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Title: Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6)
Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign

Author: John McElroy

Release Date: March 25, 2010 [EBook #31776]

Language: English

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SI KLEGG

SI AND SHORTY, WITH THEIR BOY RECRUITS, ENTER ON THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN

By John McElroy

BOOK No. 6

PUBLISHED BY

THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE COMPANY,

WASHINGTON, D. C.

SECOND EDITION

COPYRIGHT 1915

Contents:

CHAPTER I. SHORTY BEGINS BEING A FATHER TO PETE SKIDMORE
CHAPTER II. SI AND SHORTY COME VERY NEAR LOSING THEIR BOYS
CHAPTER III. THE PARTNERS GET BACK TO THEIR REGIMENT AT LAST
CHAPTER IV. THE RECRUITS ARE ASSIGNED TO COMPANIES
CHAPTER V. THE YOUNG RECRUITS
CHAPTER VI. SI KLEGG PUTS HIS AWKWARD SQUAD THROUGH ITS FIRST DRILL
CHAPTER VII. SHORTY'S HEART TURNS TOWARD MARIA
CHAPTER VIII. SHORTY WRITES A LETTER TO MARIA KLEGG
CHAPTER IX. SI TAKES HIS BOYS FOR A LITTLE MARCH INTO THE COUNTRY
CHAPTER X. THE BOYS HAVE A COUPLE OF LITTLE SKIRMISHES
CHAPTER XI. SHORTY GIVES THE BOYS THEIR FIRST LESSON IN FORAGING
CHAPTER XII. THE OPENING OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIII. THE FIRST DAY OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
CHAPTER XIV. THE EVENING AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XV. THE FIGHTING AROUND BUZZARD ROOST
CHAPTER XVI. THE 200TH IND. ASSAULTS THE REBEL WORKS AT DAYBREAK
CHAPTER XVII. GATHERING UP THE BOYS AFTER THE BATTLE
CHAPTER XVIII. AN ARTILLERY DUEL
CHAPTER XIX. SI AND SHORTY ARE PUT UNDER ARREST
CHAPTER XX. SHORTY IS ARRAIGNED BEFORE THE COURT-MARTIAL

PREFACE.

"Si Klegg, of the 200th Ind., and Shorty, his Partner," were born years
ago in the brain of John McElroy, Editor of The National Tribune.

These sketches are the original ones published in The National Tribune,
revised and enlarged somewhat by the author. How true they are to nature
every veteran can abundantly testify from his own service. Really, only
the name of the reg