CHAPTER VIII.

1872.

Letter from General Sherman--Visit America--Sands of Bremen-- Storms at Sea--Elihu Washburne--Banquet to Him on Ship-- I am a Guest at the Sherman Home--Mrs. Sherman--Arrange to Take Miss Sherman to Europe--Meet Mr. Blaine--My Song Sung in the Sherman Home--Conversations with Sherman--Meet President Grant--How I Happened to Be in the Rebel Army Once--Letters from General Sherman. 61