Joseph Alexander Altsheler 
Before the Dawn A Story of the Fall of Richmond 

pub One.info thank you for your continued support and wish to present you this new edition. A tall, well-favoured youth, coming from the farther South, boarded the train for Richmond one raw, gusty morning. He carried his left arm stiffly, his face was thin and brown, and his dingy uniform had holes in it, some made by bullets; but his air and manner were happy, as if, escaped from danger and hardships, he rode on his way to pleasure and ease.