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UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY

OF “TOM” ANDERSON

And

Twenty Great Battles.



By John McElroy



1886.

     “UNCLE DANIEL” IS PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC. A TRUTHFUL     PICTURE, IN STORY, BASED UPON EVENTS OF THE LATE WAR. THIS     VOLUME IS DEDICATED TO THE UNION  SOLDIERS AND  THEIR     CHILDREN.     The Author



New York, Jan. 1st, 1886.


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CONTENTS


UNCLE DANIEL'S STORY

CHAPTER I. -- DARK DAYS OF 1861.—A FATHER WHO GAVE HIS CHILDREN TO THE COUNTRY.—RALLYING TO THE FLAG.—RAISING VOLUNTEERS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.

CHAPTER II. -- BATTLE OF THE “GAPS.”—YOUNG HARVEY LYON BRUTALLY MURDERED.— UNCLE DANIEL'S RETURN.—RAISING TROOPS IN SOUTHERN INDIANA.

CHAPTER III. -- BATTLE OF TWO RIVERS.—COL. TOM ANDERSON MEETS HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW.—UNCLE DANIEL BECOMES AN ABOLITIONIST.—A WINTER CAMPAIGN AGAINST A REBEL STRONGHOLD.

CHAPTER IV. -- BATTLE OF DOLINSBURG.—HEROIC CONDUCT OF COL. TOM ANDERSON —REPORTED DEAD.—HIS WIFE REFUSES TO BELIEVE THE REPORT.

CHAPTER V. -- ANOTHER GREAT BATTLE—TWO DAYS OF AWFUL FIGHTING AT PITTSKILL LANDING—HARD-WON VICTORY-UNCLE DANIEL'S SONS BEAR THEMSELVES GALLANTLY.

CHAPTER VI. “K. G. C.”—ORGANIZATION OF THE ENEMIES OF THE UNION IN THE NORTH—PLOTTING EVERYWHERE—OBJECTS OF THE TRAITOROUS LEAGUE.--

CHAPTER VII. -- TRAITOR KNIGHTS—ORGANIZATION OF REBEL SYMPATHIZERS IN INDIANA AND ILLINOIS—SIGNS AND SECRETS—GEN. ANDERSON'S TOUR OF INVESTIGATION —THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.

CHAPTER VIII. -- BATTLE OF PAGELAND—A VICTORY TURNED INTO A DEFEAT BY TREACHERY—DEATH OF GEN. LYON—ON THE TRAIL OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE GOLDEN CIRCLE.

CHAPTER IX. -- BATTLE OF ANTLER'S RUN—SERAINE WHITCOMB LEAVES FOR THE SOUTH—PLOTTING IN CANADA—DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY AMONG ARMY OFFICERS.

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