Bill Arp's Peace Papers: Columns on War and Reconstruction, 1861-1873 Book

List of Illustrations vii

Series Editors' Preface ix

Introduction xi

Preface 11

First Paper-Bill Arp to Abe Linkhorn 19

Second Paper-To Mr. Abe Linkhorn 23

Third Paper-Another Letter from Bill Arp to Mr. Linkhorn 27

Fourth Paper-Another Letter from Bill Arp to Mr. Linkhorn 31

Fifth Paper-Battle of Rome-Official 35

Sixth Paper-The Melishy Offisers Rejuced to Ranks and Ordered to Savannah by Joe Brown 42

Seventh Paper-The Melishy Officer Returned 47

Eighth Paper-A Messig to All Foaks 53

Ninth Paper-The Skoutin Hoss Cavilry 61

Tenth Paper-Bill Arp, the Roman Runagee 65

Eleventh Paper-No Rest for the Runagee 74

Twelfth Paper-More Trials and Adventures 81

Thirteenth Paper-Bill Arp Returns to the Eternul City 88

Fourteenth Paper-Poetic Medetashuns among the Toombs 99

Fifteenth Paper-Bill Arp Filosofizes on the War, Etc. 104

Sixteenth Paper-Bill Arp Addresses Artemus Ward 109

Seventeenth Paper-Bill Arp on the State of the Country 116

Eighteenth Paper-To the Chattanoogy Gazet 124

Nineteenth Paper-Bill Arp Addresses His Feller Citizens 127

Twentieth Paper-Bill Arp to His Old Friend 134

Twenty-First Paper-Bill Arp to Sun Set Cox, Esq 142

Twenty-Second Paper-Bill Arp before the Rekonstruktion Committee-(Supprest Testimony) 148

Twenty-Third Paper-Bill Arp on the Situation 156

Twenty-Fourth Paper-Bill Arp on the Rome Buro. No. 1 163

Twenty-Fifth Paper-Bill Arp on the Rome Buro. No. 2 168

Twenty-Sixth Paper-Bill Arp Visits Atlanta 173

Twenty-Seventh Paper-Bill Arp on Nigger Equality 178

Twenty-Eighth Paper-Bill Arp Addresses the Lebanon Law School, and Gives His Own Sad Experience 186

Twenty-Ninth Paper-Bill Arp on the Stock Market194

Thirtieth Paper-Bill Arp on Freedom 201

Thirty-First Paper-Bill Arp on the Collapse 206

Thirty-Second Paper-Bill Arp on Bill Tell 210

Thirty-Third Paper-Happy George 214

Thirty-Fourth Paper-Bill Arp Makes Some Remarks 219

Thirty-Fifth Paper-Worship 234

Thirty-Sixth Paper-Bill Arp's Great Speech to the Soljiers 241

Thirty-Seventh Paper-Bill Arp Visits Gotham 249