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  CONTENTS

  PageCHAPTER I.The Mission to Mobile Point 15

  CHAPTER II.The Departure of the Expedition 26

  CHAPTER III.A Bivouac near Fort Morgan 37

  CHAPTER IV.The Revelations of the Revellers 48

  CHAPTER V.In the Vicinity of the Confederate Fort 59

  CHAPTER VI.Captain Sullendine of the West Wind 70

  CHAPTER VII.A Powerful Ally of the Belleviters 81

  CHAPTER VIII.On Board of the Cotton Schooner 92

  CHAPTER IX.The Departure of the Tallahatchie 103

  CHAPTER X.The Casting off of the Towline 114

  CHAPTER XI.A Happy Return to the Bellevite 125

  CHAPTER XII.A Lively Chase to the South-West 136

  CHAPTER XIII.The First Shot of Blumenhoff 147

  CHAPTER XIV.The Progress of the Action 158

  CHAPTER XV.A Flank Movement Undertaken 169

  CHAPTER XVI.The Lieutenant's Daring Exploit 180

  CHAPTER XVII.A Magnanimous Enemy 191

  CHAPTER XVIII.The Reign of Christianity 202

  CHAPTER XIX.Colonel Homer Passford of Glenfield 213

  CHAPTER XX.A Very Melancholy Confederate 224

  CHAPTER XXI.Captain Sullendine Becomes Violent 225

  CHAPTER XXII.The Disposition of the Two Prizes 246

  CHAPTER XXIII.The Welcome Home at Bonnydale 257

  CHAPTER XXIV.Lieutenant-Commander Christopher Passford 268

  CHAPTER XXV.The Principal Officers of the St. Regis 279

  CHAPTER XXVI.The St. Regis in Commission 290

  CHAPTER XXVII.Captain Passford Alone in his Glory 301

  CHAPTER XXVIII.Off the Coast of North Carolina 312

  CHAPTER XXIX.The First Prize of the St. Regis 323

  CHAPTER XXX.Another Sailing Contest Inaugurated 334

  CHAPTER XXXI.A Victorious Union 345

  A VICTORIOUS UNION