FOOTNOTES:
[1] Since died of wounds received in action.
[2] It may be stated here, that this expedition met with a disastrous result. If I mistake not, the officer, and with him the correspondent of a paper who accompanied him, were killed by the cavalry whom he meant to surprise, and several of the volunteers were also killed or wounded.
[3] Since killed in action.
[4] I have since met the person referred to, an Englishman living in Washington, and well known at the Legation and elsewhere. Mr. Dawson came to tell me that he had seen a letter in an American journal, which was copied extensively all over the Union, in which the writer stated he accompanied me on my return to Fairfax Court-house, and that the incident I related in my account of Bull Run did not occur, but that he was the individual referred to, and could swear with his assistant that every word I wrote was true. I did not need any such corroboration for the satisfaction of any who know me; and I was quite well aware that if one came from the dead to bear testimony in my favour before the American journals and public, the evidence would not countervail the slander of any characterless scribe who sought to gain a moment’s notoriety by a flat contradiction of my narrative. I may add, that Dawson begged of me not to bring him before the public, “because I am now sutler to the ——th, over in Virginia, and they would dismiss me.” “What! For certifying to the truth?” “You know, sir, it might do me harm.” Whilst on this subject, let me remark that some time afterwards I was in Mr. Brady’s photographic studio in Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, when the very intelligent and obliging manager introduced himself to me, and said that he wished to have an opportunity of repeating to me personally what he had frequently told persons in the place, that he could bear the fullest testimony to the complete accuracy of my account of the panic from Centreville down the road at the time I left, and that he and his assistants, who were on the spot trying to get away their photographic van and apparatus, could certify that my description fell far short of the disgraceful spectacle and of the excesses of the flight.
[5] P. 200, Spencer’s American edition, New York, 1858.
[6] Since killed in action.
[7] Since killed in action fighting for the South at Antietam.
[8] Since shot dead by the Federal General Jeff. C. Davis in a quarrel at Nashville.
[9] Since killed in action in Pope’s retreat from the north of Richmond.
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Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Many words with hyphens, or without them, have been silently adjusted to be more consistent. For example, instances of ‘head quarters’ have been made ‘head-quarters’; ‘bedroom’ has been changed to ‘bed-room’; ‘fire-arms’ has been changed to ‘firearms’.
For consistency, instances of A.M. or P.M. have been made lower case a.m. or p.m.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Pg v]: ‘“Tory”’ replaced by ‘“Troy”’.
[Pg vi]: ‘Battle seenes’ replaced by ‘Battle scenes’.
[Pg vii]: ‘camp—Generall’ replaced by ‘camp—General’.
[Pg 18]: ‘volunteeers. He served’ replaced by ‘volunteers. He served’.
[Pg 39]: ‘or be garotted’ replaced by ‘or be garroted’.
[Pg 40]: ‘developes itself’ replaced by ‘develops itself’.
[Pg 47]: ‘the but over’ replaced by ‘the butt over’.
[Pg 48]: ‘grimace, he exclamed’ replaced by ‘grimace, he exclaimed’.
[Pg 53]: ‘on a drisly day’ replaced by ‘on a drizzly day’.
[Pg 65]: ‘defective educacation’ replaced by ‘defective education’.
[Pg 70]: ‘West-point men’ replaced by ‘West Point men’.
[Pg 71]: ‘to the field picee’ replaced by ‘to the field piece’.
[Pg 79]: ‘Illonois railroad’ replaced by ‘Illinois railroad’.
[Pg 85]: ‘apropos’ replaced by ‘à propos’.
[Pg 89]: ‘the crusiers of either’ replaced by ‘the cruisers of either’.
[Pg 104]: ‘ornamental mocassins’ replaced by ‘ornamental moccasins’.
[Pg 104]: ‘command of McDowell’ replaced by ‘command of M‘Dowell’.
[Pg 105]: ‘indefinite strengh’ replaced by ‘indefinite strength’.
[Pg 119]: ‘drove up Pennyslvania’ replaced by ‘drove up Pennsylvania’.
[Pg 120]: ‘developes its power’ replaced by ‘develops its power’.
[Pg 129]: ‘the whileom editor’ replaced by ‘the whilom editor’.
[Pg 141]: ‘that n the South’ replaced by ‘that in the South’.
[Pg 169]: ‘vivacions prying’ replaced by ‘vivacious prying’.
[Pg 177]: ‘white gaiter—mdae’ replaced by ‘white gaiter—made’.
[Pg 186]: ‘started at 4·15’ replaced by ‘started at 4.15’.
[Pg 190]: ‘with turburlent and’ replaced by ‘with turbulent and’.
[Pg 199]: ‘stray aide-de-camps’ replaced by ‘stray aides-de-camp’.
[Pg 200]: ‘spiled with blood’ replaced by ‘spoiled with blood’.
[Pg 210]: ‘in eference to’ replaced by ‘in reference to’.
[Pg 220]: ‘to develope loyal’ replaced by ‘to develop loyal’.
[Pg 222]: ‘commssiariat carts’ replaced by ‘commissariat carts’.
[Pg 225]: ‘Notwitstanding all’ replaced by ‘Notwithstanding all’.
[Pg 228]: ‘from he men and’ replaced by ‘from the men and’.
[Pg 231]: ‘the throng inrceased’ replaced by ‘the throng increased’.
[Pg 235]: ‘down theere with’ replaced by ‘down there with’.
[Pg 241]: ‘whiskey and and tallow’ replaced by ‘whiskey and tallow’.
[Pg 250]: ‘General Patteson’ replaced by ‘General Patterson’.
[Pg 253]: ‘andot hers who’ replaced by ‘and others who’.
[Pg 258]: ‘hanging a Secesssionist’ replaced by ‘hanging a Secessionist’.
[Pg 267]: ‘House—Drunkeness’ replaced by ‘House—Drunkenness’.
[Pg 277]: ‘developes itself in’ replaced by ‘develops itself in’.
[Pg 283]: ‘be seat off’ replaced by ‘be sent off’.
[Pg 283]: ‘time to develope’ replaced by ‘time to develop’.
[Pg 294]: ‘This day month’ replaced by ‘This day a month ago’.
[Pg 306]: ‘has been meeted to’ replaced by ‘has been meted to’.
[Pg 321]: ‘Captain Foote, U.N.S.’ replaced by ‘Captain Foote, U.S.N.’.
[Pg 377]: ‘and resmbles its’ replaced by ‘and resembles its’.
[Pg 382]: ‘utterly villanous’ replaced by ‘utterly villainous’.
[Pg 391]: ‘egregrious share’ replaced by ‘egregious share’.
[Pg 401]: ‘with grizly bears’ replaced by ‘with grizzly bears’.
[Pg 404]: ‘his own responsibilty’ replaced by ‘his own responsibility’.
[Pg 415]: ‘plaee in honour’ replaced by ‘place in honour’.
[Pg 421]: ‘villanous deserter’ replaced by ‘villainous deserter’.
[Pg 421]: ‘cotillon party’ replaced by ‘cotillion party’.
[Pg 440]: ‘almost unparelleled’ replaced by ‘almost unparalleled’.