Prologue: the saddest sound I ever heard -- Part I. Before the war -- A peculiar period in my pilgrimage -- Slavery is an evil that ought not to exist -- My plans overthrown; life all changed -- At Alexandria...the Potomac rolls its majestic stream -- Part II. During the war -- Civil War is upon us -- My way seems clear to go -- What a place I have found -- Mrs. J and I may carry out our plans -- An interfering and troublesome person -- I wish to...fight it through -- Will it pay? -- As good a spot as could be obtained -- Things as usual, quite unsettled -- Flung my flag to the breeze -- Part III. After the war -- The paraphernalia of war is fast disappearing -- That I might be there to see -- Epilogue: the burial was at Avon.
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