Lej 18228.51. 9 HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY FROM THE BEQUEST OF 1818 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881. by JOHN F. COWAN, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C. DEDICATORY NOTE. The expedition of the Seventy-first to the far South is an accomplished fact. It was thought that its significance was more than might appear at first sight; that there was an underlying principle of greater import than the mere interchange of courtesies. This little book is published that the generous treatment of Northern men by Southern men may be known, and to commemorate an event, that it is hoped, by all who participated, will be but the forerunner of that era of national fraternity on which so much of the future of our great country depends. To ALBERT BALDWIN, Esq., President of the Royal Host, the narrative is dedicated with sincere esteem for him as a man and a citizen, by TABLE OF CONTENTS.-CONTINUED. Official permission to cross the states between New York and A few invitations: Major General W. J. Behan, Ist division, L. N. G. to Seventy-first; Invitation to the Jetties; Invitation of N. O. City Railroad; of Company A, Continental Guards; of the "Funny Phorty Phellows;" of Citizens Deputy Quartermaster General James A. Ekin, U. S. Army; of Colonel Charles S. Spencer, 5th Infantry; of Vice President Gar- rett and Mr. C. K. the Palace San Carlos; to reception tendered by Officers of Louisiana National Guard, of the City of New Orleans; to excursion of H. C. The Schedule of railroad time between New York and New Orleans. Rostor of Officers of New Orleans Battalion; Description of the Ban- ner presented to the Regiment by the Royal Host of New Orleans. Odds and Ends: A Relec of the War; the Lone Star Flag; The Association of the Army of Tennessee, Louisiana Division, to History of the Carnival in New Orleans, with reference to the Societies |