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half of it, after all. The fighting parson, as Brownlow was called, was editor of the Knoxville Whig, until arrested for his incendiary articles against the Confederate Government. The verdict was, He deserves death and we vote to kill him ; but after a few months' imprisonment he was released and conducted into the Union lines. After Mr. Higginson had given up his project of recruiting a regiment, he wrote of a new plan to enlist a company for nine months and go as captain. August 15, 1869 I dare say this will seem hard to you, dearest Mother, but I remember that you acquiesced before, and I think you will again. Nine months is not a great while, after all, and as for the uncertainties of human life they seem hardly greater in war than in peace. The Lieutenant-Colonel of the regiment will be Dwight Foster, Attorney-General of the State, and one of our best men. I suppose I might have some regimental position by pushing for it, but I shall not. My proposed company t