Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death

CHAPTER X.--En Route for the Border 75-83

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Decision to Move the Capital. Lax Precautions. The New York "Tribune" Dispatch. Montgomery Murmurs. Troops _en route_, and their Feelings. The Government on Wheels. Kingsville Misnomer. Profanity and Diplomacy. Grimes' Brother-in-law. With the C.S. Mail-bags.