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Entered according to act of Congress in the office of the Librarian of

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MRS. MARY J. AUGHEY,

CHARITON, LUCAS CO., Iowa,

DR. J. W. AND MRS. KATE A. FERGUSON, CONGRESS, WAYNE CO., OHIO,

AND IN MEMORY OF

DR. JOHN K. AUGHEY,

WHO DIED AT

SEATON, MERCER Co., ILLINOIS, MAY 19TH, 1886,

MISS GERTRUDE E. AUGHEY,
CHARITON, LUCAS CO., Iowa.

MY BELOVED WIFE AND CHILDREN,

This volume is affectionately inscribed, by

THE AUTHOR.

Benjamin Clarke's Story-Pursuit by Cavalry with Blood-
hounds-Capture of the Bear-Death of Snediker and
Rucker at the Bagnio in Fulton-Death of Downs-
Clarke's Wife and Children-Arrive at Paden's Mills-
The Search of the House, Mills, and Negro Quarters-The
Minorcans-Louis Las Cassas Lornette-Col. Feullevert-
His Interview with his Nephew Louis-The Rescue-
Cavalry Battle at Paden's Mills-Interview with Col.
Walter, the Judge Advocate-Charges Preferred-Bailie
and Childress Shot-Second Visit of Col, H. W. Walter-
Cruel Treatment by Col. Clare-French Officer's Visit-
Personal Appearance of Gen. Bragg-Champe and Brax-
ton-Murder of Chenault, Vedder, Bynum, and other
Unionists-Hymns-Foreordination-Debate on, by Maple
and Melvin Hermon Bledsoe, The East Tennessee Union-
ist The Greenville Convention-The Loyal Address—
Bledsoe's Arrest-Escape From Death by Fire-His
Travels, Re-arrest, and Incarceration in Tupelo-Escape of

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