rd, as I live," exclaimed Calhoun, extending his hand.
"Captain, I want to give you my sincere thanks. That was a fine horse you
loaned me. Must have Kentucky blood in him. I am riding him yet. How about
your parole, Captain? You know you absolutely refused to give it to me."

"I have changed my mind."

"Ah! that is good. If you refused this time we might be obliged to take
you along with us, and that might not be agreeable to you."

As the Captain gave his parole, he said, "This is the second time we have
met. There may be a third meeting, and it may be my time."

"_Au revoir_," gayly replied Calhoun.

Little did he think then of their next meeting, and what it would mean to
him.

The prisoners all being paroled, and the work of destruction complete,
Morgan's command returned to Glasgow, loaded with booty.

The capture of the trains and the breaking of the railroad at Cave City
caused the greatest excitement throughout the Federal army. It showed the
Federal authorities how weak their line of communication was. Although so
much depended on Morgan's capture, he was left for some days almost
unmolested. He made a demonstration toward Lebanon, captured a number of
prisoners, and then, when the combination against him grew too strong to
be resisted, he withdrew at his leisure and at length found rest for his
command at Chattanooga.

CHAPTER V.

MORGAN'S FIRST GREAT RAID.

The struggle for the possession of Corinth was ended. General Halleck,
with his immense army of one hundred and twenty-five thousand men, had
thought to reduce the place by regular siege, and force General Beauregard
to capitulate, surrendering himself with his whole army.

But Beauregard was too able a general to be caught in a trap. For a month
he held the Federal army at bay, and then, when Halleck was about to
spring his trap, Beauregard silently withdrew, leaving to him but a barren
victory.

The Confederate army was saved, and to the Federal forces the occupation
of Corinth proved as demoralizing as a defeat. The result showed that John
Morgan was right when he said that the hope of the South rested, not on
the occupancy of any single place, but on the safety of its armies.

The fall of Corinth at once changed the theatre of war. The Federal army
was divided, the Army of the Tennessee, under Grant, remaining in
Mississippi and Western Tennessee, and the Army of the Ohi