Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Personal Experiences in the Volunteer Navy
My service in the Civil War began in April, 1861, with three months' enlistment, in the presence of President Lincoln, at the front of the White House, a few days after the bombardment of Fort Sumter.
We were mustered in for the defence of the Nation's Capital.
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