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Excerpt from Camp and Field: Papers From the Portfolio of an Army Chaplain
ON the fourth of July, 1861, the author of these papers entered the Confederate service as Chaplain to the Second Regi ment of Tennessee Volunteers, commanded by Colonel - now Major General - william B. Bate. Six months in camp and field on the lower Potomac furnished abundant material for a book. I returned to Nashville to put it to press. The publishers, in consideration of five hundred dollars paid in advance, commenced the work with most commendable zeal. Early in February, 1862, the stereotype plates were finished, and the last proof-sheets revised. The author hastened to rejoin the army in Virginia. In three weeks, at most, the book was to follow him. Alas! There is nothing certain, but human uncertainty. Fort Donelson fell, and with it fell the banner OF the regiment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
