Edited and annotated edition of William W. Loring's account of his service as an officer in the Egyptian Army during the 1870s. Loring was a veteran of the Seminole Wars, the U.S.-Mexican War, the U.S. Mounted Rifles, and was a general in the Confederate Army. This book tells the story of his time in Egypt, and his participation in Khedive Ismail's war against Ethiopia.