Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty. John William De Forest
John William De Forest
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Civil War Novel
e-artnow, 2021
Contact: [email protected]
EAN 4064066309213
Table of Contents
CHAPTER I. MR. EDWARD COLBURNE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS LILLIE RAVENEL.
CHAPTER II. MISS RAVENEL BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CARTER.
CHAPTER III. MR. COLBURNE TAKES A SEGAR WITH LIEUTENANT-COLONEL CARTER.
CHAPTER IV. THE DRAMATIC PERSONAGES GO ON A PIC-NIC, AND STUDY THE WAYS OF NEW BOSTON.
CHAPTER V. THE DRAMATIC PERSONAGES GET NEWS FROM BULL RUN.
CHAPTER VI. MR. COLBURNE SEES HIS WAY CLEAR TO BE A SOLDIER.
CHAPTER VII. CAPTAIN COLBURNE RAISES A COMPANY, AND COLONEL CARTER A REGIMENT.
CHAPTER VIII. THE BRAVE BID GOOD-BYE TO THE FAIR.
CHAPTER IX. FROM NEW BOSTON TO NEW ORLEANS, VIA FORT JACKSON.
CHAPTER X. THE RAVENELS FIND CAPTAIN COLBURNE IN GOOD QUARTERS.
CHAPTER XI. NEW ORLEANS LIFE AND NEW ORLEANS LADIES.
CHAPTER XII. COLONEL CARTER BEFRIENDS THE RAVENELS.
CHAPTER XIII. THE COURSE OF TRUE LOVE BEGINS TO RUN ROUGH.
CHAPTER XIV. LILLIE CHOOSES FOR HERSELF.
CHAPTER XVI. COLONEL CARTER GAINS ONE VICTORY, AND MISS RAVENEL ANOTHER.
CHAPTER XVII. COLONEL CARTER IS ENTIRELY VICTORIOUS BEFORE HE BEGINS HIS CAMPAIGN.
CHAPTER XVIII. DOCTOR RAVENEL COMMENCES THE ORGANIZATION OF SOUTHERN LABOR.
CHAPTER XIX. THE REORGANIZATION OF SOUTHERN LABOR IS CONTINUED WITH VIGOR.
CHAPTER XX. CAPTAIN COLBURNE MARCHES AND FIGHTS WITH CREDIT.
CHAPTER XXI. CAPTAIN COLBURNE HAS OCCASION TO SEE LIFE IN A HOSPITAL.
CHAPTER XXII. CAPTAIN COLBURNE REINFORCES THE RAVENELS IN TIME TO AID THEM IN RUNNING AWAY.
CHAPTER XXIII. CAPTAIN COLBURNE COVERS THE RETREAT OF THE SOUTHERN LABOR ORGANIZATION.
CHAPTER XXIV. A DESPERATE ATTACK AND A SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE.
CHAPTER XXV. DOMESTIC HAPPINESS, IN SPITE OF ADVERSE CIRCUMSTANCES.
CHAPTER XXVI. CAPTAIN COLBURNE DESCRIBES CAMP AND FIELD LIFE.
CHAPTER XXVII. COLONEL CARTER MAKES AN ASTRONOMICAL EXPEDITION WITH A DANGEROUS FELLOW TRAVELLER.
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE COLONEL CONTINUES TO BE LED INTO TEMPTATION.
CHAPTER XXIX. LILLIE REACHES THE APOTHEOSIS OF WOMANHOOD.
CHAPTER XXX. COLONEL CARTER COMMITS HIS FIRST UNGENTLEMANLY ACTION.
CHAPTER XXXI. A TORTURE WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN SPARED.
CHAPTER XXXII. A MOST LOGICAL CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER XXXIII. LILLIE DEVOTES HERSELF ENTIRELY TO THE RISING GENERATION.
CHAPTER XXXIV. LILLIE'S ATTENTION IS RECALLED TO THE RISING GENERATION.
CHAPTER XXXV. CAPTAIN COLBURNE AS MR. COLBURNE.
CHAPTER XXXVI. A BRACE OF OFFERS.
CHAPTER I.
MR. EDWARD COLBURNE BECOMES ACQUAINTED WITH MISS LILLIE RAVENEL.
It was shortly after the capitulation of loyal Fort Sumter to rebellious South Carolina that Mr. Edward Colburne of New Boston made the acquaintance of Miss Lillie Ravenel of New Orleans.
An obscure American author remarks in one of his rejected articles, (which he had the kindness to read to me from the manuscript) that every great historical event reverberates in a very remarkable manner through the fortunes of a multitude of private and even secluded individuals. No volcanic eruption rends a mountain without stirring the existence of the mountain's mice. It was unquestionably the southern rebellion which brought Miss Ravenel and Mr. Colburne into interesting juxtaposition. But for this gigantic political upturning it is probable that the young lady would never have visited New Boston where the young gentleman then lived, or, visiting it and meeting him there, would have been a person of no necessary importance in his eyes. But how could a most loyal, warm-hearted