INTRODUCTION.

CONTENTS CHAPTER PAGE I. THE QUARREL AND THE OATH 15 II. THE

ILLUSTRATIONS. As lightly as a Bird he cleared the Fence

CHAPTER I. THE QUARREL AND THE OATH.

CHAPTER II. THE MEETING WITH NELSON.

CHAPTER III. THE DAY AFTER BULL RUN.

CHAPTER IV. THE TRIP TO NASHVILLE.

CHAPTER V. FATHER AND SON.

CHAPTER VI. THE FIGHT FOR THE ARMS.

CHAPTER VII. THE FOILING OF A PLOT.

CHAPTER VIII. A DARING DEED.

CHAPTER IX. A LEAP FOR LIFE.

CHAPTER X. IN THE HANDS OF THE ENEMY.

CHAPTER XI. CRAZY BILL SHERMAN.

CHAPTER XII. A DESPERATE ENCOUNTER.

CHAPTER XIII. THE MEETING OF THE COUSINS.

CHAPTER XIV. THE BATTLE OF MILL SPRINGS.

CHAPTER XV. A FIGHT WITH GUERRILLAS.

CHAPTER XVI. FORT DONELSON.

CHAPTER XVII. AFTER THE BATTLE.

CHAPTER XVIII. "WE BOTH MUST DIE."

CHAPTER XIX. SHILOH.

CHAPTER XX. "MY SON! MY SON!"

GENERAL NELSON'S SCOUT

General Nelson's Scout

BY

Byron A. Dunn

Chicago
A. C. McClurg and Company
1898

Copyright
By A. C. McCLURG & COMPANY
A. D. 1898
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All rights reserved

TO
Milton,
MY LITTLE SON,
WHO WAS GREATLY INTERESTED IN THE STORY
OF "GENERAL NELSON'S SCOUT,"
WHILE BEING WRITTEN,
AND WHO GAVE ME MANY VALUABLE HINTS,
THIS VOLUME IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.