The Red Acorn
by John McElroy
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About This Book
John McElroy (1846-1929) was an American printer, soldier, journalist and author, most known for writing the novel The Red Acorn (1885) and the four-volume Andersonville: A Story of Rebel Military Prisons (1879), based upon his lengthy confinement in the Confederate Andersonville prison camp during the American Civil War. It quickly became a bestseller and remained popular for the next twenty years. In 1864, he was among dozens of men captured in a skirmish near Jonesville, Virginia, by Confederate cavalrymen under William E. Jones. McElroy was sent to a variety of camps before being assigned ...
Chapters (22)
- THE RED ACORN
- Preface
- Chapter I. A Declaration.
- Chapter II. First Shots.
- Chapter III. A Race.
- Chapter IV. Disgrace.
- Chapter V. The Lint-scraping and Bandage-making Union.
- Chapter VI. The Awakening.
- Chapter VII. Pomp and Circumstances of Glorious War.
- “ATTENTION, COMPANY! FORWARD, FILE RIGHT, MARCH!”
- Chapter VIII. The Tedium of Camp.
- Chapter IX. On the March.
- Chapter X. The Mountaineer's Revenge.
- Chapter XI. Through the Mountains and the Night.
- Chapter XII. Aunt Debby Brill.
- Chapter XIII. “An Apple Jack Raid.”
- Chapter XIV. In the Hospital.
- Chapter XV. Making an Acquaintance with Duty.
- Chapter XVI. The Ambuscade.
- Chapter XVII. Alspaugh on a Bed of Pain.
- Chapter XVIII. Secret Service.
- Chapter XIX. The Battle of Stone River.
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