Except for those changes noted below, all misspellings in the text, and inconsistent or archaic usage, have been retained. For example, shell hole, shell-hole; farm house, farmhouse; boylike, boy-like; jailors; combatting; intrenched. Pg 53, ‘mightly independent’ replaced by ‘mightily independent’. Pg 54, ‘will be going, to’ replaced by ‘will be going, too’. Pg 56, ‘to he satisfied’ replaced by ‘to be satisfied’. Pg 59, ‘amply satisified’ replaced by ‘amply satisfied’. Pg 71, ‘not checked not’ replaced by ‘not checked nor’. Pg 76, ‘handorgan’ replaced by ‘hand organ’. Pg 82, ‘muderous Hun’ replaced by ‘murderous Hun’. Pg 95, ‘cumulous clouds’ replaced by ‘cumulus clouds’. Pg 96, ‘the while thing’ replaced by ‘the white thing’. Pg 102, ‘fer a veteran’ replaced by ‘for a veteran’. Pg 108, ‘and you--Don’ replaced by ‘And you--Don’. Pg 114, ‘the work an so’ replaced by ‘the work and so’. Pg 116, ‘They’s have you’ replaced by ‘They’d have you’. Pg 123, ‘hideous meledy’ replaced by ‘hideous melody’. Pg 125, ‘and said Don’ replaced by ‘and said to Don’. Pg 135, ‘camion contigent’ replaced by ‘camion contingent’. Pg 141, ‘real while folks’ replaced by ‘real white folks’. Pg 151, ‘does it carry then’ replaced by ‘does it carry them’. Pg 158, ‘the day everhauling’ replaced by ‘the day overhauling’. Pg 159, ‘certain and reggular’ replaced by ‘certain and regular’. Pg 166, ‘though homlier’ replaced by ‘though homelier’. Pg 171, ‘similiar shouts’ replaced by ‘similar shouts’. Pg 211, ‘short shift’ replaced by ‘short shrift’. Pg 219, ‘jumped up an’ replaced by ‘jumped up and’. Pg 232, ‘well-know words’ replaced by ‘well-known words’. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Brighton Boys at Chateau-Thierry, by James R. Driscoll