My Diary: North and South (vol. 2 of 2)

CHAPTER XVIII.

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A tour of inspection round the camp--A troublesome horse--M‘Dowell and the President--My opinion of Bull Run indorsed by American officers--Influence of the Press--Newspaper correspondents--Dr. Bray--My letters--Captain Meagher--Military adventures--Probable duration of the war--Lord A. Vane Tempest--The American journalist--Threats of assassination 304