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MISS RAVENEL'S CONVERSION FROM SECESSION TO LOYALTY.
BYJ. W. DE FOREST,
AUTHOR OF "EUROPEAN ACQUAINTANCE," "SEACLIFF," ETC., ETC.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
1867.Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
- 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
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- 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