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in Stevenson after the victorious battles — Christmas in Alabama — We 

 leave all for Nashville — Colonel and Madame von Corvin return to 

 Washington, and I go with Salm to Bridgeport —He is commander 

 of the post — His raids against the rebels — His staff — Captain John- 

 son and his wife, my sister, arrive — Difficulties in reference to promo- 

 tion — To remove these I am sent to Washington. . . P^ge 78 



CHAPTER VII. 



On board the * General Lyttle ' — In Washington — Up-hill work — Senator 

 Yates — Go with Groeben to New York — Governor Fenton — Governor 

 Gilmore of New Plampshire — Return to Washington — Victory — 

 Receive the General's commission for Salm — Living at Corvin's in 

 Georgetown — Short sketch of war events — Characteristic of General 

 Grant — The assassination of Lincoln — Attempt against Secretary 

 Seward — Impression made by that catastrophe — The Funeral — 

 Andrew Johnson, the new President — Mr. Field, Assistant .Secretaiy 

 of the Treasury — Returning to the war — Felix in Dalton, Georgia — 

 Arrival in Chattanooga — No trains — Get a locomotive — Riding on the 

 cow- catcher — A journey from Dalton to Cleveland — A fearful night in 

 the woods — Dangers of railway travelling — A narrow escape — I get a 

 baby of my sister's — Starting for Atlanta, Georgia — State of the 

 country — Our life in Atlanta — Leaving for Savannah— Fort Pulaski — 

 An excursion to Augusta — Dangers of the Savannah rivers — Our 

 steamer, the ' Fanny Lehr,' running on a snag — Sticking in the mud — 

 The alligators — Assistance arriving — Continue our journey — Coming 

 up with the ' Robert Lehr,' which strikes a snag and goes down- 

 Returning to Savannah— End of the war — Going via Baltimore to 

 Washington — Living in Georgetown at Corvin's — Forming new plans 

 — Salm resolves to go to Mexico — Groeben is to go with him — I re- 

 main in Washington — Take a bouse in that city together with the 

 Corvins — Our life — Excursions — Colonel Moore — Leaving for Mexico 

 — Good-bye to President Johnson — On board the ' Manhattan ' — 

 Father Fisher — Arrival in Havaunah — Surprise — Meeting Salm — 

 Arrival in Vera Cruz lOQ 



MEXICO 



CHAPTER Vni. 



Vera Cruz — Great graveyard — A Mexican diligence — Robbing the diligence 

 — A gentlemanly sport — Paper dresses — Terra Templada — ' Get oui 

 if you can' — Pulque — In an Indian hut— Orizava — Puebla — The 

 plateau of Mexico — General Zerman — Baron Magnus. , 125 



