MY COMRADES:

I dedicate these fragmentary recollections to you as a memento of our services in camp, in field, and on the march. If this volume proves interesting to you, and ultimately becomes a treasured heirloom to your descendants, the object of its publication will have been fulfilled.

Yours in Fraternity, Charity, and Loyalty,

Benjamin Dean.

SPECIAL NOTICE.

This book was printed in, and published from, the office of the SOUTHWEST MISSOURIAN, as a business enterprise. About 150 known survivors were notified that its pages were open for their sketches, and several have availed themselves of the privilege. The work has entailed a greater amount of labor and research than was at first anticipated, and no pains have been spared to make it as complete and reliable as our resources would permit.

H. Z. Williams, Publisher. H. F Lincoln, Compiler.