My pen is inadequate to describe the ecstasy and patriotic feeling that permeated every vein and fiber of my animated being.

It was Paradise regained.

All the long struggles we had followed the Palmetto flag through victory and defeat, through storms and rains, and snows and tempest, along the dusty roads, and on the weary marches, we had been true to our country, our cause, and our people; and there was a conscious pride within us that when we would return to our homes, we would go back as conquerors, and that we would receive the plaudits of our people--well done, good and faithful servants; you have been true and faithful even to the end.
JEFF DAVIS MAKES A SPEECH "Sinner come view the ground Where you shall shortly lie." I remember that Hon.

Jeff Davis visited the army at this place, and our regiment, the First Tennessee, serenaded him.

After playing several airs, he came out of General Hood's marquee, and spoke substantially as follows, as near as I can remember: "SOLDIERS OF THE FIRST TENNESSEE REGIMENT:--I should have said captains, for every man among you is fit to be a captain.