[Transcribers's Notes]

   This book complements "History of The World War" (Gutenberg 18993)—a
   broad view of many events and persons—with a personal and dramatic view
   of an Ideal American Soldier: thoughtful, brave, modest, charitable,
   loyal.

     www.archives.gov/southeast/exhibit/popups.php?p=4.1.11

   Here are some unfamiliar (to me) words.

   badinage
     Light, playful banter.

   Chapultepec
     Hill south of Mexico City, Mexico; site of an American victory on
     September 13, 1847 in the Mexican War.

   condoling
     Express sympathy or sorrow.

   currycomb
     Square comb with rows of small teeth used to groom (curry) horses.

   enured
     Made tough by habitual exposure.

   fastness
     Strongly fortified defensive structure; stronghold.

   kamerad
     Comrade [German].

   lagnappe
     Trifling present given to customers; a gratuity.

   levee
     Formal reception, as at a royal court.

   predial
     Relating to, containing, or possessing land; attached to, bound to, or
     arising from the land.

   puncheon
     Short wooden upright used in structural framing; Piece of broad,
     heavy, roughly dressed timber with one face finished flat.

   scantlings
     Small timber used in construction.

   tho
     Though

   [End Transcribers's Notes]