Dedicated to Selma Lewisohn

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

I "OUT OF THE EVERYWHERE"

II THE FIRST PRAYER

III CHURCH VISITORS

IV MY SOLDIER

V A KEEPSAKE FOR THE ANGELS

VI AFRICAN ROYALTY

VII OUR FIRST CURRENCY

VIII YULETIDE

IX GREENBRIER WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS

X THE BREAKING OF THE STORM

XI THE "VIRGINIA"

XII RICHMOND AFTER SEVEN PINES

XIII MY WOUNDED SOLDIER

XIV THE RED FOX

XV THE SMUGGLED BRIDE

XVI BUTLER BOTTLED UP

XVII ON THE LINES

XVIII THE AMENITIES

XIX THE CLOSING DAYS

XX SUSPENSE

XXI "WHOA, LUCY"

XXII GEORGE JUNIOR'S FIRST GREENBACK

XXIII "SKOOKUM TUM-TUM"

XXIV CARPET-BAG, BASKET AND BABY

XXV "EDWARDS IS BETTER"

XXVI ONE WOMAN REDEEMED THEM ALL

XXVII A FAMILIAR FACE

XXVIII VISITORS, SHILLING A DOZEN OUR LEFT-HANDERS

XXIX BORN WITH EMERALDS NEMO NOCETUR

XXX TURKEY ISLAND

XXXI AT THE WHITE HOUSE

XXXII UNCLE TOM

XXXIII "GOD'S 'TISEMENT"

XXXIV CHARLOTTE CUSHMAN

XXXV EASTER FLOWERS

XXXVI HIS LAST BATTLE

Faithfully Yours,

La Salle Corbell Pickett.

Jan 17 1917

WHAT HAPPENED
TO ME

BY
LaSALLE CORBELL PICKETT
(MRS. GEN. GEORGE E. PICKETT)

AUTHOR OF
Pickett and His Men; Literary Hearthstones of Dixie;
Bugles of Gettysburg; Heart of a Soldier;
Across My Path; "In de Miz" Series;
Folk Lore Stories, ETC.

NEW YORK
BRENTANO'S
1917

COPYRIGHT, 1917, BY BRENTANO'S