A FORLORN HOPE
By LEVERETT C. STEVENS .........................................................................................................................5
HOW I LOST MY SABRE IN WAR AND FOUND IT IN PEACE
By GEORGE N. BLISS ..................................................................................................................................49
REMINISCENCES OF THE SIGNAL SERVICE IN THE CIVIL WAR
By HENRY S. TAFFT .................................................................................................................................135
EXTRACTS FROM MY DIARY, AND FROM MY EXPERIENCES
WHILE BOARDING WITH JEFFERSON DAVIS,
IN THREE OF HIS NOTORIOUS HOTELS IN RICHMOND, VA.,
TUSCALOOSA, ALA., AND SALISBURY, N. C., FROM JULY, 1861, TO JUNE 1862
By WILLIAM J. CROSSLEY .....................................................................................................................163
THE MARYLAND CAMPAIGN WITH THE FOURTH RHODE ISLAND
By HENRY J. SPOONER .............................................................................................................................211
THE SWORD OF HONOR; FROM CAPTIVITY TO FREEDOM
By HANNIBAL A. JOHNSON ..................................................................................................................237
THROUGH CHANCELLORSVILLE, INTO AND OUT OF LIBBY PRISON
By CLAY MAcCAULEY ............................................................................................................................309
THE STORMING OF THE LINES OF PETERSBURG BY THE SIXTH CORPS, APRIL 2, 1865
By HAZARD STEVENS .............................................................................................................................381
OUR LAST CAMPAIGN AND SUBSEQUENT SERVICE IN TEXAS
By JAMES SHAW ......................................................................................................................................425
THE FLORIDA CAMPAIGN WITH LIGHT BATTERY C,
THIRD RHODE ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY
By PATRICK EGAN....................................................................................................................................479