TWO WARS;

AN

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

OF

GEN. SAMUEL G. FRENCH,

་

An Officer in the Armies of the United States and the Confederate States,
A Graduate from the U. S. Military Academy, West Point, 1843.

MEXICAN WAR;

WAR BETWEEN THE STATES, A DIARY;
RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD, HIS EXPERIENCE;
INCIDENTS, REMINISCENCES, ETC.

NASHVILLE, TENN.:
ONFEDERATE VETERAN.

1901.

HARVARD COLLEGE

JAN 17 1918

LIBRARY

Bright fund

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1901, BY SAMUEL G. FRENCH,

In the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.

THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED

то

MY WIFE AND CHILDREN,

AND TO

THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS

WHO BATTLED WITH THE INVAD-
ING FOE TO PROTECT OUR HOMES
AND MAINTAIN THE CAUSE FOR
WHICH OLIVER CROMWELL AND
GEORGE WASHINGTON FOUGHT.