TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE
Obvious typographical errors and punctuation errors have been corrected after careful comparison with other occurrences within the text and consultation of external sources.
Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained.
[Pg 5:] ‘insistance that’ replaced by ‘insistence that’.
[Pg 15:] ‘Fourth Batalion of’ replaced by ‘Fourth Battalion of’.
[Pg 23:] ‘of Campany C’ replaced by ‘of Company C’.
[Pg 23:] ‘we countermached’ replaced by ‘we countermarched’.
[Pg 25:] ‘sharp shooters, who’ replaced by ‘sharpshooters, who’.
[Pg 28:] ‘heartrendering rumor’ replaced by ‘heartrending rumor’.
[Pg 30 (Illustration):] ‘and is ermitted’ replaced by ‘and is permitted’.
[Pg 31:] ‘fac similes’ replaced by ‘fac-similes’.
[Pg 32:] ‘lifeless aud lone’ replaced by ‘lifeless and lone’.