Cease firing
Mary Johnston
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THE MISSISSIPPI FROM Memphis TO New Orleans]
FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA]
=By Mary Johnston=
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=THE LONG ROLL.= The first of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH.
=CEASE FIRING.= The second of two books dealing with the war between the States. With Illustrations in color by N.C. WYETH.
=LEWIS RAND.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN.
=AUDREY.= With Illustrations in color by F.C. YOHN.
=PRISONERS OF HOPE.= With Frontispiece.
=TO HAVE AND TO HOLD.= With 8 Illustrations by HOWARD PYLE, E.B. THOMPSON, A.W. BETTS, and EMLEN MCCONNELL.
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=THE GODDESS OF REASON.= _A Drama._
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK
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CEASE FIRING
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THE ROAD TO VIDALIA]
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CEASE FIRING
BY MARY JOHNSTON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BY N.C. WYETH
HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY BOSTON AND NEW YORK :: THE RIVERSIDE PRESS CAMBRIDGE 1912
COPYRIGHT, 1912, BY MARY JOHNSTON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
_Published November 1912_
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=To the Memory of=
JOHN WILLIAM JOHNSTON MAJOR OF ARTILLERY, C.S.A.
AND OF
JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSTON GENERAL, C.S.A.
CONTENTS
I. THE ROAD TO VIDALIA 1
II. CAPE JESSAMINE 11
III. VICKSBURG 24
IV. CHICKASAW BAYOU 36
V. FORT PEMBERTON 46
VI. THE RIVER 58
VII. PORT GIBSON 69
VIII. IN VIRGINIA 81
IX. THE STONEWALL 95
X. THE BULLETIN 108
XI. PRISON X 115
XII. THE SIEGE 128
XIII. ACROSS THE POTOMAC 141
XIV. THE CAVE 156
XV. GETTYSBURG 166
XVI. BACK HOME 178
XVII. BREAD CAST ON WATER 191
XVIII. THREE OAKS 204
XIX. THE COLONEL OF THE SIXTY-FIFTH 215
XX. CHICKAMAUGA 225
XXI. MISSIONARY RIDGE 240
XXII. DALTON 253
XXIII. THE ROAD TO RESACA 265
XXIV. THE GUNS 279
XXV. THE WILDERNESS 287
XXVI. THE BLOODY ANGLE 298
XXVII. RICHMOND 306
XXVIII. COLD HARBOUR 314
XXIX. LITTLE PUMPKIN-VINE CREEK 321
XXX. KENNESAW 329
XXXI. THUNDER RUN 340
XXXII. HUNTER’S RAID 347
XXXIII. BACK HOME 354
XXXIV. THE ROAD TO WASHINGTON 364
XXXV. THE CRATER 372
XXXVI. THE VALLEY 382
XXXVII. CEDAR CREEK 392
XXXVIII. THE ARMY OF TENNESSEE 405
XXXIX. COLUMBIA 416
XL. THE ROAD TO WINNSBORO’ 427
XLI. THE BEGINNING OF THE END 440
XLII. APRIL, 1865 450
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE ROAD TO VIDALIA (page 3) _Frontispiece_
SHARPSHOOTERS 128
THE BLOODY ANGLE 302
THE SCOUT 392
From drawings by N.C. Wyeth
CEASE FIRING
CHAPTER I THE ROAD TO VIDALIA
