1882 1st Ed Detailed Minutiae Of Soldier Life In The Army Of Northern Virginia
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DETAILED MINUTIAEOFSOLDIER LIFEIN THEARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA1861-1865
BYCARLTON McCARTHYPRIVATE SECOND COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS, CUTSHAW'SBATTALION ARTILLERY, SECOND CORPS, A.N.V.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BYWM.L. SHEPPARD, Esq.LIEUTENANT SECOND COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS, A.N.V.
RICHMONDCARLTON McCARTHY AND COMPANY1882
224 PAGESILLUSTRATED7.25"×5"×1.25"
This Civil War classic of soldiering in the ranks debunks all the romantic notions of war. Like his Northern cou...nterpart, the Confederate soldier fought against bullets, starvation, miserable weather, disease, and mental strain. But the experience was perhaps even worse for Johnny Reb because of the odds against him. Never as well equipped and provisioned as the Yankee, he nevertheless performed heroically. Carlton McCarthy, a private in the Army of Northern Virginia, describes the not-always-regular rations, various improvisations in clothing and weaponry, campfire entertainments, the jaunty spirits and the endless maneuvering of the men in gray. Real but forgotten faces are glimpsed momentarily in famous battles, and the tramp of feet on the way to Appomattox is heard.
BYCARLTON McCARTHYPRIVATE SECOND COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS, CUTSHAW'SBATTALION ARTILLERY, SECOND CORPS, A.N.V.
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS
BYWM.L. SHEPPARD, Esq.LIEUTENANT SECOND COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS, A.N.V.
RICHMONDCARLTON McCARTHY AND COMPANY1882
224 PAGESILLUSTRATED7.25"×5"×1.25"
This Civil War classic of soldiering in the ranks debunks all the romantic notions of war. Like his Northern cou...nterpart, the Confederate soldier fought against bullets, starvation, miserable weather, disease, and mental strain. But the experience was perhaps even worse for Johnny Reb because of the odds against him. Never as well equipped and provisioned as the Yankee, he nevertheless performed heroically. Carlton McCarthy, a private in the Army of Northern Virginia, describes the not-always-regular rations, various improvisations in clothing and weaponry, campfire entertainments, the jaunty spirits and the endless maneuvering of the men in gray. Real but forgotten faces are glimpsed momentarily in famous battles, and the tramp of feet on the way to Appomattox is heard.
