CHAPTER XXV.

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APPOINTED DETECTIVE--I VISIT LOUISVILLE--SECESH ACQUAINTANCES--SEEKING EMPLOYMENT--PEDDLING--REBEL SPIES--ACTING AS CLERK--TRAPPING SPIES--START FOR VICKSBURG--PRO-SLAVERY TROOPS--CRUELTY TO NEGROES--VISITING HOSPITALS--TOUCHING SCENES--AN ARMLESS SOLDIER--PATIENT SUFFERING--TRIUMPHANT DEATH--RALLY ROUND THE FLAG--WESTERN CHAPLAINS--SOLDIERS' TESTIMONY--EFFECT OF PRAYER IN BATTLE--CARRYING THE WOUNDED.