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(Original cover)MY DIARY NORTH AND SOUTH.
MY DIARY
NORTH AND SOUTH.
BY
WILLIAM HOWARD RUSSELL.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS, 11, BOUVERIE STREET.
1863.
[The right of Translation is reserved.]
LONDON:
BRADBURY AND EVANS PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| Down the Mississippi—Hotel at Vicksburg—Dinner—Public meeting—News of the progress of the war—Slavery and England—Jackson—Governor Pettus—Insecurity of life—Strong Southern enthusiasm—Troops bound for the North—Approach to Memphis—Slaves for sale—Memphis—General Pillow | 1 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Camp Randolph—Cannon practice—Volunteers—“Dixie”—Forced return from the South—Apathy of the North—General retrospect of politics—Energy and earnestness of the South—Firearms—Position of Great Britain towards the belligerents—Feeling towards the Old Country | 22 |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| Heavy Bill—Railway travelling—Introductions—Assassinations—Tennessee—“Corinth”— “Troy”—“Humbolt”—“The Confederate camp”—Return Northwards—Columbus—Cairo—The slavery question—Prospects of the war—Coarse journalism | 41 |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| Camp at Cairo—The North and the South in respect to Europe—Political reflections—Mr. Colonel Oglesby—My speech—Northern and Southern soldiers compared—American country-walks—Recklessness of life—Want of cavalry—Emeute in the camp—Defects of army medical department—Horrors of war—Bad discipline | 63 |