He went to the seat of the Austro-Prussian war in 1866, as correspondent of the New York "World"; and from 1867 he wrote from his home in Maryland, or his office or winter home in Washing- ton, District of Columbia, daily letters of from one to three columns for the Chicago "Tribune," the Cincinnati "Enquirer" and other leading newspapers. His articles were largely descriptive of men and places, and were of considerable historic value.
He was married in December, 1865, to Bessie E., daughter of Samuel and Mary (Vandergrift) Rhodes. He built a home on the battle ground of Crompton Gap, South Mountain, Maryland, and named the place "Gapland"; and around this picturesque home a considerable village grew up which also took the name of Gapland. He is the author of a play entitled "The Bohemians" (1862) and of books: "Campaigns of a Non-Combatant" (1865); "Life of Garibaldi" (1867); "Real Life of Abraham Lincoln" (1867); "The New World Compared with the Old" (1868); "Poems" (1870); "Washington Outside and Inside" (1871); "Mormon Trials at Salt Lake" (1872); "Washington Rebuilded" (1873); "Tales of the Chesapeake" (1880); "Bohemian Days" (1881); "Poetical Addresses" (1883); "The Entailed Hat" (1884); "President Cromwell" (A drama, 1885) ; "Katy of Catockin" (1886); "Life of Levi P. Morton" (1888); "Tales of Gapland; Mrs. Reynolds and Hamilton" (1887); "Columbus in Love" (1892); "Poems of Men and Events" (1900).
