THE M'DONALDS; OR, THE ASHES OF SOUTHERN HOMES. A TALE OF SHERMAN'S MARCH.
BYWILLIAM HENRY PECK,
OF GEORGIA, AUTHOR OF "BERTHA SEELY," "BEATRICE," "CHARLES MARION," "MARINA," "CONFEDERATE FLAG ON THE OCEAN," ETC., ETC. "Tristius hand illis monstrum est nee sævior ulla Pestis et ira Deûm, Stygiis sese extulit undis." Æn. 3. Dedicated to the American people.NEW YORK: METROPOLITAN RECORD OFFICE.
1867.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by JOHN MULLALY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. LYING IN WAIT, 5
- CHAPTER II. THE ATTEMPT, 29
- CHAPTER III. A NOBLE HEART UNDER A BLUE COAT, 45
- CHAPTER IV. A TITLED "BUMMER," 60
- CHAPTER V. INSULTING THE FLAG, 74
- CHAPTER VI. ATLANTA DEPOPULATED, 88
- CHAPTER VII. THE COMING TEMPEST, 102
- CHAPTER VIII. THE BARBAROUS DEED, 115
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- CHAPTER IX. "LIVING OFF THE COUNTRY," 122
- CHAPTER X. HUMAN HYENAS, 136
- CHAPTER XI. HANGING FOR GOLD, 147
- CHAPTER XII. ALWAYS WOUNDED, 161
- CHAPTER XIII. CASHMORE ON THE TRACK, 168
- CHAPTER XIV. THE LAST OF CASHMORE, 178
- CHAPTER XV. CONCLUSION, 190
