Browsing named entities in John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer. You can also browse the collection for Huntsville (North Carolina, United States) or search for Huntsville (North Carolina, United States) in all documents.

Your search returned 2 results in 1 document section:

John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer, December, 1863. (search)
me, neatly-dressed young lady I concluded was the one the Lieutenant sought. A heavy and rather dull woman, who stood leaning against the wall, I set down as a dependent or servant in the family. Beg pardon, madam, is this the direct road to Shallow Ford? Yes, sir, the straight road. Won't you take a seat? Thank you, no. Good evening. Trotting along over the road which Mrs. Calisspe said was straight, but which, in fact, was exceedingly crooked, we came finally to the camp of the Thirteenchigan, a regiment which General Thomas supposes to be engaged in cutting saw-logs, when, in truth, its principal business is strolling about the country stealing chickens. It is, however, known as the saw-log regiment. On our return from Shallow Ford, as we approached Mrs. Calisspe's, we saw her handsome daughter on the porch inspecting a side-saddle, and concluded from this that the gallant Lieutenant's application had been successful, and that she proposed to accompany him to the ball on