Excerpt from Fifteen Months in Dixie: My Personal Experience in Rebel Prisons It is never too late to tell the truth, although the truth may be sharper than a two-edged sword. It is never too late to inspire our young men to love, and venerate, and defend, the Flag of their Country; to tell them how their fathers suffered in support of a principle No, it is not too late to tell this story, and I have no apologies to offer any man, living or dead, for tell ing it. But, while I have no apologies to offer, I deem an explanation in order. Since I commenced writing this Story I have felt the want of a liberal education as I never felt it before. For, to tell the exact truth, I never en joyed the advantages of any school of higher grade than the common district school of thirty years ago. Therefore, kind reader, -you who have enjoyed the advantages of better schools, and a more liberal education, - when you find a mistake in this book, one which can not be laid at the door of the printer, kindly, and for Sweet Charity's Sake, overlook it; for I assure you I would be thus kind to you under similar circumstances. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.