Transcriber's Note:
Obvious typographic errors have been corrected.
SKETCHES OF THE WAR:
A SERIES OF
Letters to the North Moore Street School
OF NEW YORK.
BY
CHARLES C. NOTT,
CAPTAIN IN THE FIFTH IOWA CAVALRY AND TRUSTEE OF PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN THE
CITY OF NEW YORK.
THIRD EDITION.
NEW-YORK:
ANSON D. F. RANDOLPH,
770 BROADWAY, CORNER OF 9TH ST.
—
1865.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1868, by
CHARLES C. NOTT.
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
To
WILLIAM B. EAGER, Jr.,
AN UNWAVERING FRIEND AND FAITHFUL SCHOOL OFFICER,
THESE SKETCHES ARE INSCRIBED.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I.— | The Hospital, | 9 |
| II.— | Donelson, | 20 |
| III.— | The Assault, | 29 |
| IV.— | Foraging, | 42 |
| V.— | A Flag of Truce, | 56 |
| VI.— | The Holly Fork, | 75 |
| VII.— | Scouting, | 88 |
| VIII.— | A Surprise, | 109 |
| IX.— | The Escape, | 135 |
| X.— | The Last Scout, | 154 |
PREFACE.
TO SECOND EDITION.
The first edition of this little work was published during its author'sabsence in the Department of the Gulf, and fought its own way intopublic favor. The second edition is now published for the exclusivebenefit of disabled soldiers, and in the expectation of opening forthem a profitable field of employment. As the first edition was soonexhausted, and no work has been offe