TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Obvious typos and printer errors have been corrected without comment. Other than obvious errors, the author's spelling, grammar, and use of punctuation are retained as in the original publication. In addition to obvious errors, the following changes have been made:
Page 50: "dozen" changed to "dozens" in the phrase, "Shortly, dozens of these small boats...."
Page 89: "connonballs" changed to "cannonballs" in the phrase, "... storm of cannonballs...."
Page 100: opening quote mark added: "My regiment is put...."
Page 132: "thousand" changed to "thousands" in the phrase, "Hundreds, thousands possibly, of...."
Page 187: "gaunlet" changed to "gauntlet" in the phrase, "... had run the Rebel gauntlet...."
Page 192: "cammander" changed to "commander"
Page 198: "straving" changed to "starving" in the phrase, "... poor, starving...."