Travelling to Nashville. 77 



The principal causes why the sanitary institutions of Ame- 

 rica were so good and effective are — the practical good sense 

 of the people, the wealth and the liberality of both the people 

 and the Government, the fact that military, principles do not 

 rank there before those of humanity, and the absence of all 

 objects al'uring flunkeyism. 



The 68th Regiment N.Y.Y. consisted now of nearly one 

 thousand men, and on the 8th of June, i864, Salm was ap- 

 pointed to the regiment in Nashville, Tennessee, belonging to 

 the army of General Sherman. - 



In July I travelled to Nashville, accompanied only by my 

 maid and Jimmy my dog, who had become my inseparable 

 companion, 1 did not find my husband, for his regiment had 

 marched souih to Alabama, and it was not possible to join 

 him, though I tried everything for that purpose. The country 

 between Nashville and the Tennessee river was in a very inse- 

 cure state, bands of guerillas making raids everywhere, and 

 destroying the railroad. I had therefore to wait patiently, and 

 not liking to live in an hotel in the much-crowded Nashville, I 

 found lodging and board in a nice family living in a neigh- 

 bouring village, where General Charles Schurz had his head- 

 quarters. 



Salm managed to pay me an eight days' visit at Nasliville, 

 riding all the way on horseback, and not minding the dangers 

 of the road. I wanted to run the risk and accompany him 

 back on horseback also, but he would not hear of it, and I 

 suppose he was right. The guerillas were very ferocious, and 

 I really believe that my being a lady woulpl not have protected 

 me against their outrage?. 



Salm desired me to return to Washington until he should 

 send me word to come, and a short time after he had left 

 •Nashville I started for the capital of the Union. 



