fields of Stone River and Chickamauga; with it he dealt the final
crushing blow of the Atlanta campaign, and with it defeat was again
turned to victory at Bentonville.

The characters introduced into the story all belonged to or
co-operated with the First Division of the Fourteenth Corps. The
Corps' badge was the Acorn. As was the custom in the army, the
divisions in each Corps were distinguished by the color of the
badges--the First's being red, the Second's white, and the Third's
blue. There was a time when this explanation was hardly necessary,
but now eighteen years have elapsed since the Acorn flags fluttered
victoriously over the last field of battle, and a generation has
grown up to which they are but a tradition. J. M.





Contents.




Chapter I.--A Declaration, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 9
Chapter II.--First Shots, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 18
Chapter III.--A Race, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 28
Chapter IV.--Disgrace, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 38
Chapter V.--The Lint-Scraping and Bandage-making Union, - - - 52
Chapter VI.--The Awakening, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 62
Chapter VII.--Pomp and Circumstance of Glorious War, - - - - 71