Excerpt from The Confederate Mail Carrier, or From Missouri to Arkansas Through Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee: An Unwritten Leaf of the "Civil War" There was no half-way ground to occupy; war knows noth ing but decision, and if one could not decide for himself, there was a fate to decide for him. He that is not for me, is against me, is an inexorable decree of battle, and to that decree men were compelled to bow whether they would or not. Thus, as the mighty avalanche, or the terrible whirlwind, were they swept on. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy.

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