Graduation--Commissioned Brevet Second Lieutenant, U. S. 20
A.--Ordered to Fort Macon, N. C.--Goldsboro--Journey to
Beaufort--Officers at the Fort--Life in a Casemate--Stormy
Atlantic--That Oyster Supper--The Wandering Cot--Adieu to Fort
Macon--Journey to Washington--Lieuts. George H. Thomas and John
Pope--Weldon, N. C.--Go to West Point--Prof. Morse--First
Dispatch--Hope Club, Washington--Dinner Given by Surgeon General
Lawson--Appointed Aid to Gen. Scott--British Gold--Col. S.
Churchill--Integrity of Old Army Officers--Leave Washington for
Fort McHenry--Society in Baltimore--Chief Justice Taney