Many errors of opinion and of fact he might now correct, and many items which appear unworthy of a paragraph he might now strike out, but he prefers to leave the record as it was written, when cyclopedias could not be consulted, nor time taken for thorough investigation.
Who can really know what an army is unless he mingles with the individuals who compose it, and learns how they live, think, talk, and act?
THE CITIZEN SOLDIER;
OR,
MEMOIRS OF A VOLUNTEER.
JUNE, 1861.
22. Arrived at Bellaire at 3 p. m. There is trouble in the neighborhood of Grafton. Have been ordered to that place.