Chapter I: Foreword

Many of the persons and personages who appear upon the pages of this book have already lived, some in history and some in the pages of "Tom Strong, Washington's Scout," "Tom Strong, Boy-Captain," "Tom Strong, Junior," or "Tom Strong, Third." Those who wish to know the full story of the four Tom Strongs, great-grandfather, grandfather, father and son, should read those books, too.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I
PAGE

TOM RIDES IN WESTERN MARYLAND--HALTED BY ARMED
MEN--JOHN BROWN--THE ATTACK UPON HARPER'S FERRY--THE
FIGHT--JOHN BROWN'S SOUL GOES MARCHING ON 3

CHAPTER II

OUR WAR WITH MEXICO--KIT CARSON AND HIS LAWYER, ABE
LINCOLN--TOM GOES TO LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION--S. F. B.
MORSE, INVENTOR OF THE TELEGRAPH--TOM BACK IN
WASHINGTON 22

CHAPTER III

CHARLES FRANCIS ADAMS--MR. STRONG GOES TO RUSSIA--TOM
GOES TO LIVE IN THE WHITE HOUSE--BULL RUN--"STONEWALL"
JACKSON--GEO. B. MCCLELLAN--TOM STRONG, SECOND-LIEUTENANT,
U. S. A.--THE BATTLE OF THE "MERRIMAC" AND THE "MONITOR" 40

CHAPTER IV

TOM GOES WEST--WILKES BOOTH HUNTS HIM--DR. HANS ROLF
SAVES HIM--HE DELIVERS DESPATCHES TO GENERAL GRANT 71

CHAPTER V

INSIDE THE CONFEDERATE LINES--"SAIREY" WARNS TOM--OLD MAN
TOMBLIN'S "SETTLEMINT"--STEALING A LOCOMOTIVE--WILKES
BOOTH GIVES THE ALARM--A WILD DASH FOR THE UNION LINES 90

CHAPTER VI

TOM UP A TREE--DID THE CONFEDERATE OFFICER SEE HIM?--THE
FUGITIVE SLAVE GUIDES HIM--BUYING A BOAT IN THE
DARK--ADRIFT IN THE ENEMY'S COUNTRY 117

CHAPTER VII

TOWSER FINDS THE FUGITIVES--TOWSER BRINGS UNCLE
MOSES--MR. IZZARD AND HIS YANKEE OVERSEER, JAKE
JOHNSON--TOM IS PULLED DOWN THE CHIMNEY--HOW UNCLE
MOSES CHOKED THE OVERSEER--THE FLIGHT OF THE FOUR 129

CHAPTER VIII

LINCOLN SAVES JIM JENKINS'S LIFE--NEWSPAPER ABUSE OF
LINCOLN--THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION--LINCOLN IN HIS
NIGHT-SHIRT--JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL--"BARBARA
FRIETCHIE"--MR. STRONG COMES HOME--THE RUSSIAN FLEET
COMES TO NEW YORK--A BACKWOODS JUPITER 160

CHAPTER IX

TOM GOES TO VICKSBURG--MORGAN'S RAID--GEN. BASIL W. DUKE
CAPTURES TOM--GETTYSBURG--GEN. ROBERT E. LEE GIVES TOM
HIS BREAKFAST--IN LIBBY PRISON--LINCOLN'S SPEECH AT
GETTYSBURG 182

CHAPTER X

TOM IS HUNGRY--HE LEARNS TO "SPOON" BY SQUADS--THE BULLET
AT THE WINDOW--WORKING ON THE TUNNEL--"RAT HELL"--THE
RISK OF THE ROLL-CALL--WHAT HAPPENED TO JAKE JOHNSON,
CONFEDERATE SPY--TOM IN LIBBY PRISON--HANS ROLF ATTENDS
HIM--HANS REFUSES TO ESCAPE--THE FLIGHT THROUGH THE
TUNNEL--FREE, BUT HOW TO STAY SO? 213

CHAPTER XI

TOM HIDES IN A RIVER BANK--EATS RAW FISH--JIM GRAYSON
AIDS HIM--DOWN THE JAMES RIVER ON A TREE--PASSING THE
PATROL BOATS--CANNONADED--THE END OF THE VOYAGE 249

CHAPTER XII

TOWSER WELCOMES TOM TO THE WHITE HOUSE--LINCOLN
RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT--GRANT COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF--SHERMAN
MARCHES FROM ATLANTA TO THE SEA--TOM ON GRANT'S
STAFF--FIVE FORKS--FALL OF RICHMOND--HANS ROLF FREED--BOB
SAVES TOM FROM CAPTURE--TOM TAKES A BATTERY INTO
ACTION--LEE SURRENDERS--TOM STRONG, BREVET-CAPTAIN,
U. S. A. 265

CHAPTER XIII

THE ASSASSINATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN 307