inclusive.(15)

When the Gettysburg campaign ended I was fairly in the Army of the
Potomac, destined to be with it and of it and to share its fortunes
for two years and to the end of the war.

( 1) _War Records_, vol. xxvii., Part I., pp. 30-1.

( 2) _Ibid_., pp. 35, 39.

( 3) Ewell's Report, _War Records_, vol. xxvii., Part II., p. 443.

( 4) Longstreet's Report, _Ibid_., 358.

( 5) Lee's Report, _Ibid_., 317.

( 6) _War Records_, vol. xxvii., Part II., pp. 316, 321-2.

( 7) _Manassas to Appomattox_, pp. 342-3, 351-9, 362.

( 8) Meade's Report, _War Records_, vol. xxvii., Part I., p. 115.

( 9) _Manassas to Appomattox_, pp. 386-7.

(10) Pendleton's Report, _War Records_., vol. xxvii., Part II.,
p. 352.

(11) _Manassas to Appomattox_, p. 392.

(12) _War Records_, vol. xxvii., Part II., pp. 299-302.

(13) _Ibid_., p. 82-3.

(14) _Ibid_., p. 187.

(15) _War Records_, vol. xxvii., Part II., 346.

CHAPTER III
New York Riots, 1863--Pursuit of Lee's Army to the Rappahannock--
Action of Wapping Heights, and Skirmishes--Western Troops Sent to
New York to Enforce the Draft--Their Return--Incidents, etc.

During the Gettysburg campaign the organized militia of New York
City and the volunteer and regular troops stationed there were sent
to Pennsylvania to aid in repelling the invading army, thus leaving
that city without its usual protection.

Horatio Seymour, Governor of the State of New York in 1863, was
not, at all times, in harmony with President Lincoln and the War
Department with respect to the conduct of the war, the necessity
for raising troops, and the means by which they were obtained.
His opposition to the draft was well understood, and gave encouragement
to a turbulent population in New York City who were opposed to the
war, and, consequently, to all radical measures to fill the city's
quota. The poor believed they had a just ground of complaint. A
clause in the Enrollment Act of Congress allowed a drafted man to
be discharged upon the payment of three hundred dollars commutation.
This gave the wealthier people a right the poor were not able to
avail themselves of.

The city of New York had responded loyally with men and money in
support of the Union at the breaking out of the war, but as the
struggle progressed and the burdens of the city increased and many
calls for men came, there occurred some reaction in public sentiment,
especially among the masses, who imagined they