A Soldier of Virginia

The Project Gutenberg eBook, A Soldier of Virginia , by Burton Egbert StevensonThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it,give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online atwww.gutenberg.netTitle: A Soldier of VirginiaAuthor: Burton Egbert StevensonRelease Date: November 16, 2003 [eBook #10094]Language: EnglishChatacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A SOLDIER OF VIRGINIA ***E-text prepared by Juliet Sutherland, Mary Meehan, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading TeamA SOLDIER OF VIRGINIAA TALE OF COLONEL WASHINGTON AND BRADDOCK'S DEFEATBY BURTON EGBERT STEVENSON1901TO THE MEMORY OF THE GALLANT MEN WHO FELLWITH DUST OF FAILURE BITTER ON THEIR LIPS THATOTHERS MIGHT BE TAUGHT THE LESSON OF THEWILDERNESSCONTENTSI. LIEUTENANT ALLEN GROWS INSULTINGII. THE STORY OF FONTENOYIII. IN WHICH I INTRODUCE MYSELFIV. THE ENDING OF THE HONEYMOONV. THE SECRET OF A HEARTVI. I AM TREATED TO A SURPRISEVII. I DECIDE TO BE A SOLDIERVIII. A RIDE TO WILLIAMSBURGIX. MY FIRST TASTE OF WARFAREX. THE FRENCH SCORE FIRSTXI. DREAM DAYS AT RIVERVIEWXII. DOROTHY MAKES HER CHOICEXIII. LIEUTENANT ALLEN SHOWS HIS SKILLXIV. I CHANCE UPON A TRAGEDYXV. WE START ON A WEARY JOURNEYXVI. THE END IN SIGHTXVII. THE LESSON OF THE WILDERNESSXVIII. DEFEAT BECOMES DISHONORXIX. ALLEN AND I SHAKE ...