118 Ten Years of my Life. 



fore without him in a transport steamer for New York, on the 

 6th December, while we remained in Savannah until Sunday 

 the loth, finishing our preparations and taking leave of our 

 many kind friends. 



On that day we went on board the steamer ' North Point/ 

 bound for Baltimore. Salm had prepared nice boxes for our 

 horses, which proved all good sailors, with the exception of a 

 piebald, which became horribly sea-sick, to the great astonish- 

 ment of Captain Smith, who had never seen such a case. I was, 

 however, still more sea-sick than the piebald, and felt ex- 

 tremely miserable until the 12th December, when we were 

 detained in Chesapeake Bay by a dense fog. 



We arrived, however, safely in Baltimore, and went by rail 

 to Washington, where we were received at the depot by Colo- 

 nel Corvin, to whose home in Georgetown we went soon after- 

 wards, to live there until we could decide upon our future. 



The war was over. All the volunteer generals and colonels 

 returned to their former avocations, and in due time Salm was 

 dismissed also. There were many of our friends in Washing- 

 ton, generals and senators, and several of them tried to per- 

 suade Salm to enter the regular army. Many senators pro- 

 mised to use their influence to procure him a commission as 

 colonel, and President Johnson, who was very favourably dis- 

 posed towards him, approved also of that plan. Salm, however, 

 did not like to serve in the regular army of the United States 

 during peace. 



Though he had succeeded very well in that country, he 

 could not fully be reconciled to the idea of living there for ever, 

 and had always in view his final return to Europe and his 

 family, to which he was very much attached. 



Having, however, spent his fortune, and losing his pay as 

 a general with his being dismissed, necessity urged him to 

 deside soon what course to take. 



At that time a great many former officers were in a position 

 similar to his, and some of them took steps to enter the Liberal 

 army of Mexico. The sympathies of Salm were, however, 

 with the Emperor Maximilian, and though many friends warned 

 him against linking his fate to that of this prince, they did not 

 succeed in dissuading him from his purpose. It was in vain 

 that they predicted a speedy end to the Mexican empire, say- 

 ing that the Government of the United States could not and 



