# Reminiscences of Confederate Service, 1861-1865

Author: Dawson, Francis Warrington, 1840-1889

Genre: Category: Biographies

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58061

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Reminiscences+of+Confederate+Service%2C+1861-1865+Dawson&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

It was in the autumn of 1861 that I made up my mind to go to the Southern States of America, and enter the Confederate Army. Looking back more than twenty years, I find it difficult, as the man of forty-two, to recall the exact feelings of the boy of twenty. I can say, however, that I had no expectation whatever of any gain, or advantage to myself. I had a sincere sympathy with the Southern people in their struggle for independence, and felt that it would be a pleasant thing to help them to secure their freedom. It was not expected, at that time, that the war would last many months, and my idea simply was to go to the South, do my duty there as well as I might, and return home to England....

## Chapters

- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-confederate-service-1861-1865-58061/chapters/13/index.md)