Johnny Reb and Billy Yank (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Johnny Reb and Billy YankThere were thousands of soldiers on both sides during the Civil War who at the beginning started to keep a diary of daily events but those who kept a record from start to finish can be counted on the fingers of one hand. I was so fortunate as to save most of my notes made during the four years of conflict and in 1865 having no fixed pursuit in life I spent most of the time in arranging and writing up these incidents of camp life while fresh in my memory.I ha...See More