Chapter XXXV

Arrival at Chicago—Reception at Union Hall—Speeches of T. B. Ryan,
Esq., General Sherman, and Colonel Langley, etc., etc.

MISCELLANEOUS SKETCHES.

Rome. A Confederate Christmas. Bad meat. Public execution at
Nashville. Drawing rations. Blue Ridge. Raids on the suttler. John
Kirsch and Tom Makemson's rice trip. Mrs. Dr. Mary Walker. The
Monkly fox. Roast goose or gander. The rescued negroes. Our trip
after Forrest. Personal mention. Lt. Geo. Scroggs, Sergt. S. C.
Abbott, Lt. John J. White. Our color Bearers, Asbury D. Finlay,
Harvey S. Tryon, Sergt. Wm. L. Thralls. Resolutions on the
Emancipation Proclamation. Resolutions passed by Senate and House
of Representatives of the State of Louisiana. Order announcing
suspension of hostilities. Order for Grand Review at Richmond.
General Sherman's farewell order to the Army. Regimental report of
the Atlanta campaign. Regimental report from the fall of Atlanta
to the fall of Savannah. Regimental report of Colonel Langley from
leaving Savannah until the battle of Bentonville. Regimental
report of Captain Cook during and after the battle of Bentonville,
to Goldsboro, N. C. Roster of Commissioned Officers. Roster of
enlisted men, giving the fate of every man, if buried in soldiers'
cemetery, the number of his grave. Brigade reports. Lee and
Gordon's Mills to Atlanta, Atlanta, Florence and Savannah,
Troublefield Swamps or Bentonville, N. C.