CHAPTER II.

VIGILANCE COMMITTEE AND COURT-MARTIAL.

The election of Delegates to determine the status of Mississippi--The Vigilance Committee--Description of its members--Charges--Phonography--No formal verdict--Danger of Assassination--Passports--Escape to Rienzi--Union sentiment-- The Conscript Law--Summons to attend Court-Martial-- Evacuation of Corinth--Destruction of Cotton--Suffering poor--Relieved by General Halleck 50--69