Excerpt from Camp-Fire Stories of the Mississippi Valley Campaign

The ebb-tide of time has taken us far a drift from the issues that culminated in the war between the States. All organized Southern Societies now realize that the only full and final tribute, we can pay to the Confederate Soldier, is to crown his deeds, with a true version of his motive, and transmit untarnished the story of his suffering and loyalty.

Animated by this desire, I launch my little volume - sheafs of grain, gathered from many fields of valor, devoted first to deeds of Louisiana"s sons on Louisiana soil. Should it meet with favor, other works will follow, as Louisiana gave freely of the flower of her manhood to every battle of the Confederacy. The history of the Army of Northern Virginia cannot be written without telling the glory of the Louisiana Soldier.

I offer this contribution, not in memory of a Lost Cause, but as a witness to a Living Principle.

The facts presented in these pages have been obtained largely from participants in the action.

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