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FROM FLAG TO FLAG

A WOMAN’S ADVENTURES AND EXPERIENCES IN THE SOUTH DURING THE WAR, IN MEXICO AND IN CUBA

BY
ELIZA McHATTON-RIPLEY

“Faith! I ran when I saw others run.”—I Henry IV.

“See here, my friends and loving countrymen;
This token serveth for a flag of truce
Betwixt ourselves.”—I Henry IV.

NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1889

The years covered by this narrative were full of stirring interest.Civil war in the United States put the nation under arms from theSt. Lawrence to the Rio Grande, and shattered the entire social andpolitical fabric of the South. Mexico was conquered by the French,who, in time, were driven from the country, and the improbability ofany European power obtaining a foothold there forever settled. A largeportion of the Island of Cuba was for years under the control of theinsurgents; and, not until a sea of blood and millions of treasure hadbeen poured out, was a semblance of peace secured.

The minor part I bore in these exciting times has been a thrice-toldtale at my fireside; and, believing the unfamiliar pictures of life,varied incidents, and historical facts worthy of record, I have writtenwhy, [Pg 5]and how, we ran “from flag to flag.”