For Several Years My Friends Among Confederate Soldiers Have Been
Urging Me To "Write Up" And Publish What I Know Of The War. By
Personal Solicitation And By Letter This Subject Has Been Brought
Before Me And Placed In The Light Of A Duty Which I Owe To Posterity.
Taking This View Of It, I Willingly Comply, Glad That I Am Permitted
To Stand Among The Many "Witnesses" Who Shall Establish "The Truth,"
Proud To Write Myself As One Who Faithfully Served The Defenders Of
The Cause Which Had And Has My Heart'S Devotion. I Have Tried To Give
A Faithful Record Of My Experiences, To "Nothing Extenuate Nor Aught
Set Down In Malice," And I Have Told The Truth, But Not Always The
Whole Truth. A Few Of These "Memories" Were Originally Written For The
_Southern Bivouac_, And Are Here Republished Because My Book Would
Have Been Incomplete Without Them.
