parole to the National Hotel; and when we reached the sidewalk we found Captain Pilcher and Mr. John B. Smith with a carriage, and they escorted us to the hotel. We remained at the hotel for six weeks, waiting for the flag-of-truce boat for exchange. After the first week’s confinement at the hotel, General Boyle extended our parole so as to allow us to attend church on Sunday, and we first went to Sunday school and then went to services at 11 A.M. Sometimes we went to hear the big gun of the Baptist Church, Dr. Lorimer, and then to hear Dr. Craik, of the Episcopal Church, and at 3 P.M. we attended vespers at the Cathedral, and at night church again. One Sunday morning in Dr. Lorimer’s church Captain Pilcher was asked to teach the Bible class, and in the class were some of the boys in blue. The Southern people in Louisville treated us with much consideration and kindness, and the people who differed with us on the war issue treated us with respect. In the churches and on the streets we were frequently detained for hand shakes. We wore Confederate uniforms, but General Boyle requested that the brass buttons be covered. The Southern ladies visited us frequently at the hotel, and we returned many of the visits at their residences on Sunday. I recall these names among those who were exceedingly kind to us: Miss Fanny Jack, Miss Kate Quarrier, Miss Mary Miller, Miss Anna Caldwell, Miss Nina Smith (who after the war married Mr. H. Victor Newcomb, and later Mr. Ten Broeck). Captain Pilcher and myself did not indulge in wine, so we were much amused to receive from Miss Fanny Jack a bottle of wine with this toast: “Believe that in every drop of wine contained in this bottle is _mingled_ a heartfelt prayer for the _ultimate_ success of the Southern Confederacy.” Evidently it was the toast which Miss Fanny wished us to enjoy rather than the wine. So the time drew near when we were to journey to Fortress Monroe for exchange at City Point, and Mr. John B. Smith called on General Boyle for an order to proceed without a guard. General Boyle said that he could favor us only as far as Cincinnati, and gave us the following: HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF KENTUCKY, LOUISVILLE, April 9, 1863. _General Ambrose E. Burnside, Cincinnati, Ohio_: Capt. M. B. Pilcher and Private M. B. Toney have been on parole from these headquarters since the battle of Perryville, and have faithfully kept it. I will therefore be obliged if you will allow them to proceed to Fortress Monroe without a guard. JERE BOYLE, _General Commanding Department of Kentucky_.