PREFACE. An THESE reminiscences of Secession, War, and Reconstruction it has seemed to me a duty to record. actor therein, accident of fortune afforded me exceptional advantages for an interior view. The opinions expressed are sincerely entertained, but of their correctness such readers as I may find must judge. I have in most cases been a witness to the facts alleged, or have obtained them from the best sources. Where statements are made upon less authority, I have carefully endeavoured to indicate it by the language employed. R. TAYLOR. |