Chapter I: Front Matter

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ROSE MATHER:
A Tale.

BY

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES,

AUTHOR OF “TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE,” “LENA RIVERS,” “THE CAMERON PRIDE,”
ETC., ETC.

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MDCCCLXXXIII.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by

DANIEL HOLMES,

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the Northern District of New York.

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_To_

THE SOLDIERS LIVING

AND

The Memory of the Soldiers Dead,

THIS STORY OF THE WAR

IS GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED BY

THE AUTHOR.

BROWN COTTAGE, Brockport, N. Y.
_April, 1868._

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I.— THE WAR MEETING 9
II.— ROSE AND ANNIE 20
III.— THE DEPARTURE 35
IV.— WILL AND BROTHER TOM 50
V.— JIMMIE 67
VI.— FINDING SOMETHING TO DO FOR THE WAR 81
VII.— THE BATTLE 87
VIII.— THE RETREAT 98
IX.— THE REBEL AND THE YANKEE 111
X.— NEWS OF THE BATTLE AT ROCKLAND 121
XI.— THE WOUNDED SOLDIER 134
XII.— GETTING READY 142
XIII.— THE DYING SOLDIER 150
XIV.— MATTERS IN ROCKLAND 158
XV.— THE DESERTER 165
XVI.— NEWS DIRECT FROM JIMMIE 179
XVII.— THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER’S WELCOME TO ROCKLAND 191
XVIII.— THE RICHMOND CAPTIVES 208
XIX.— TOM’S RECEPTION 224
XX.— AT THE MATHER MANSION 248
XXI.— “NOT LONG FOR THIS WORLD.” 259
XXII.— THE WOUNDED SOLDIER 269
XXIII.— TOM AND JIMMIE 283
XXIV.— THE RESULTS OF THE BATTLE 289
XXV.— GETTYSBURGH 292
XXVI.— COURSE OF EVENTS 296
XXVII.— THE HUNTED SOLDIER 304
XXVIII.— THE DEAD ALIVE 318
XXIX.— THE HEROINE OF THE MOUNTAIN 322
XXX.— ARTHUR AND MAUDE 337
XXXI.— MAUDE AND TOM 343
XXXII.— SUSPICION 353
XXXIII.— IN THE CAVE 359
XXXIV.— POOR ARTHUR 368
XXXV.— THE DEAD AND THE LIVING 373
XXXVI.— ANDERSONVILLE PRISONERS 377
XXXVII.— IN ROCKLAND 385
XXXVIII.— THE LOVERS 392
XXXIX.— CHARLIE 397

ROSE MATHER.