n are my own. They are an elaboration of notes made during
the war and directly after it, following which, it has taken the form of a
diary.

The part of the work which has been least interesting, consumed more time
and required some research, has been in fixing the dates when the
different incidents occurred, they having passed entirely from memory long
ago. With these few words, the work is submitted by the writer to his
comrades of those four eventful and trying years, when the life of the
Republic hung in the balance, in the hope that it may be an aid in calling
to mind fading recollections of pleasant incidents, as well as heroic
deeds performed by comrades.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I

LEARNING TO BE A SOLDIER 9

Leaving Camp Lincoln for the front. At Baltimore, Maryland.
Cantaloupes and Peaches. Annapolis, Maryland. Chesapeake
Bay oysters. Assisting negroes to escape. Doing picket duty
on the railroad. A Negro husking. Chaplain Ball arrives from
Massachusetts. Assigned to the 2d Brigade, 2d Division, 9th
Army Corps.

CHAPTER II

THE NORTH CAROLINA CAMPAIGN 27

On shipbound. Burial at sea. At Hatteras Inlet. Battle of
Roanoke Island. Battle of Newbern. Reading Johnnies' love
letters. Athletics. Battle of Camden. Went to the relief
of the 2d Maryland.

CHAPTER III

IN VIRGINIA UNDER GENERAL POPE 53

A ride in the Confederate doctor's "One horse Chaise."
Living off the country. Learning the distance to Germania
Ford. The Second Battle of Bull Run. The Battle of Chantilly.

CHAPTER IV

WITH MCCLELLAN IN MARYLAND 83

The Barbara Fretchie Incident. The Battle of South Mountain.
Death of General Reno. The Battle of Antietam. Clara Barton.
President Lincoln visits the army. Visited a farmhouse very
near a Confederate Camp.

CHAPTER V

THE FREDERICKSBURG CAMPAIGN 101

A hard race for a pig. Chaplain Ball returns home. Picket
duty along the river. The Battle of Fredericksburg. Burying
the dead. Christmas revels with the Confederates. A band of
horn-blowers. A raid on the sutler. A costume ball at Hotel
de Ville.

CHAPTER VI

PLAYING SOLDIER IN KENTUCKY 127

Our breakfast at Balti