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CONTENTS.
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CHAPTER VII.

Pages 97-109.

A LOST FRIEND DEATH OF LIEUTENANT JAMES V. HIS BURIAL-THE GRAVE BY NIGHT—MY VOW—A SOLDIER-CHAPLAIN RECOGNITIONS IN HEAVEN DOUBTS AND DISSATISFACTION—CAPTURE OF A SPY—MY EXAMINATIONS AT HEADQUARTERS—MY DISGUISE AS A SPY—I AM METAMORPHOSED INTO A CONTRABAND—HIRED AS A COOK—BISCUIT MAKING THE DOCTOR'S TEA.

CHAPTER VIII.

Pages 110-121.

MY FIRST SECRET EXPEDITION—MY WORK AMONG CONTRABANDS—PICKAXE, SHOVEL AND WHEELBARROW—COUNTING THE GUNS IN A REBEL FORTIFICATION—A CHANGE OF WORK CARRYING WATER TO THE REBEL SOLDIERS—GENERALS LEE AND JOHNSON—THE REBEL FORCE AT YORKTOWN—A COUNCIL OF WAR—TURNING WHITE AGAIN—A REBEL SPY—LIEUTENANT V.’S MURDERER—ON PICKET DUTY—MY RETURN TO OUR LINES—PUT ON UNIFORM AND MAKE MY REPORT.

CHAPTER IX.

Pages 122-137.

EVACUATION OF YORKTOWN—OUR ARMY ON THE DOUBLE QUICK—PURSUIT OF THE FUGITIVES—THE ENEMY'S WORKS-BATTLE ON THE FIELD—A "WOUNDED," AND NOT INJURED COLONEL—CARRYING THE WOUNDED—FORT MAGRUDER SILENCED—THE VICTORY WON—BURYING THE DEAD—STORY OF A RING—WOUNDED REBELS—A BRAVE YOUNG SERGEANT—CHRISTIAN SOLDIERS—A SOLDIER'S DEATH-BED-CLOSING SCENES LAST WORDS.