AND

THE PERIOD OF NATIONAL PRESERVATION

AND RECONSTRUCTION

BY

WILLIAM CONANT CHURCH

BREVET LIEUTENANT COLONEL U. S. VOLS.; EDITOR "U. S. ARMY AND NAVY
JOURNAL"; AUTHOR OF "THE LIFE OF JOHN ERICSSON," ETC.

8352.706

Sohier fund

COPYRIGHT, 1897, BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS
Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

EXPERIENCES OF GARRISON LIFE-FAILURE AS A

FARMER AND TRADER (1848-1861)

CHAPTER V.

FIRST EXPERIENCES AS AN OFFICER OF VOLUN-

TEERS (JULY AND AUGUST, 1861).

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