the slayer of a tyrant; thinking to
make the leading character in a tragedy, and have his performance acted
by others on the stage.

I see no grief on the faces of either officers or men of the Federal
army.

R. A. Pryor and Judge W. T. Joynes have called a meeting in Petersburg,
to lament the calamity entailed by the assassination.

I got passports to-day for myself and family to the Eastern Shore,
taking no oath. We know not when we shall leave.

I never swore allegiance to the Confederate States Government, but was
true to it.

APRIL 19TH.--Yesterday windy, to-day bright and calm.

It appears that the day of the death of President Lincoln was appointed
for illuminations and rejoicings on the surrender of Lee. There is no
intelligence of the death of Mr. Seward or his son. It was a dastardly
deed--surely the act of a madman.

THE END.

Footnotes:

[1] Virginia undoubtedly contributed more than any other State, but they
were not registered.

[2] It is held by the government _now_, January, 1866, and my family are
homeless and destitute. _Onancock, Accomac County, Va._--J. B. J.

Transcriber's Notes:

Passages in italics are indicated by _underscore_.

The following misprints in Volume I have been corrected:
"their's" corrected to "theirs" (page 77)
"increasas" corrected to "increases" (page 85)
"instrutcted" corrected to "instructed" (page 164)
"conntry" corrected to "country" (page 238)
"Legisture" corrected to "Legislature" (page 242)
"Deparment" corrected to "Department" (page 244)
"ha" corrected to "he" (page 251)
"a" corrected to "at" (page 255)
"reappeard" corrected to "reappeared" (page 275)
"calvary" corrected to "cavalry" (page 308)
"assults" corrected to "assaults" (page 335)
"peisoners" corrected to "prisoners" (page 360)
"degees" corrected to "degrees" (page 362)
"Wendesday" corrected to "Wednesday" (page 365)

The following misprints in Volume II have been corrected:
"furnance" corrected to "furnace" (page 17)
"miraculousl" corrected to "miraculously" (page 17)
"13TH" corrected to "15TH" (page 44)
"Corolina" corrected to "Carolina" (page 44)
"affirmalive" corrected to "affirmative" (page 79)
"nothwithstanding" corrected to "notwithstanding" (page 84)
"necestity" corrected to "necessity" (page 93)
"2D" corrected to "3D" (page 123)
"develope" corrected to "develop" (page 135)
"Henly's" corrected to "Henley's" (page 166)