along who is interested in the history
of the Civil War, and who would like to know something more about it than
just the main facts, which is all the histories usually give, it is hoped
that these recollections will be of assistance to him in that respect.

Few soldiers, too, had so varied an experience as fell to the lot of the
writer. Again, it has been a source of genuine pleasure to think over the
old campaigns, with their diversity of experiences, and put what I have
been able to call to mind into readable form.

JAMES MADISON STONE.

Boston, January, 1918.

My task is done, my song hath ceased, my theme
Has died into an echo it is fit
The spell should break, of this protracted dream.
The torch shall be extinguished which hath lit
My midnight lamp and what is writ is writ.
Would it were worthier but I am not now
That which I have been, and my visions flit
Less palpably before me and the glow
Which in my spirit dwelt is fluttering faint and low.

Childe Harold's Pilgrimage.
Canto 185. Lord Byron.

Transcriber's Notes:

Punctuation has been corrected without note.

The following misprints have been corrected:
"occupired" corrected to "occupied" (page 46)
"others" corrected to "other" (page 87)
"outselves" corrected to "ourselves" (page 113)
"blackssmith" corrected to "blacksmith" (page 146)
"placed" corrected to "places" (page 168)
"do" corrected to "to" (page 191)

Other than the corrections listed above, inconsistencies in spelling and
hyphenation have been retained from the original.

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