MOHUN

OR,

THE LAST DAYS OF LEE AND HIS PALADINS.

FINAL MEMOIRS

OF A

STAFF OFFICER SERVING IN VIRGINIA.

FROM THE MSS. OF

COLONEL SURRY, OF EAGLE’S NEST.

BY JOHN ESTEN COOKE

AUTHOR OF “SURRY OF EAGLE’S NEST.”

Nec aspera terrent.

(Transcriber’s Note: In Book I., the heading XIII. is missing)

CONTENTS

PROLOGUE.

MOHUN;

BOOK I. — GETTYSBURG.

I. — THE CAVALRY REVIEW.

II. — HOW I BECAME A MEMBER OF GENERAL STUART’S STAFF.

III. — BLUE AND GRAY PHANTOMS.

IV. — MOHUN AND HIS PRISONER.

V. — STUART.

VI. — STUART’S INSTINCT.

VII. — THE BALL BEFORE THE BATTLE.

VIII. — FLEETWOOD.

IX. — MOHUN FAINTS AT THE RIGHT MOMENT.

X. — THE SLIM ANIMAL.

XI. — NIGHTHAWK.

XII. — HOW STUART FELL BACK.

XIV. — MOSBY COMES TO STUART’S ASSISTANCE.

XV. — THE SUPPER NEAR BUCKLANDS.

XVI. — AN HONEST FOP.

XVII. — STUART GRAZES CAPTURE.

XVIII. — DROWSYLAND.

XIX. — CARLISLE BY FIRELIGHT.

XX. — THE HOUSE BETWEEN CARLISLE AND GETTYSBURG.

XXI. — FALLEN.

XXII. — DARKE AND MOHUN.

XXIII. — GETTYSBURG.

XXIV. — THE ARMY.

XXV. — THE WRESTLE FOR ROUND TOP HILL.

XXVI. — THE CHARGE OF THE VIRGINIANS.

XXVII. — THE GREAT MOMENT OF A GREAT LIFE.

XXVIII. — UNSHAKEN.

BOOK II. — THE FLOWER OF CA