earnest to save their country, took up and carried, additional to their enormous taxation, a financial
burden amounting to untold thousands, that they might aid "The Boys in Blue," and keep them, in their hearts, ever a citizen soldiery, an army, not of "privates," but of husbands, sons, and brothers.
Some fascinating sketches are from the pen of Mrs. Livermore. She and the Author were closely identified in work and sympathy; they were together in the same narrow office; together they traveled, spoke, wrote and worked. So far differing that each was supplemental of the other, yet so far resembling as to secure unity of place and action, the service they rendered jointly was of inestimable value.
Mrs. Livermore visited some portions of the field unattended by her colaborer, and her graceful pen having recorded some scenes she witnessed, she has kindly furnished them for this volume, adding to its interest, and giving it, in the most effectual manner, her indorsement and commendation.