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| CHAPTER I. |
| Education—My Schoolmaster—School House—My Father, Mother, Sisters—Our House | 17 |
| CHAPTER II. |
| River Shannon—Derry Carne—Our Farm—My Sisters Get Married—Cave—Still House—Still and Worm—Process—Interior—Revenue Police—Irish Wake—Funeral | 24 |
| CHAPTER III. |
| Advanced School—State of the Country—Emigration—Cause of Poverty—Irish Landlords—Potato Crop—Dishonest Agents—Election—Politics—My Sister Emigrates—I Enlist | 29 |
| CHAPTER IV. |
| Swearing In—March to Dublin—Beggars' Bush Barrack—Rations—The City—Embarkation—The Ship—The Voyage—Liverpool—Train to London—Billets—Canterbury—Join the 17th Regiment | 34 |
| CHAPTER V. |
| Medical Examination—Receive My Kit—Drill, Manual and Platoon Exercise—Dismissed Drill—Visit the City—Description—Route—The March | 43 |
| CHAPTER VI. |
| Arrival at Dover—First Guard—The Dead House—Ghost—The Heights—Shaft—Fortifications—Marching Out—Chartist Riots—Train to London—Departure—Osborne House—Main Dock—Route to Chatham—Siege—Sham Fight | 50 |
| CHAPTER VII. |
| Route to Canterbury—The March—Arrival—Chatham—Dock-yard—Furlough to London—That Great City—Join my Company—Sheerness—The Dock-yard—Get Married—Route to Weedon—Route to Ireland | 59 |
| CHAPTER VIII. |
| Liverpool—Embark for Dublin—The Voyage—Arrival—March—The Train—The March to Castlebar—Arrival—Election—Route to Galway | 70 |
| CHAPTER IX. |
| The March—Galway—Captain Bourchier—Detachment—Regatta—Row with the Police—Route to Galway—Major Bourchier exchanges—Captain Croker—Claddagh—Attend a Camp Meeting—The City of Galway—Theatre—Route to Dublin | 82 |
| CHAPTER X. |
| The March—Rail to Dublin—Arrival—Garrison Duty—Castle Guard—The Old Man's Hospital—Divine Service—Tent-Pitching—Death of the "Iron Duke"—The Funeral—The Queen Visits Dublin—Buildings and Institutions—The Route | 93 |
| CHAPTER XI. |
| Arrival at Templemore—The Route to Cork—Embarkation for Gibraltar—Queenstown—The Voyage—Storm at Sea—Gibraltar | 106 |
| CHAPTER XII. |
| The Landing—Barrack—Garrison Duty—Old North Front—Smuggling—Market—Queen's Birth-Day—The Dinner—Speeches—The Route—The March—Embarkation for the Crimea—The Parting—The Voyage—Arrival at Malta | 121 |
| CHAPTER XIII. |
| Maltese—Departure—A Captain Commits Suicide—The Funeral—Small-Pox—Return—Resumed the Voyage—Grecian Arches—Dardanelles—Gallipoli—Turkish Sentries—Constantinople—Turkish Ladies—The Bosphorus—Voyage across the Euxine—Arrival | 134 |
| CHAPTER XIV. |
| Disembarkation—First Bivouac—The March—Arrival—Sebastopol—The Trenches—First Man Wounded—Return to Camp—An Alarm—Lord Raglan—Sortie—Foraging—The Old Bridge—Col. Cole—The Siege | 149 |
| CHAPTER XV. |
| March to Balaklava—Return—Men go Bare-footed—Snow five feet deep—Long Boats—Hard Frost—Cavalry Division—Burial Ground—Solitary Procession—Men Frozen—I build a Hut—Green Coffee—Wintry Appearance—Dead Horses—63rd Regiment—Carrying Provisions—French Sick | 161 |
| CHAPTER XVI. |
| Trenches—Canal of Mud—Russian New Year—Heavy Fire—On Sentry—The Sortie—Old Brown Bess—Sortie—Arrival in Camp—New Style of Candle—Flint and Steel—Making Coffee—Heavy Snow—No Fire—Warm Clothing—Shot and Shell | 171 |
| CHAPTER XVII. |
| The Railway—Lord Raglan—Cossacks—The Navvies—Russian Deserters—The Railway | 182 |
| CHAPTER XVIII. |
| St. Patrick's Day—Rifle Pits—Fourth Division—French Loss—The Siege—General Attack—Flag of Truce—Burying the Dead—Wooden Huts—Turkish Troops—Divine Service | 193 |
| CHAPTER XIX. |
| Bombardment—Tents blown down—Siege—Lieut. Williams—Wounded—Sailors—Go to Hospital—Description—Sardinians—Discharged from Hospital—Attack on Quarries—Flag of Truce—Burying the Dead | 203 |
| CHAPTER XX. |
| Bombardment—The Assault—Great Redan—The Battle—Balakl
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