[16] The incident with which I have illustrated my opinion of the policy of those who would have us wait for a “reaction at the North,” may be found in “Milman’s Latin Christianity,” vol. iii, p. 133.
[17] It has been stated, by one professing to have witnessed the fact, that, some weeks after the beginning of this terrific bombardment, not only were ladies seen coolly walking the streets, but that in some parts of the town children were observed at play, only interrupting their sports to gaze and listen at the bursting shells.
[18] Ghote—an imaginary evil being among Eastern nations.
[19] These lines were dedicated “to His Excellency President Davis, from his fellow-citizens, Ellen Key Blunt, J. T. Mayson Blunt, of Maryland and Virginia.”
[20] “The Star-Spangled Banner,” written by Francis Scott Key, a progenitor of Mrs. Blunt.
[21] These lines were suggested by the following, published in “Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper”: “We know a great deal about war now; but, dear readers, the Southern women know more. Blood has not dripped on our door-sills yet; shells have not burst above our homesteads. Let us pray they never may.”
[22] Written in the prison of Fort Delaware, Del., on hearing of General Lee’s surrender.
[23] reply to “The Conquered Banner,” by Sir Henry Houghton, Bart., of Great Britain.
[24] Written after the yellow-fever epidemic of 1878.