Note 2 — THE HOOD CAMPAIGN.

It was said that Company F sold this mule in New Orleans several times. The plan was—as the story was told—to have one of the boys, in citizen's clothes, sell the animal, and before it could be got away a squad would come up and arrest the party for having United States property in possession, compromising for a greater or less amount, take the mule and release the purchaser. This was said to have been repeated a number of times. At last the mule was hid and could not be found, but not before a sum had been raised sufficient to put Company F in funds.