1861.--Enthusiasm of the North.--Washington Threatened.--Bull Run, and Its Lessons.--General Scott and the Cavalry.--Enlistment under Captain Buel.--The Harris Light Cavalry.--Leaving Troy, New York.--Captain A. N. Duffie.--Drilling and Fencing at Scarsdale, New York.--Bound for the Seat of War.--Philadelphia. --Baltimore.--Washington.--Camp Oregon. 19 1861.--Our unmilitary Appearance.--First Equipage.--My Black Mare.--Good and Evil Influences.--News-Boys.--Mail-Bag.-- Letter-Writing.--The Bugle Corps.--Camp-Guard.--Guerillas under Turner Ashby.--Mounted Drill.--Laughable Experiences with Horses.--Southern Egotism.--Northern Fancies. 27…
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