Personal Recollections of the Civil War, By One Who Took Part in It As a Private, Soldier in the 21St Volunteer Regiment, of Infantry from Massachusetts (Classic Reprint)

No sooner had some of the volunteers reached the front, and been subjected to the hardships and exposures of army life, than they fell sick, were sent to the hospital and were discharged without passing through any serious campaigns. Others were wounded early, were disabled and were never able to return to their regiments. The more fortunate passed sound and unscathed through battle a More »