SURRY OF EAGLE'S-NEST.
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THE AUTUMN WOODS.—p. 344.
SURRY OF EAGLE'S-NEST; OR, THE MEMOIRS OF A STAFF-OFFICER SERVING IN VIRGINIA.
EDITED, FROM THE MSS. OF COLONEL SURRY, BYJOHN ESTEN COOKE
, AUTHOR OF THE "VIRGINIA COMEDIANS."WITH FOUR ILLUSTRATIONS BY WINSLOW HOMER.
NEW YORK:
BUNCE AND HUNTINGTON,
459, BROOME STREET. 1866.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, BY BUNCE & HUNTINGTON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
- I. THE SURRYS. 9
- II. IN WHICH THE WRITER OMITS A NUMBER OF THINGS. 12
- III. HOT BLOOD. 13
- IV. A PAIR OF EYES. 16
- V. WHAT I SAW ON THE BROOK ROAD. 18
- VI. THE VENDETTA. 20
- VII. MY COMMISSION. 26
- VIII. THE LONELY HOUSE. 28
- IX. THE WOMAN IN WHITE. 30
- X. THE MYSTERIES OF THE WILDERNESS. 33
- XI. THE PACKAGE. 37
- XII. HOW I ENCOUNTERED A TRAVELLER, AND OF WHAT WE CONVERSED. 38
- XIII. THE OWNER OF THE HANDKERCHIEF. 42
- XIV. A FOLLOWER OF CALHOUN. 45
- XV. PYGMALION. 47
- XVI. THE GUEST WHO DID NOT COME. 52
- XVII. THE "LAST RIDE TOGETHER," 55
- XVIII. THE ALGERINE. 60
- XIX. THE STATUE SPEAKS. 68
- XX. THE RUINED CHURCH AND THE STRANGER. 74
- XXI. ON REVIEW. 79
- XXII. I VISIT COLONEL "JEB. STUART". 82
- XXIII. A MOONLIGHT RIDE WITH STUART. 85
- XXIV. JOHN BROWN AND HIS BULL-DOG. 90
- XXV. THE RAID OF THE BEE-GUM. 93
- XXVI. MY FIRST SIGHT OF THE BLUE-COATS. 95
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- XXVII. THE ENCHANTMENTS OF BOGY. 99
- XXVIII. THE COUNCIL OF WAR. 106
- XXIX. THE CAVALRY PICKET. 107
- XXX. THE STONE HOUSE AT MANASSAS. 109
- XXXI. WHAT TOOK PLACE AT THE STONE HOUSE. 114
- XXXII. BEAUREGARD. 117
- XXXIII. THE LINES. 119
- XXXIV. THE HEROINE OF MANASSAS. 120
- XXXV. I RETURN THE PACKAGE. 123
- XXXVI. A RIDE IN THE DOG-DAYS. 127
- XXXVII. THE FLANK MOVEMENT. 129
- XXXVIII. TWO BROTHERS. 130
- XXXIX. ELM COTTAGE AND ITS INMATES. 141
- XL. A CHAPTER ENTIRELY WITHOUT INCIDENT. 146
- XLI. THE DISPATCH FROM RICHMOND. 148
- XLII. ASHBY. 155
- XLIII. "I WILL NEVER LEAVE WINCHESTER WITHOUT A FIGHT!—NEVER, NEVER!" 159
- XLIV. A FEAT OF HORSEMANSHIP. 162
- XLV. THE "FOOT CAVALRY". 165
- XLVI. THE VALUE OF TEN MINUTES. 167
- XLVII. THE OFFICER WHOM ASHBY HAD WOUNDED. 173
- XLVIII. THE DEATH-TRENCHES. 176
- XLIX. THE SECOND RETREAT. 179
- L. THE CHASE AFTER MILROY. 181
- LI. THE ADVANCE. 184
- LII. A NIGHT ADVENTURE. 187
- LIII. JACKSON RETURNING TO "HIS PROPERTY". 190
- LIV. A LITTLE IDEA OF CAPTAIN BOGY'S. 193
- LV. THE TRAP. 197
- LVI. FALLING BACK. 202
- LVII. ASHBY'S WHITE HORSE. 203
- LVIII. I AM CAPTURED. 206
- LIX. I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF SIR PERCY WYNDHAM. 209
- LX. HOW ASHBY WAS NOT "BAGGED" BY SIR PERCY. 212
- LXI. ASHBY AMONG HIS MEN. 214
- LXII. "VIRGINIANS. CHARGE!" 218
- LXIII. CUT OFF. 223
- LXIV. FREMONT CHECKED. 226
- LXV. EXEUNT OMNES. 228
- LXVI. IN WHICH THE WRITER OF THESE MEMOIRS IS TAKEN TO TASK. 233
- LXVII. LEE STRIKES. 234
