CONTENTS. “Symmes' Purchase"-Old Tippecanoe's Wedding-Settled at North Bend-Tippecanoe's Home Life-John Scott Harrison's Home Life-Benjamin Harrison's Childhood-His Schooling- Church-going-Academic Work-In College-His Literary Out into Life-A Law Student-Married-Settled in Indianapolis-- Front-Habits as a Lawyer-The Defence of General Hovey-- Harrison's Argument in Full-The "Lieutenant-Governor's Case"-The Case Stated-Scene in the State Senate Chamber- General Harrison's Argument-A Partner's Estimate of Harrison The Dark Days of 1862-More Troops Demanded-Interview with Governor Morton-Enlisted for the War-Second Lieutenant- Colonel of the Indiana Seventieth-To Bowling Green-Bridge Building Successful Attack on a Camp-Army Associates- Guarding Railroads-Drilling the Troops-Located in the 20th Corps Grant in Command of the Armies-Activity Under Sher- man-At Resaca-The Battle of Resaca-Topography-Plan of the Battle-An Early Start-Getting. Ready for the Fight-Fix Bayonets-Charge !-Forward!-The Redoubt Captured-The Guns Secured-Resaca at Mercy-Building Breastworks-Living Under Fire-New Hope Church-Cold and Wet-In a Wrong Position-Harrison in the Hospital-A Discomfited Major-At Gilgal Church-Coffee and Hard-tack-Off Again-Kenesaw Mountain-An Assault Checked--The General Engagement-To- pography of the Field-The Fight-Johnston "Off with the Wind" Again-Peach Tree Creek-Awaiting Battle-Sharp Fighting-Clubbed Muskets-Critical Moments-Hooker's Com- pliment to Harrison-A Shotted Salute-Harrison Ordered to Home Duty-Back at the Front--The Battle of Nashville-Col- ored Troops-Down with Illness-Rejoins Sherman-Promoted- OPINIONS OF Old Comrades.-Richard M. Smock-M. G. McLain -William H. Cooper-Captain P. S. Carson-General John Coburn-Daniel Watts-Fred Hummel-Rev. Edmund Muse- CHAPTER V. THE POLITICIAN. Political Parties Born of Popular Liberty-Birth of the Republican WAITING FOR THE VERDICT from - . 247 PREFACE. 'HE critical reader will discover in this biography THE many crudities in the way of unstudied sentences and inapposite paragraphing, not to speak of words badly chosen. It is thought, however, that the reminder of, the one month given in which to prepare it for the press will be sufficient to win him to the side of mercy. Dictation is undoubtedly a conveniency where one is under whip and spur, but as a method its tendencies are all to slovenliness and inexactitude. Here it was an only resort. Apropos of the prefatory, the political world is served with special notice that while General Harrison was very kind in furnishing the writer with information when it was requested of him, he is in no degree responsible for anything in the work, except it appears in the form of a copy or extract from his own reported utterances. He neither read nor heard read one line of the text; neither was he consulted as to the topics treated nor the arrangement adopted; in short, his sole |