Excerpt from The Flying, Gray-Haired Yank, or the Adventures of a Volunteer: A Personal Narrative of Thrilling Experiences as an Army Courier, a Volunteer Captain, a Prisoner of War, a Fugitive From Southern Dungeons, a Guest Among the Contrabands and Unionists, and Finally, a Skirmisher at the Very Front at AppomattoxIn the mention of engagements in which the writer participated, he has not presumed to give a comprehensive description Of events, as would be expected in a general history. He contents himself with telling simply what he saw and how affairs appeared to him from his point Of View, thus making the reader share the actual experiences Of a soldier at the very front.The reader will notice, doubtless, the author's constant use Of the first person, singular. He feels that in so doing he has laid himself open to the charge of egotism. But he has not been able to eliminate this feature, dealing as he does with occurrences in which he alone participated.In conclusion, while the writer makes no pre tension to the qualifications Of authorship, his book has the merit Of being entirely his own, as he received no outside aid in its preparation, except from his eldest son, Thomas, who assisted him in arranging the matter for the publisher.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.