1. Paul Revere’s Ride _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 3
2. Mary Butler’s Ride _Benjamin Franklin Taylor_ 7
3. The Surprise at Ticonderoga _Mary Anna Phinney Stansbury_ 13
4. Montgomery at Quebec _Clinton Scollard_ 17
5. The Maryland Battalion _John Williamson Palmer_ 19
6. Arnold at Stillwater _Thomas Dunn English_ 21
7. The Yankee Man-of-War _Anonymous_ 27
8. The Ride of Jennie M’Neal _Will Carleton_ 29
9. The Song of Marion’s Men _William Cullen Bryant_ 34
10. How We Burned the “Philadelphia” _Barrett Eastman_ 36
11. The “Shannon” and the
“Chesapeake” _Thomas Tracy Bouvé_ 40
12. The Fight of the “Armstrong”
Privateer _James Jeffrey Roche_ 43
13. The Men of the Alamo _James Jeffrey Roche_ 48
14. The Fight at the San Jacinto _John Williamson Palmer_ 51
15. Monterey _Charles Fenno Hoffman_ 54
16. The Defense of Lawrence _Richard Realf_ 55
17. Blood Is Thicker than Water _Wallace Rice_ 57
18. Bethel _Augustine Joseph Hickey
19. The Charge by the Ford _Thomas Dunn English_ 64
20. The Little Drummer _Richard Henry Stoddard_ 66
21. The Cumberland _Henry Wadsworth Longfellow_ 70
22. Johnston at Shiloh _Fleming James_ 72
23. The River Fight _Henry Howard Brownell_ 77
24. Kearny at Seven Pines _Edmund Clarence Stedman_ 81
25. The Unknown Hero _William Gordon McCabe_ 83
26. Barbara Frietchie _John Greenleaf Whittier_ 84
27. The Eagle of Corinth _Henry Howard Brownell_ 87
28. Ready _Phœbe Cary_ 90
29. The Battle of Charleston Harbor _Paul Hamilton Hayne_ 91
30. Keenan’s Charge _George Parsons Lathrop_ 93
31. The Hero of the Gun _Margaret Junkin Preston_ 97
32. An Incident of War _Maurice Thompson_ 99
33. The Black Regiment _George Henry Boker_ 101
34. Greencastle Jenny _Helen Gray Cone_ 104
35. John Burns of Gettysburg _Bret Harte_ 106
36. High Tide at Gettysburg _Will Henry Thompson_ 11O
37. Thomas at Chickamauga _Kate Brownlee Sherwood_ 113
38. The Smallest of the Drums _James Buckham_ 117
39. Little Giffen _Francis Orrery Ticknor_ 119
40. Ulric Dahlgren _Kate Brownlee Sherwood_ 121
41. Farragut _William Tuckey Meredith_ 122
42. Lee to the Rear _John Randolph Thompson_ 124
43. Craven _Henry Newbolt_ 128
44. Gracie of Alabama _Francis Orrery Ticknor_ 129
45. The Ballad of a Little Fun _Maurice Thompson_ 131
46. Sheridan’s Ride _Thomas Buchanan Reid_ 133
47. Down the Little Big Horn _Francis Brooks_ 135
48. The Bond of Blood _Will Henry Thompson_ 138
49. A Ballad of Manila Bay _Charles George Douglas Roberts_141
50. Dewey at Manila _Robert Underwood Johnson_ 143
51. The Men of the “Merrimac” _Clinton Scollard_ 147
52. The Charge at Santiago _William Hamilton Hayne_ 149
53. Spain’s Last Armada _Wallace Rice_ 150
54. Ballad of Paco Town _Clinton Scollard_ 155
55. Peace Hath Her Victories _Wallace Rice_ 161
56. In the Tunnel _Bret Harte_ 163
57. The Ballad of Calnan’s Christmas _Helen Gray Cone_ 165
58. How He Saved St. Michael’s _Mary Anna Phinney Stansbury_ 167
59. The Ride of Collin Graves _John Boyle O’Reilly_ 171
60. Jim Bludso _John Hay_ 174
61. George Nidiver _Anonymous_ 176
62. A Man’s Name _Richard Realf_ 178
63. The Man Who Rode to Conemaugh _John Eliot Bowen_ 180
64. Johnny Bartholomew _Thomas Dunn English_ 182
65. His Name _Margaret Junkin Preston_ 185
66. Old Braddock _John Vance Cheney_ 186
67. In Apia Bay _Charles George Douglas Roberts_189
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