Chapter I: Front Matter

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER PAGE
I. Mr. Edward Colburne becomes acquainted with Miss Lillie
Ravenel 7

II. Miss Ravenel becomes acquainted with Lieutenant Colonel
Carter 19

III. Mr. Colburne takes a Segar with Lieutenant Colonel Carter 34

IV. The Dramatic Personages go on a Picnic, and study the
Ways of New Boston 44

V. The Dramatic Personages get News from Bull Run 59

VI. Mr. Colburne sees his Way clear to be a Soldier 71

VII. Captain Colburne raises a Company, and Colonel Carter a
Regiment 84

VIII. The Brave bid "Good-by" to the Fair 99

IX. From New Boston to New Orleans, _viâ_ Fort Jackson 112

X. The Ravenels find Captain Colburne in good Quarters 125

XI. New Orleans Life and New Orleans Ladies 142

XII. Colonel Carter befriends the Ravenels 159

XIII. The Course of True Love begins to run rough 175

XIV. Lillie chooses for herself 191

XV. Lillie bids "Good-by" to the Lover whom she has chosen
and to the Lover whom she would not choose 203

XVI. Colonel Carter gains one Victory and Miss Ravenel another 218

XVII. Colonel Carter is entirely victorious before he begins his
Campaign 232

XVIII. Doctor Ravenel commences the Reorganization of Southern
Labor 247

XIX. The Reorganization of Southern Labor is continued with
Vigor 261

XX. Captain Colburne marches and fights with Credit 275

XXI. Captain Colburne has Occasion to see Life in a Hospital 289

XXII. Captain Colburne re-enforces the Ravenels in Time to
aid them in running away 303

XXIII. Captain Colburne covers the Retreat of the Southern
Labor Organization 319

XXIV. A desperate Attack and a successful Defense 333

XXV. Domestic Happiness in spite of adverse Circumstances 346

XXVI. Captain Colburne describes Camp and Field Life 360

XXVII. Colonel Carter makes an Astronomical Expedition with
a dangerous Fellow-traveler 371

XXVIII. The Colonel continues to be led into Temptation 385

XXIX. Lillie reaches the Apotheosis of Womanhood 401

XXX. Colonel Carter commits his first ungentlemanly Action 414

XXXI. A Torture which might have been spared 427

XXXII. A most logical Conclusion 440

XXXIII. Lillie devotes herself entirely to the Rising Generation 459

XXXIV. Lillie's Attention is recalled to the Risen Generation 473

XXXV. Captain Colburne as Mr. Colburne 489

XXXVI. A Brace of Offers 503

XXXVII. A Marriage 517

MISS RAVENEL'S CONVERSION.