d on the mountain side,
In leaguered fort and fire-encircled town,
And where the iron ships went down.
How their dear lives were spent
In the weary hospital tent,
In the cockpit's crowded hive,
---- it seems
Ignoble to be alive!

THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH.

CONTENTS.

Chapter I.

Ancestry and Old Plantation Life............................... 1

Chapter II.

Childhood and Early Life -- Miss Carroll's Youthful Letters to
Her Father -- Religious Tendencies -- Letters from Dr. Robert J.
Breckenridge -- Sale of Kingston Hall -- Early Writings -- Letter
of Hon. Edward Bates -- Breaking Out of the Civil War --
Preoccupation in Military Affairs............................. 14

Chapter III.

Rise of the Secession Movement -- The Capital in Danger -- Miss
Carroll's Literary Labors for the Cause of the Union --
Testimonials from Eminent Men................................. 31

Chapter IV.

The Military Situation -- Goes to St. Louis -- Inception of the
Plan of the Tennessee Campaign -- Gives in The Plan at the War
Department -- President Lincoln's Delight at the Solution of the
Problem -- Account Written in 1889 -- Judge Wade at Bull Run --
Formation of the Committee for the Conduct of the War......... 59

Chapter V.

Miss Carroll's Papers to the War Department -- Plan of Campaign
-- Letters from Scott, Wade, and Others -- Discussions -- Papers
as the Campaign Progresses.................................... 81

Chapter VI.

Congressional Revelations -- Great Results -- Discussions -- Miss
Carroll Presents Her Claim -- Political Opposition -- Letters and
Testimony.................................................... 105

Chapter VII.

Miss Carroll's Pamphlets in Aid of the Administration -- The
Presentation of the Bill..................................... 124

Chapter VIII.

Miss Carroll Before Congress................................. 132

Chapter IX.

A Wounded Veteran Retires from the Field -- Interview with Grant
-- The Women of America make the Cause Their Own -- A National
Lesson....................................................... 150

PREFACE.

In commencing the attempt to portray a very remarkable career I had
hoped for the cooeperation of the person concerned so far, at