Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death
CHAPTER XVII.--From Court to Camp 139-146
A Winter's Inaction and Effects. Comforts and Homesickness. Unseen Foes and Their Victory. Care and Cleanliness. _Nostalgia._ Camp Morality. Record of the "Cracks". In a Maryland Mess. Mud and Memories. Has History a Parallel? Old Cavaliers and New.