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INTRODUCTION.
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his honorable discharge in the city of Philadelphia, July 29, 1848.
Many a thing may have been written in this book, which young men will eventually do, which at this advanced age of sixty looks foolish, but it is, as far as my observation, all true.
It also gives me pleasure to mention (and my friends will so testify) that I never failed to answer to my name at rollcall (except ten days while lying sick at Pueblo City with diarrhœa and cold, &c.).
NOTE.—The long delay in presenting to the public this work was for the want of finances, and I thank God that he has spared my life to have raised sufficient funds to publish this book. Yours,
THE AUTHOR.
