[←9]

^{Details of General Jackson Baines ‘Ole Devil’ Hardin’s early career and background are given in the author’s Ole Devil Hardin series. He also appears in the Civil War and Floating Outfit series. His death is reported in DOC LEROY, M.D. His sobriquet, ‘Ole Devil’ was caused by his Mephistophelian features and because his contemporaries said he was a ‘lil ole devil in a fight’.}