1HE NEW YORK 936163A ASR, LENOX AND DATIONS Copyrighted, 1903, by PREFACE. Into this story are woven many sacred memories. If the thread of the story is fiction, it yet consists mainly of facts, nearly all the important incidents being taken from real life. For much of the material I am indebted to two of my sisters (now in the Better Land), Miss S. J. Bailey, and Mrs. Cyrena A. Stone. The latter lived in Atlanta. The long waiting, the terrors of the siege, and the rapture of triumph, were experiences in her own life. For description of battle scenes, I am indebted to my cousin, Edward A. Fisk, who was a participant in the great conflict at Gettysburg. True patriotism consists, not in noisy demonstration, nor even in brave fighting, but in all that which tends to make our nation purer and better. God grant this book may help to increase such patriotism, encourage faith, and lead its readers to shun the beginnings of wrongdoing. L. M. W. WOR 20JUN'34 |