I knew much of their unwavering fidelity to the Union, of the firm steadfastness with which they endured persecution for their country's sake, and made sacrifices even unto death; and, as in those days I estimated all men simply by their devotion to the great cause of National integrity, (a habit that still clings to me) I rated these men very highly.

I had gone into their car to do my little to encourage them, and when I attempted to return to my own I was prevented by the guard.
Crossing the long bridge, our train came to a halt on the other side of the river with the usual clamor of bell and whistle, the usual seemingly purposeless and vacillating, almost dizzying, running backward and forward on a network of sidetracks and switches, that seemed unavoidably necessary, a dozen years ago, in getting a train into a City.
Still unable to regain my comrades and share their fortunes, I was marched off with the Tennesseeans through the City to the office of some one who had charge of the prisoners of war.
The streets we passed through were lined with retail stores, in which business was being carried on very much as in peaceful times.

Many people were on the streets, but the greater part of the men wore some sort of a uniform.

Though numbers of these were in active service, yet the wearing of a military garb did not necessarily imply this.

Nearly every able-bodied man in Richmond was; enrolled in some sort of an organization, and armed, and drilled regularly.