With the Rank and File

by Thomas J. Ford

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. For example: tomorrow, to-morrow; School House, School-House; martyrized; calked.

[Table of Contents] created by the transcriber.
[Pg 11], 'goods boys' replaced by 'good boys'.
[Pg 18], 'like a mon' replaced by 'like a man'.
[Pg 30], 'he appared to' replaced by 'he appeared to'.
[Pg 55], 'I reacher Resaca' replaced by 'I reached Resaca'.
[Pg 71], 'Repubican party' replaced by 'Republican party'.
[Pg 91], 'harrassing' replaced by 'harassing'.
[Pg 95], 'Vounteers' replaced by 'Volunteers'.