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BY CAPTAIN J. J. GEER,
LATE OF GENERAL BUCKLAND’S STAFF.
WITH AN INTRODUCTION,
PHILADELPHIA:
J. W. DAUGHADAY, PUBLISHER,
1308 CHESTNUT STREET.
1864.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863, by
JOHN J. GEER,
In the Office of the Clerk of the District Court for the
Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
BEYOND THE LINES
BY
As Published in 1864
All rights reserved, which include the right to reproduce this book
or portions thereof in any form except provided by U.S. Copyright
Laws.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
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6 CONTENTS.
C H A P T E R I V .
C H A P T E R V .
C H A P T E R V I .
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.
CHAPTER XVI.
CHAPTER XVII.
CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX.
CHAPTER I.
Leave Camp Dennison–Under the Enemy’s Fire–
Attacked in Force–A Struggle for Liberty–Captured.
CHAPTER II.
First Sight of a Rebel Camp–Arraigned before Generals
Jackson, Bragg, Hardee, Beauregard and Johnson–A
Storm in Camp–Bayoneting a Sleeping Man (?)–Inside
View of a Rebel Prison–“Calico Bill”–An Escape–
Rebel Exaggerations.
CHAPTER III.
Taken to Columbus, Mississippi–Visit from the Clergy–
An Enthusiastic Mute–American Aristocracy–Seces-
sion Lies–Political and Ecclesiastical Prisoners–Re-
flections.
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