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John William De Forest. Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
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 XV. LILLIE BIDS GOOD-BYE TO THE LOVER WHOM SHE HAS CHOSEN, AND TO THE LOVER WHOM SHE WOULD NOT CHOOSE
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 XXXVII. A MARRIAGE
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John William De Forest
Civil War Novel
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It may seem odd to some sensible people that this learned gentleman of over fifty should expose his own history so freely to a young fellow whom he had not seen until half an hour before. But it was a part of the Doctor's character to suppose that humanity took an interest in him just as he took an interest in all humanity; and his natural frankness had been increased by contact with the prevailing communicativeness of his open-hearted fellow-citizens of the South. I dare say that he would have unfolded the tale of his exile to an intelligent stage-driver by whom he might have chanced to sit, with as little hesitation as he poured it into the ears of this graduate of a distinguished university and representative of a staid puritanical aristocracy. He had no thought of claiming admiration for his self-sacrificing loyalty. His story was worth telling, not because it was connected with his interests, but because it had to do with his sentiments and convictions. Why should he not relate it to a stranger who was evidently capable of sympathising with those sentiments and appreciating those convictions?
But there was another reason for the Doctor's frankness. At that time every circumstance of the opening civil war, every item of life that came from hostile South to indignant North, was regarded by all as a species of public property. If you put down your name on a hotel register as arrived from Charleston, Savannah, Mobile, New Orleans, or any other point south of Mason & Dixon's line, you were immediately addressed and catechised. People wanted to know how you escaped, and why you tried to escape; and were ready to accord you any credit you demanded for perilous adventures and patriotic motives; and did not perceive it nor think a bit ill of you if you showed yourself somewhat of a romancer and braggart. And you, on the other hand, did not object to telling your story, but let it out as naturally as a man just rescued from drowning opens his heart to the sympathising crowd which greets him on the river bank.
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