Page 20 contains "It was amusing to." This may be missing 'me' from
the end of the sentence, or 'to' should have been 'too'. As it is
impossible to be certain, it is preserved as printed.
Page 21 contains reference to a sea of mud, followed by "The army
slashed around...." Slashed may be a typographic error for splashed,
or the author may have intentionally used slashed to indicate
hard-going on swampy ground. As it is impossible to be certain, it is
preserved as printed.
Variable spelling is preserved as printed when there is a single
instance of the word, e.g. Gainsville, canister and cannister,
fatigueing, Mannassas, barbacue, underbush and underbrush. Variation
in spelling of proper nouns where there is more than one instance has
been made consistent, as follows:
Page 10--Miner's amended to Minor's--"With the advance of
the army from Minor's Hill, ..."
Page 19--Chancellorville amended to Chancellorsville--"...
it marched out to and beyond Chancellorsville, ..."
Page 21--Kelley's amended to Kelly's--"... the 4th, was
ordered to Kelly's Ford, ..."
Page 21--Johnney amended to Johnny--"... Johnny Reb., why
don't you wear ..."
Page 25--Beverley amended to Beverly--"... it encamped near
Beverly Ford, ..."
Page 25--Rappanhannock amended to Rappahannock--"On the 12th
the Regiment recrossed the Rappahannock, ..."
Seconds and thirds may be written as 2d or 2nd, and 3d or 3rd
respectively.
Minor punctuation errors have been repaired.
Hyphenation and capitalisation has been made consistent.
The following typographic errors have been fixed:
Page 6--unusal amended to unusual--"About the same time, I
felt an unusual sensation ..."
Page 7--civillians amended to civilians--"The rush of
soldiers, congressmen, and other civilians, ..."
Page 12--come amended to came--"... when zip, pinge, came
the warning to get out."
Page 14--Lousiana amended to Louisiana--"The 4th Michigan
about used up the Louisiana Tigers."
Page 15--Masschusetts amended to Massachusetts--"The 9th
Massachusetts, one of our brigade, ..."
Page 15--Rebesl amended to Rebels--"... that the Rebels
attacked with great fury."
Page 15--mischievious amended to mischievous--"Some
mischievous fellow in the rear ..."
Page 16--splended amended to splendid--"... after Mac., who
was a splendid rider ..."
Page 19--manouvered amended to maneuvered--"We maneuvered
around, for a while."
Page 19--come amended to came--"The Johnnies came out of
the woods in our front ..."
Page 21--beautifull amended to beautiful--"... a beautiful
moon-light night."
Page 23--srife amended to strife--"... when mutterings of
the awful strife, ..."
Page 24--aid-de-camp amended to aide-de-camp--"... news was
brought by an aide-de-camp ..."
Page 26--Irvland amended to Loveland (name confirmed against
official records)--"In the same engagement, Capt. W. H.
Loveland, ..."
Page 35--choloric amended to choleric--"... that did not
please the choleric Captain."
Page 37--rout amended to route--"At the end of our patrol
route, lived an old Rebel cuss."
Page 39--desirious amended to desirous--"... the men were
desirous of sending their surplus money home."
Page 40--arrivied amended to arrived--"We arrived there
after daylight, ..."
Page 41--CAVALARY amended to CAVALRY--"A LITTLE "BLACK
HORSE" CAVALRY, ..."
Page 43--stired amended to stirred--"The racket stirred up a
nest of Rebels, ..."
Illustrations have been moved where necessary so they are not in the
middle of a paragraph. Captions in {brackets} have been added by the
transcriber for the convenience of the reader.