. A cavalryman's reminiscences of the Civil War [electronic resource] . was captured. Theyoung wife was almost frantic with grief and to pacifyher he said, Dont worry over me. T dont intend tostay with these fellows verv long: in fact, T am goingto take my \ew Years dinner with von. T might be alittle late, but save my dinner, as I will be here was taken to Ship Island for a while, thence towardthe North by way of the Mississippi river and thenby rail toward Xew York. When within a few milesof Klmvra. he jumned off the train pnd fiivdv reachedthe City of New York. Here he had friends,
. A cavalryman's reminiscences of the Civil War [electronic resource] . was captured. Theyoung wife was almost frantic with grief and to pacifyher he said, Dont worry over me. T dont intend tostay with these fellows verv long: in fact, T am goingto take my \ew Years dinner with von. T might be alittle late, but save my dinner, as I will be here was taken to Ship Island for a while, thence towardthe North by way of the Mississippi river and thenby rail toward Xew York. When within a few milesof Klmvra. he jumned off the train pnd fiivdv reachedthe City of New York. Here he had friends, who pro-vided him with clothing, money etc., and as a privatecitizen he traveled to Chicago and expected to go onimmediately to St. Louis, but as that city was filledwith troops, being hurried down toward Nashville, hehad to remain in Chicago for some time, but withfriends whom he could trust. At last he went over toSt. Louis, got there just as the Magenta was aboutto leave for New Orleans and took passage. The tripdown the river was quite pleasant and some distance. Lieut. W. S. BOOTH. 1-i 166 a cavalrymans reminiscences below Xatchez the boat landed for some purpose and anumber of passengers walked off to look at the coun-try, 11< ioth among the number; but somehow he waslost out in the woods. He then had no difficulty inmaking his way toward his regiment, and ontoward his home, which strange to say, he reached at9 oclock p. m., Jan. i, 1865, thus carrying out hispromise to his wife, that he would eat Xew Year sdinner at home. Judge Frank A. Monroe, for many years on theCivil bench of Xew Orleans, and now an associateJustice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, was amember of Company C He was a Kentucky boy,full of enthusiasm for the Southern cause and in thesummer of 1861 did all he could to get recruits for theFourth Kentucky Infantry, and then joined that com-mand at Lamp Harnett, Tenn., Sept. 1 of that yearWas with the army of den. Albert Sydney Johnstonuntil the evacuat
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