North Fourth Street, adjoining Court House.
1866.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1866, by
E. C. DOWNS,
In the Clerk's Office of the United States District Court, for the
Southern District of Ohio.
STEREOTYPED AT THE
FRANKLIN TYPE FOUNDRY,
CINCINNATI, O.
TO
Lieutenant-General U. S. Grant,
Whose undaunted energy, heroic valor, superior generalship,
and devotion to his country,
have proved him
"THE RIGHT MAN IN THE RIGHT PLACE,"
And won for him
A WORLD-WIDE FAME;
And to the gallant Officers and Soldiers
who have nobly assisted in sustaining our glorious nationality
by crushing the great rebellion,
THIS VOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
It was with much difficulty that I was induced to give to the public a narrative of my experience as a scout and spy. It was the intense interest with which the people have listened to my narratives, whenever I have related them, and their earnest entreaties to have them published, that have prevailed upon me to do so.