COTTON-GIN 185

HOW OLD HICKORY FOUGHT THE CREEKS 193

THE PIRATES OF BARATARIA BAY 206

THE HEROES OF THE ALAMO 217

HOW HOUSTON WON FREEDOM FOR TEXAS 225

CAPTAIN ROBERT E. LEE AND THE LAVA-BEDS 231

A CHRISTMAS DAY ON THE PLANTATION 241

CAPTAIN GORDON AND THE RACCOON ROUGHS 252

STUART'S FAMOUS CHAMBERSBURG RAID 261

FORREST'S CHASE OF THE RAIDERS 277

EXPLOITS OF A BLOCKADE-RUNNER 291

FONTAIN, THE SCOUT, AND THE BESIEGERS OF VICKSBURG 302

GORDON AND THE BAYONET CHARGE AT ANTIETAM 311

THE LAST TRIUMPH OF STONEWALL JACKSON 319

JOHN MORGAN'S FAMOUS RAID 331

HOME-COMING OF GENERAL LEE AND HIS VETERANS 347

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

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BATTLE OF ANTIETAM _Frontispiece._

ALONG THE COAST OF FLORIDA 9

DE SOTO DISCOVERING THE MISSISSIPPI 19

POCAHONTAS 32

JAMESTOWN RUIN 54

COALING A MOVING BOAT ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER 73

OLD SPANISH FORT, ST. AUGUSTINE 98

HOME OF MARY WASHINGTON, FREDERICKSBURG, VA 108

HOME OF PATRICK HENRY DURING HIS LAST TWO
TERMS AS GOVERNOR OF VIRGINIA 114

ST. JOHN'S CHURCH 122

OLD MAGAZINE AT WILLIAMSBURG 138

VIEW IN THE NORTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS 155

COTTON-GIN 186

JACKSON'S BIRTHPLACE 198

THE ALAMO 218

COTTON FIELD ON SOUTHERN PLANTATION 242

COLONIAL MANSION 262

GORDON HOUSE 316

TRIUMPH OF STONEWALL JACKSON 323

LEE'S HOUSE AT RICHMOND 348

_PONCE DE LEON AND THE FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH._

A golden Easter day was that of the far-away year 1513, when a small
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