Category: Biographies
Reminiscences of the Civil War, 1861-1865
Affairs at Home 17 Civil Officers at Home 18 Money in Circulation 18 Farming Interests 19 Women of the War 20 Cotton King 21 Soldiers on Furlough 21 Homespun Dresses 21
Chapters
1. CHAPTER I.2. CHAPTER II.3. CHAPTER III.
Affairs at Home 17 Civil Officers at Home 18 Money in Circulation 18 Farming Interests 19 Women of the War 20 Cotton King 21 Soldiers on Furlough 21 Homespun Dresses 21
4. CHAPTER IV.5. CHAPTER V.Soldiers Rations 25 Rations Supplemented 26 Extra Rations Found 26 Coons and Foxes 27 Unripe Persimmons 27 The Army not Starving 28 Rations of Whiskey 28 Short Rations 29 Soldie...
6. CHAPTER VI.Phases of Soldier Life 33 Southern Soldiers 34 Many Surprises 35 Appearances Deceptive 35 Soldiers in Camp 35 Congenial Companions 36 Disputes and Quarrels 37 Winter Quarters 37...
7. CHAPTER VII.8. CHAPTER VIII.9. CHAPTER IX.Soldiers in Prison 46 Exchange of Prisoners 47 Punishment 48 Rations 48 Camp Life 49 Soldier on Inspection 50 Recruit on Guard 51 An Economical Soldier 53 A Soldier’s Retort 53...
10. CHAPTER X.Picket Line 57 Picket or Scout 57 On the Picket Line 58 Exchange of Courtesies 59 Fearful Experience 60 Burned Bodies of the Dead 61 Test of Valor 61 Escape to the Enemy 62 Welc...
11. CHAPTER XI.Fourteenth N. C. Regiments 67 Officers 68 Unique Characters 69 A Brave Soldier 70 Color Bearer 70 Amusing Scenes 70 On the Campaign 71 Distressing Scenes 72 Battles Engaged in 7...
12. CHAPTER XII.Surrender of Lee 86 Right to Secede 87 Sherman’s March to the Sea 87 Home Coming of Soldiers 88 Assassination of Lincoln 89 Federal Officers 90 Conduct of Yankee Soldiers 90 Loo...
13. CHAPTER I.ORIGIN OF THE WAR.--At this time, more than forty years removed from the date of the exciting scenes enacted in the sixties, I desire for the benefit and edification of my relat...
14. CHAPTER II.THE WAR BEGINS.--Fort Sumpter was fired upon and surrendered. Lincoln called for troops from North Carolina to help to subjugate her Southern sister States. Governor Ellis promp...
15. CHAPTER III.AFFAIRS AT HOME.--The women, children, old men and servants left at home passed through an ordeal sad indeed to contemplate. The servants or negroes deserved much credit for the...
16. CHAPTER IV.PEACE MOVEMENT.--In 1862 a very decided sentiment in favor of a peace movement was inaugurated, and attained to some prominence in the state, especially among the original union...
17. CHAPTER V.SOLDIERS’ RATIONS.--Soldiers in the Southern army did not live on the fat of the land fareing sumptuously every day. They often had to live on a stinted allowance, and articles...
18. CHAPTER VI.PHASES OF SOLDIER LIFE.--The many phases of soldier life furnish the inquiring mind food for thought and research. The mere fact that an army is an aggregation of discordant ele...
19. CHAPTER VII.DIFFERENCE OF SOLDIERS.--There is as much difference in the make up of the average soldier as in the average citizen at home. It is said that variety is the spice of life and in...
20. CHAPTER VIII.THE SICK SOLDIER.--Exposure, irregular and unwholesome diet, constant changing, uncomfortable lodgings and many other things caused soldiers to contract diseases which often ter...
21. CHAPTER IX.SOLDIERS IN PRISON.--A soldier belonging to an army in war times necessarily lives a strenuous life, and if unfortunately captured by the enemy and has to be incarcerated in pri...
22. CHAPTER X.A soldier placed on the picket line Has a responsible duty to him assigned; To perform this duty with judgment and skill Requires nerve, pluck, brain and deliberate will. He pro...
23. CHAPTER XI.While not pretending to write the history of any special command, the writer belonged to Co. B. 14th Regiment N. C. Infantry which accounts for a casual reference to the regimen...
24. CHAPTER XII.SURRENDER OF LEE.--On the ninth day of April 1865 at Apomattox Virginia General Lee surrendered to General Grant, after four years struggle in perhaps the most awful war of mode...