisoner of Fortress Monroe
219
ChapterXX.
Reconstruction Oratory
229
ChapterXXI.
The Prisoner Free
237
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