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and who for similar reasons to Salm's had come to Am.erica. 

 In his regiment had been, as a captain, another Prussian 

 officer, who had served in the Gardes du Corps, Von Buggen- 

 hagen. He was severely wounded at the battle of Fredericks- 

 burg, and died in Washington on the New Year's night. 



He was buried with all military honours through the care 

 of the Colonels Corvin and Radowitz, and Mr. Gau, Secretary 

 of the Prussian Legation, in the senatorial churchyard, where 

 he lay at the side of Captain Schwenke and Lieutenant-Colonel 

 Gerber, who was murdered by mistake, a jealous lover taking 

 him for another man. 



We went to New York, where the regiment was disbanded. 

 The returnyig soldiers were received by their fellow-citizens 

 with great rejoicing, and all contributed to do them honour. 

 On the 2nd of May, Mr. Landmann and Mr. Edinger enter- 

 tained at their expense the whole regiment in Landmann's 

 * Hamilton Park,' and on this occasion the soldiers presented 

 Salm with a testimony of their love and respect, consisting of a 

 magnificent sword of honour, with a solid golden scabbard and 

 hilt with silver ornaments bearing the following inscription : 

 'The Soldiers of the 8th regiment, N.Y.S.V., to their Colonel 

 Felix, Pr. Salm.' Salm thanked them in some deeply-felt 

 appropriate words, and the whole festival gave general satis- 

 faction. 



In the evening we had a ball, where all the soldiers appeared 

 with their wives or sweethearts, whom they presented to me, 

 and I held quite a reception. I scarcely recognized the well- 

 known faces of the soldiers, who appeared in their citizen 

 dresses. It was a very pleasant party, and I felt quite affected 

 by the kind and confident manner in which I was treated by 

 these good Germans. At supper I was of course toasted, and 

 when Salm rose to answer, he was silenced by die clamorous 

 demand for a speech from me. I had to comply, and my 

 efforts to express myself in German were received with thunder- 

 ing applause. . . • 



Thus ended a very pleasant, rather too short, period of my 

 American life, and one of trouble and anxiety commenced. 



