Chapter I: Front Matter

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A

REBELLION IN DIXIE

BY
HARRY CASTLEMON

AUTHOR OF “THE GUNBOAT SERIES,” “THE HUNTER SERIES,”
“WAR SERIES,” ETC.

PHILADELPHIA
HENRY T. COATES & CO.
1897

COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY
HENRY T. COATES & CO.

CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE

I. IN REGARD TO THE REBELLION, 5
II. THE CONVENTION, 25
III. “A WORD IN YOUR EAR,” 45
IV. CARL BRINGS NEWS, 65
V. CAPTURING A WAGON-TRAIN, 88
VI. THE MARCH HOMEWARD, 109
VII. BREAKING THE MULE, 129
VIII. REBELS IN THE REAR, 152
IX. A NIGHT EXPEDITION, 176
X. CALE WANTS A MULE, 196
XI. MR. DAWSON’S STRATEGY, 220
XII. THE REBELS TAKE REVENGE, 247
XIII. CALE IN TROUBLE, 271
XIV. LEON A PRISONER, 294
XV. A FRIEND IN NEED, 315
XVI. A FIGHT AND ITS RESULTS, 338
XVII. THE EVENTS OF A WEEK, 363
XVIII. COLEMAN PROVES HIS HONESTY, 384
XIX. CONCLUSION, 407

A REBELLION IN DIXIE.