My Story of the Civil War and the Under-Ground Railroad

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. For more than three years preceding the war, I ac quired the habit of keeping a diary, and from the day I enlisted, gave it special care and attention. On reaching home the last time it was laid by and hardly referred to until one year ago when I began to copy and te-write, as I then supposed, for my grand-children. But in do ing this it grew into a larger and more interesting vol ume than I had anticipated. Since its completion I have been urged by so many to offer it to the public, that I have finally concluded to do so. I cannot very well eliminate. My little love story or the little girl, from. This volume. It would spoil it forevery old soldier. She must have a place in my book, as she later became the best part of my life, until death separated us.