TAILIEUCHUNG - Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

We are familiar with the names and deeds of the "generals," from the commander-in-chief down to the almost innumerable brigadiers, and we are all more or less ignorant of the habits and characteristics of the individuals who composed the rank and file of the "grand armies" of 1861-65. As time rolls on, the historian, condensing matters, mentions "the men" by brigades, divisions, and corps. But here let us look at the individual soldier separated from the huge masses of men composing the armies, and doing his own work and duty. The fame of Lee and Jackson, world-wide, and as the years increase ever brighter, is but. | Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the by Carlton McCarthy 1 DETAILED fllNIdlAE OF SOLDIER LIFE IN Carlion McCarthy CHAPTER I. CHAPTER II. CHAPTER III. CHAPTER IV. CHAPTER V. CHAPTER VI. CHAPTER VII. CHAPTER VIII. CHAPTER IX. CHAPTER X. CHAPTER XI. CHAPTER XII. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the by Carlton McCarthy The Project Gutenberg EBook of Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865 by Carlton McCarthy This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865 Author Carlton McCarthy Illustrator William L. Sheppard Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the by Carlton McCarthy 2 Release Date May 26 2008 EBook 25603 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MINUTIAE OF SOLDIER LIFE Produced by Suzanne Shell Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http Illustration See page 106. DETAILED MINUTIN OF SOLDIER LIFE IN THE ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA 1861-1865 BY CARLTON MCCARTHY PRIVATE SECOND COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS CUTSHAW S BATTALION ARTILLERY SECOND CORPS . WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY WM. L. SHEPPARD Esq. LIEUTENANT SECOND COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS . RICHMOND CARLTON MCCARTHY AND COMPANY 1882 Copyright 1882 BY CARLTON McCarthy. The Riverside Press Cambridge Printed by . Houghton and Company. To THE MEMORY OF MY BROTHER EDWARD STEVENS McCARTHY Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the by Carlton McCarthy 3 CAPTAIN FIRST COMPANY RICHMOND HOWITZERS WHO FELL AT COLD HARBOR June 4 1864 A CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. CONTENTS. CHAPTER I. PAGE A VOICE FROM THE RANKS 1 CHAPTER II. THE OUTFIT MODIFIED 16 CHAPTER III. ROMANTIC IDEAS DISSIPATED 29 CHAPTER IV. ON THE MARCH 41 CHAPTER V.

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