CONTENTS

PREFACE.
SI KLEGG
CHAPTER I. SHORTY BEGINS BEING A FATHER TO PETE SKIDMORE
CHAPTER II. SI AND SHORTY COME VERY NEAR LOSING THEIR BOYS
CHAPTER III. THE PARTNERS GET BACK TO THEIR REGIMENT AT LAST
CHAPTER IV. THE RECRUITS ARE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES
CHAPTER V. THE YOUNG RECRUITS
CHAPTER VI. SI KLEGG PUTS HIS AWKWARD SQUAD THROUGH ITS FIRST DRILL
CHAPTER VII. SHORTY'S HEART TURNS TOWARD MARIA
CHAPTER VIII. SHORTY WRITES A LETTER TO MARIA KLEGG
CHAPTER IX. SI TAKES HIS BOYS FOR A LITTLE MARCH INTO THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER X. THE BOYS HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE SKIRMISHES
CHAPTER XI. SHORTY GIVES THE BOYS THEIR FIRST LESSON IN FORAGING
CHAPTER XII. THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIV. THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XV. THE FIGHTING AROUND BUZZARD ROOST
CHAPTER XVI. THE 200TH IND. ASSAULTS THE REBEL WORKS AT DAYBREAK
CHAPTER XVII. GATHERING UP THE BOYS AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XVIII. AN ARTILLERY DUEL
CHAPTER XIX. SI AND SHORTY ARE PUT UNDER ARREST
CHAPTER XX. SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL

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ILLUSTRATIONS

Little Pete Found 13

He Ain't No Officer 27

You've Lost Little Pete 51

Them's Our Names and Addresses 59

Draw Your Stomachs In. 73

A Letter from Maria. 81

Close Up, Boys. 111

Don't Anybody Shoot. 119

Mr. Yank, Don't Conjure Me. 135

Little Pete's Awful Rebels. 149

Little Pete's Horse Bolts. 168

Capture of Rebel Stronghold. 185

The Charge Thru the Abatis. 211

Hooray for the Old Battery. 231

Awful Destruction. 241

Shorty Before the Court-martial. 256