Excerpt from Hero in Homespun: A Tale of the Loyal SouthI desire to thank the friends - too many to be named - who during the last twelve years have aided me in the securing of incidents for this under taking. F or aid in gathering historical material, I am especially indebted to Mr. Arthur M. Knapp of the Boston Public Library. I wish also to acknowledge the courtesy of the railroads passing to and through the region described, the Big Four, the Southern the Queen and Crescent, the Nashville, Chattanooga, and St. Louis, the Louis ville and Nashville, and the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap, and Louisville. These, on our recent tour of three thousand miles, placed all possible facilities at the disposal of author and artist for the careful study of the field.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.