FOOTNOTES:[A]Years afterwards I wrote a song to this music myself ("The Song of Iowa"). To this day it is well known, and has become the official State song.[B]When springing down from the top of that wall I lost my shoes—I had had them in my hand. I also let fall from my pocket the pages of this diary. I could not think of losing them, and at the risk of my life I slipped over the dead line and from under the guard's very feet, I snatched them up and ran behind one of the huts.[C]At the town of Lucerne in Switzerland there is in front of the Schweizerhof a quay lined with castanien trees. It overlooks the beautiful lake. Long years after the war General Grant sat there on a bench one quiet summer night and talked to me of the time I brought the news to him from Sherman in the Carolinas. In a few weeks from that night by the lakeside I had the honor of entertaining my old commander at my own home, in the city of Zurich, where I was now representing the government as one of his appointees. The order naming me to go to Zurich had, on a certain time, been written by his own hand.This night at Zurich proved to be almost the last time I was ever to see the great commander. His presence and words that evening are among the treasured memories of my life.
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[A]Years afterwards I wrote a song to this music myself ("The Song of Iowa"). To this day it is well known, and has become the official State song.
[A]Years afterwards I wrote a song to this music myself ("The Song of Iowa"). To this day it is well known, and has become the official State song.
[B]When springing down from the top of that wall I lost my shoes—I had had them in my hand. I also let fall from my pocket the pages of this diary. I could not think of losing them, and at the risk of my life I slipped over the dead line and from under the guard's very feet, I snatched them up and ran behind one of the huts.
[B]When springing down from the top of that wall I lost my shoes—I had had them in my hand. I also let fall from my pocket the pages of this diary. I could not think of losing them, and at the risk of my life I slipped over the dead line and from under the guard's very feet, I snatched them up and ran behind one of the huts.
[C]At the town of Lucerne in Switzerland there is in front of the Schweizerhof a quay lined with castanien trees. It overlooks the beautiful lake. Long years after the war General Grant sat there on a bench one quiet summer night and talked to me of the time I brought the news to him from Sherman in the Carolinas. In a few weeks from that night by the lakeside I had the honor of entertaining my old commander at my own home, in the city of Zurich, where I was now representing the government as one of his appointees. The order naming me to go to Zurich had, on a certain time, been written by his own hand.This night at Zurich proved to be almost the last time I was ever to see the great commander. His presence and words that evening are among the treasured memories of my life.
[C]At the town of Lucerne in Switzerland there is in front of the Schweizerhof a quay lined with castanien trees. It overlooks the beautiful lake. Long years after the war General Grant sat there on a bench one quiet summer night and talked to me of the time I brought the news to him from Sherman in the Carolinas. In a few weeks from that night by the lakeside I had the honor of entertaining my old commander at my own home, in the city of Zurich, where I was now representing the government as one of his appointees. The order naming me to go to Zurich had, on a certain time, been written by his own hand.
This night at Zurich proved to be almost the last time I was ever to see the great commander. His presence and words that evening are among the treasured memories of my life.
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:Obvious typos and printer errors have been corrected without comment. Other than obvious errors, the author's spelling, grammar, and use of punctuation are retained as in the original publication. In addition to obvious errors, the following changes have been made:Page 50: "dozen" changed to "dozens" in the phrase, "Shortly, dozens of these small boats...."Page 89: "connonballs" changed to "cannonballs" in the phrase, "... storm of cannonballs...."Page 100: opening quote mark added: "My regiment is put...."Page 132: "thousand" changed to "thousands" in the phrase, "Hundreds, thousands possibly, of...."Page 187: "gaunlet" changed to "gauntlet" in the phrase, "... had run the Rebel gauntlet...."Page 192: "cammander" changed to "commander"Page 198: "straving" changed to "starving" in the phrase, "... poor, starving...."
TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE:
Obvious typos and printer errors have been corrected without comment. Other than obvious errors, the author's spelling, grammar, and use of punctuation are retained as in the original publication. In addition to obvious errors, the following changes have been made:
Page 50: "dozen" changed to "dozens" in the phrase, "Shortly, dozens of these small boats...."Page 89: "connonballs" changed to "cannonballs" in the phrase, "... storm of cannonballs...."Page 100: opening quote mark added: "My regiment is put...."Page 132: "thousand" changed to "thousands" in the phrase, "Hundreds, thousands possibly, of...."Page 187: "gaunlet" changed to "gauntlet" in the phrase, "... had run the Rebel gauntlet...."Page 192: "cammander" changed to "commander"Page 198: "straving" changed to "starving" in the phrase, "... poor, starving...."
Page 50: "dozen" changed to "dozens" in the phrase, "Shortly, dozens of these small boats...."
Page 89: "connonballs" changed to "cannonballs" in the phrase, "... storm of cannonballs...."
Page 100: opening quote mark added: "My regiment is put...."
Page 132: "thousand" changed to "thousands" in the phrase, "Hundreds, thousands possibly, of...."
Page 187: "gaunlet" changed to "gauntlet" in the phrase, "... had run the Rebel gauntlet...."
Page 192: "cammander" changed to "commander"
Page 198: "straving" changed to "starving" in the phrase, "... poor, starving...."