- LXVIII. PAST THE RAPIDAN. 242
- LXIX. AN ADVENTURE OF STUART'S. 243
- LXX. THE PURSUIT. 249
- LXXI. THE HOUSE IN THE WILDERNESS AND ITS OCCUPANTS. 253
- LXXII. ARCADES AMBO. 254
- LXXIII. MORDAUNT'S SECRET. 260
- LXXIV. THE SNAKE SCOTCHED. 266
- LXXV. THE NIGHT ATTACK. 269
- LXXVI. AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE. 272
- LXXVII. WHAT I FOUND IN THE SADDLE POCKETS OF MY CAPTURED HORSE. 275
- LXXVIII. A GLIMIPSE OF GENERAL EARLY. 276
- LXXIX. STUART TAKES HIS REVENGE. 280
- LXXX. FLANKING POPE. 284
- LXXXI. I CHASE AND COME UP WITH A FEDERAL OFFICER. 286
- LXXXII. VIOLET GRAFTON'S SECRET. 290
- LXXXIII. I AM THROWN INTO CONFUSION BY MISS HENRIETTA. 293
- LXXXIV. SURROUNDED. 297
- LXXXV. THE SINGLE COMBAT. 302
- LXXXVI. IN WHICH THE WRITER OMITS A DESCRIPTION OF THE SECOND BATTLE OF MANASSAS. 306
- LXXXVII. THE YOUNG SIGNAL OFFICER. 309
- LXXXVIII. ONE OF STUART'S "TIGHT PLACES". 312
- LXXXIX. IN WHICH THE WRITER GETS OVER A GREAT DEAL OF GROUND. 316
- XC. HAMPTON CHARGES AND I "GO UNDER". 318
- XCI. I EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH GENERAL MCCLELLAN. 323
- XCII. WHAT FOLLOWED. 327
- XCIII. WHERE AND WITH WHOM I SUPPED ON THE NIGHT OF THE BATTLE OF SHARPSBURG. 330
- XCIV. FALLING BACK WITH STUART. 337
- XCV. WHICH CONTAINS A VALUABLE MORAL REFLECTION. 341
- XCVI. A DREAM OF AUTUMN. 343
- XCVII. THE AWAKING. 345
- XCVIII. HOW PELHAM FOUGHT HIS HORSE ARTILLERY. 347
- XCIX. I DELIVER UP HARRY SALTOUN'S WATCH, AND MAKE A DISCOVERY. 352
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- C. ACHMED. 354
- CI. IN A CARRIAGE WINDOW. 353
- CII. FROM THE HILLS OF THE MASSAPONNAX. 362
- CIII. "IT IS WELL THIS IS SO TERRIBLE—WE WOULD GROW TOO FOND OF IT!" 364
- CIV. PELHAM AND JEAN. 368
- CV. RECOLLECTIONS OF "CAMP NO-CAMP". 373
- CVI. I GO WITH STUART TO CULPEPPER. 381
- CVII. THE LAST CHARGE OF PELHAM. 384
- CVIII. THE SPRING FLOWERS. 388
- CIX. THE ADVERSARIES. 391
- CX. THE NIGHT-HAWKS FLOWN. 392
- CXI. HOURS AT "CAMP PELHAM." 394
- CXII. THE SUMMONS. 397
- CXIII. THE DEFIANCE. 399
- CXIV. MORDAUNT'S MOTIVE. 405
- CXV. SHOWING THAT, THOUGH YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SET OUT, YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN YOU WILL ARRIVE. 410
- CXVI. THE WOES OF BASKERVILLE. 414
- CXVII. I MAKE THE ACQUAINTANCE OF A FAMOUS CHARACTER. 417
- CXVIII. WHICH SOLVES THE WHOLE MYSTERY. 423
- CXIX. IN WHICH MAY BEVERLEY PASSES AWAY FROM THIS HISTORY. 427
- CXX. DIABOLISM. 428
- CXXI. WHERE MORDAUNT HAD BEEN, AND THE RESULT OF HIS JOURNEY. 436
- CXXII. BOOTS AND SADDLES. 440
- CXXIII. IN WHICH BOGY, MOONSHINE, AND SNAKEBUG ALL "GO UNDER". 443
- CXXIV. THE LAST OF FARLEY. 447
- CXXV. THE ABDUCTION. 449
- CXXVI. HOOKER IN HIS MEN. 454
- CXXVII. THE WING OF THE DEATH-ANGEL. 456
- CXXVIII. UNDER THE SHADES OF THE WILDERNESS. 460
- CXXIX. THE RETURN OF ACHMED. 464
- CXXX. LOVE AND DEATH. 467
- CXXXI. THE LAST GREETING BETWEEN STUART AND JACKSON. 470
- CXXXII. IN A DREAM. 479