CHAPTER VIII.

GROWING WRATH--JOY OVER VICTORY--GEN. ZOLICOFFER--A YANKEE BOY’S PASSPORT--LIGHTS AND SHADOWS--ESCAPE OF CONGRESSMEN--FORGED LETTERS TO BOSTON--A MILITARY ZEALOT--BRIDGE-BURNING. 120

SEVERE TREATMENT OF UNION MEN--OATHS OF ALLEGIANCE --IMPRISONMENTS--EXECUTIONS. 138

REIGN OF TERROR--A NOTED PATRIOT--HIS PAINFUL EXPERIENCES AND FINAL DELIVERANCE--A REFUGEE’S PERILOUS JOURNEY--CONSCRIPTION--CAPTURE OF FLEEING MEN. 152