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Operation--Courtesy of a Mexican Woman--Leave Saltillo--Paltry
Escort--Safe at Monterey--The Rio Grande--Maj. W. W. H.
Davis--New Orleans--Gen. Pillow--Col. McIntosh--Bailey Peyton
and Sergeant S. Prentiss--Drunk by Absorption--Steamer for
Louisville--Racing on the River--Trip to Pittsburg, Pa.--By
Canal Boat to Harrisburg--Home--Report to the Adjutant
General--Go to Trenton, N. J.--Presentation of a Sword--Go to
Washington--John W. Forney's Bargain with Secretary
Buchanan--Capt. A. W. Reynolds--Sent to Troy, N. Y--Gen.
Wool--Leave Buffalo--Toledo--To Cincinnati by Canal--Society in
Cincinnati--Appointed Captain and Assistant Quartermaster--Start
for Washington--Cross the Alleghany Mountains by Stage--Six
Commissions in United States Army--Reception by Gen.
Jesup--Capt. Rufus Ingalls