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The Life Record of H. W. Graber, A Terry Texas Ranger, 1861-1865, Sixty-Two Years in Texas
By H. W. Graber
Length11h 5m
About this audiobook
Excerpt: "The purpose of this narrative is to hand down to my children, and to present to my friends, an intimate, personal account of a life which has not been without interesting episodes, and which has been lived during the most eventful period that this Nation will, in all probability, ever know. Though a large portion of my story will deal with incidents which occurred during the great sectional strife of the sixties, it is not intended as a history of that great calamity, but is meant, simply, to be an account of incidents with which the writer was personally associated. The Great Strife which so nearly disrupted our country is over. For many years we of the South have been dwelling amicably with those of the North—this is as it should be. We are, united, the greatest country on the face of God's footstool. And to both the North and the South belongs the credit. The mistakes of certain Northern fanatics, which were not, I believe, dictated by general Northern sentiment, have long been rectified. The Government at Washington today is, I know, truly representative of the entire country. The tragic blunders which were evident in the South during what has been called the "Reconstruction Period" would not be possible today. The country has become a unit. In perfect love and friendship for all the good people of the United States, irrespective of location, and with no sectional feeling other than an abiding love for my South, I write this story. I hope it may be found to be not without interest."
Audiobook details
GenreTravel, Biography and Memoir
Length11 hrs 5 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 15, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
23CHAPTER XXI My Service With Captain Shannon.
2My Earliest Recollections
24CHAPTER XXII We Receive Notice of Johnston’s Surrender—I Decline to be Paroled and Resolve to Make My Way Out.
3CHAPTER I
25The Reconstruction Period
4CHAPTER II I Abandon the Printer’s Trade and Take Up Surveying.
26PREFACE
5CHAPTER III Indian Troubles—My First Venture in Business.
27CHAPTER XXIII Upon My Return From the Army I Find My Business Affairs in Bad Shape.
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6CHAPTER IV My First Military Experiences.
28CHAPTER XXIV The Affair at Hempstead.
7CHAPTER V Our First Engagement
29CHAPTER XXV I Narrowly Escape Capture.
8CHAPTER VI An Accidental Injury—Shiloh—The “Mark-time” Major.
30CHAPTER XXVI I Save the Life of an Enemy
9CHAPTER VII I Am Wounded and Captured.
31CHAPTER XXVII I Get Back Into the Business World.
10CHAPTER VIII The Escape of Major Ousley.
32CHAPTER XXVIII I Assist in Establishing the Masonic Institute.
11CHAPTER IX In Prison at Louisville, Where I Was Honored With Handcuffs.
33CHAPTER XXIX I Remove to Waxahachie and Go Into Business There.
12CHAPTER X. Camp Chase—Fort Delaware—I Change My Name for the First Time and Am Finally Exchanged.
34CHAPTER XXX The Tap Railroad.
13CHAPTER XI The Inhumanity of the Federal Government.
35CHAPTER XXXI Business Troubles.
14CHAPTER XII. I Rejoin My Command.
36CHAPTER XXXII I Start Anew.
15CHAPTER XIII. Middle Tennessee and Kentucky.
37CHAPTER XXXIII The Methodist School at Waxahachie.
16CHAPTER XIV. Bardstown Engagement—I “Swap” Horses With a Federal.
38CHAPTER XXXIV My Later Business Experiences.
17CHAPTER XV. The Battle of Perryville.
39CHAPTER XXXV The Confederate Veterans’ Home.
18CHAPTER XVI. I Refuse to Become a Teamster.
40CHAPTER XXXVI My Appointments in the U. C. V.
19CHAPTER XVII. Omissions in Preceding Chapters
41CHAPTER XXXVII The Terry Rangers’ Flag.
20CHAPTER XVIII General Johnston’s Failure to Strike—Sherman
42CHAPTER XXXVIII Roosevelt’s Visit to Texas
21CHAPTER XIX Georgia Service—A Negro’s Preference—A Hazardous Undertaking.
43CHAPTER XXXIX My Family.
22CHAPTER XX I Sell a Ten Dollar Gold Piece for Fifteen Hundred Dollars.
44CHAPTER XL In Conclusion.
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