One of the charms of Charles Field's account of his time as a Union soldier in the American Civil War is its utter simplicity. He was a typical soldier, a non-commissioned officer, of limited education. His phrasing and misspellings, for some reason printed in the original manuscript, lend an authenticity to his stories.

Field saw plenty of action, had hair-raising close calls, and lived to tell about it in this 1908 publication. After the war, he married, raised a family, and farmed in Illinois and Iowa.

Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

For the first time, this long-out-of-print book is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. 

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