Mignon

This story moves against the background of the Red River Expedition to Western Louisiana in the year 1864, toward the end of the Civil War, or the War Between the States, as the South prefers to call it. The military aspects of that campaign have been strictly adhered to and, to the extent that they actually figure, have been depicted as they happened. The characters, however, are imaginary. Though it is hoped they are typical of their times, and though the enterprises that engage them are typical of the fiasco they took part in, they do not represent real persons, directly or under a disguise.

J.M.C.