Produced by Karin Spence and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) COMPLIMENTS OF THE AUTHOR TO [Illustration: Anson Mills] [Illustration: Hannah Cassel Mills] MY STORY BY ANSON MILLS BRIGADIER GENERAL, U. S. A. EDITED BY C. H. CLAUDY PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR 1918 PRESS OF BYRON S. ADAMS WASHINGTON, D. C. COPYRIGHT 1918 BY ANSON MILLS, BRIG.-GEN. U. S. A. CONTENTS FIRST PERIOD PAGE My Ancestors 25 Privations of the Early Pioneers 31 Charlotteville Academy 37 West Point Military Academy 41 Early Days in Texas 48 El Paso Experiences 51 In Washington 64 My Brothers in Texas 69 SECOND PERIOD Four Years of Civil War 78 After the War 102 Marriage 114 THIRD PERIOD Travels West and East 123 Nannie's Impressions of the West 135 Western Experiences 152 Detail to Paris Exposition 177 Out West Again 186 Brevet Commissions in the Army 209 In Washington Again 213 Consolidation of the El Paso and Juarez Street Railways 251 The Reformation of El Paso 253 Mexico 258 Equitable Distribution of the Waters of the Rio Grande 263 Boundary Commission 281 Woman's Suffrage 307 Prohibition 310 Trip to Europe with General Miles 312