. Daring and suffering : a history of the great railroad adventure . be paid, 288 DARING AND SUFFERING; OR and the money and the value of the arms takenfrom ns to be refunded. This was not all. He requested GovernorTodd to promote each of us to first lieuten-ants in the Ohio troops; and, if he failed to doso, promised to give us that grade in the regu-lar army. We then received furloughs to visitour homes, and left his presence profoundlyconvinced that ^ republics are not always un-grateful. We were then escorted by our friends to theExecutive mansion, and had a most pleasinginterview with our
. Daring and suffering : a history of the great railroad adventure . be paid, 288 DARING AND SUFFERING; OR and the money and the value of the arms takenfrom ns to be refunded. This was not all. He requested GovernorTodd to promote each of us to first lieuten-ants in the Ohio troops; and, if he failed to doso, promised to give us that grade in the regu-lar army. We then received furloughs to visitour homes, and left his presence profoundlyconvinced that ^ republics are not always un-grateful. We were then escorted by our friends to theExecutive mansion, and had a most pleasinginterview with our noble President. His kind-ness was equal to that of the Secretary. Afterrelating to him some incidents of prison expe-rience, and receiving his sympathizing com-ments, we took our leave. And now—safe in a land of freedom—withthe consciousness of having performed our duty—surrounded by fathers and mothers, brothersand sisters, wives and children, who had longmourned us as dead—our dangers past, and oursufierings rewarded—I drop the vail. The End. 4 ^ ^^. ^. A^ .^ <J
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