After the close of the war, which, event took place shortly after
these occurrences, Colonel De Beaumont, disgusted and sick at heart,
returned to New Orleans. He was obliged to bow to fortune, and to
swear allegiance once more to what he considered the oppressor.
Almost his first thought after his return was to enquire concerning
the Federal troops who had been captured by his men, especially the
gallant Rogers, for whom he had formed a more than passing attachment.
He learned that of those who had been placed in confinement, some
had died of their wounds, others, as soon as the proclamation of
Northern supremacy gave them their liberty, had returned to their
homes, but that the Captain, having contracted a dangerous fever,
had been unable to accompany them. De Beaumont lost no time in
seeking out the poor soldier's quarters, and was grieved to find him
barely alive, be having scarcely recovered from the fever, besides
suffering from partially healed and badly-dressed wounds. The
Colonel persuaded him, so soon as he could move, to accompany him to
his own house, where he would receive proper attention, and, in a
short time, the sufferer was installed in De Beaumont's comfortable
house, the kind hostess doing all in her power to alleviate his
sufferings.
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