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CONTENTS T
CHAPTER XVI
CLOSE OF THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN
PAGE
Sherman Changes His Tactics-Hood Deceived-Heavy
Fighting-Atlanta Surrenders-End of the Campaign-Losses-Scouting-An
Invader's Devastation
-Raiding the Raiders-Hood Crosses the Coosa-A
Reconnoissance-Negro Spies-Raiding the Blacks
--Crossing Indian Creek-A Conversion . 228
CHAPTER XVII
MY LAST BATTLE
Tories and Deserters-A Tragic Story-A Brutal Murder
-The Son's Vow-Vengeance-A Southern Heroine
-Seeking Our Command-Huntsville-A Strange
Meeting-We Find the Division-The Battle in the
Fog-My Last Battle ... 245
CHAPTER XVIII
Ross' REPORT OF BRIGADE'S LAST CAMPAIGN
Ross' Report-Repulse a Reconnoitering Party-Effective
Fighting Strength-Advance Guard-The Battle
at Campbellsville-Results--Thompson's StationHarpeth
River-Murfreesboro-Lynville-PulaskiSugar
Creek-Losses During Campaign-Captures
-Acknowledgments ... 254
CHAPTER XIX
THE END OF THE WAR
Christmas-I Lose All My Belongings-The "Owl
Train"-A Wedding-Furloughed-Start for Texas
-Hospitality-A Night in the Swamp-The Flooded
Country-Swimming the Rivers-In Texas-Home
Again-Surrender of Lee, Johnston, and Kirby
Smith-Copy of Leave of Absence-Recapitulation
-Valuation of Horses in 1864-Finis . 267
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Barron, S. B. The Lone Star defenders; a chronicle of the Third Texas cavalry, Ross brigade, book, 1908; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth27719/m1/12/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Dallas Public Library.