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Davies and Kilpatrlck and their followers over the 

 hills and through the valleys of Virginia, Maryland 

 and Pennsylvania. 



Being captured in a cavalry battle between Kilpat- 

 rick and Stuart in October, 1863, I was imprisoned 

 successively at Richmond, Danville, Macon, Savannah, 

 Charleston and Columbia, from which last prison I 

 escaped in November, 1864; was recaptured and es- 

 caped a second and third time, traversing the States of 

 South Carolina and Georgia in my long tramp from 

 Columbia to Savannah. 



The marches, raids, battles, captures and escapes of 

 those days seem to have increased rather than dimin- 

 ished my ardor for travel and adventure and hence it 

 is possibly not strange that on leaving the army I still 

 looked forward to more extended journeys in the East 

 and exploratory tours beyond the Mississippi. 



With the close of the war and mustering out of ser- 

 vice came new duties and responsibilities which I had 

 hardly contemplated during my school days. The 

 question of ways and means again confronted me. I 

 desired first to continue the course of study which had 

 been interrupted by ray enlistment, and secondly to 

 carry out my cherished plans for exploration. Hav- 

 ing a journal kept during my incarceration in and 

 escapes from Southern prisons, I was advised and de- 

 cided to amplify and publish it if possible with a view 

 to promoting these projects. 



Going to New York, I at once sought the leading 

 publishers. INIy manuscript was submitted to the 

 Harpers, Appletons, Scribners, and some others^ 

 but as I was entirely unknown, few cared to under- 

 take the publication and none seemed disposed to allow 



