CAMP COURT AND SIEGE
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A NARRATIVE OF PERSONAL ADVENTURE AND OBSERVATION DURING TWO WARS
1861-1865 1870-1871
By WICKHAM HOFFMAN ASSISTANT ADJ.-GEN. U. S. VOLS. AND SECRETARY U. S. LEGATION AT PARIS
LONDON SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE, & RIVINGTON CROWN BUILDINGS, 188 FLEET STREET. 1877
Dedication.
TO
The Hon. E. B. WASHBURNE,
MINISTER OF THE U. S. AT PARIS, THESE PAGES ARE CORDIALLY DEDICATED, IN ADMIRATION OF THE STERLING QUALITIES OF MANHOOD DISPLAYED BY HIM DURING THE DARK DAYS OF THE SIEGE AND COMMUNE, AND IN RECOLLECTION OF MANY PLEASANT HOURS PASSED TOGETHER DURING AN OFFICIAL CONNECTION OF NEARLY SIX YEARS.