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he service of the Confederate States." Now the reality of his situation opened to him. He "felt homesick," he says, "because he could not hear from home." At length he had two letters from home. He has passed through Lynchburg, and in due time reaches Harper's Ferry. Here is his account of his first Sabbath at the Ferry. "Sunday, May 19--What a cold day for the 19th of May; everybody is acting as if it were Monday; all firing guns; cooking, playing cards, &c.; had a dress parade, Colonel Jackson inspecting us; he is a large, fat old fellow, looks very much like an old Virginia farmer; returned to camp, prepared and ate a scanty dinner; had Episcopal service, and then a good old-fashioned sermon from our pastor, Chadwick; oh, how I loved to listen to him; wrote a letter hom; had another dress parade in the evening; rained all night" This is not a bad fellow. All through his diary we find evidences of goodness. On another occasion we find that he has "finished the last cha