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[keif149]

Greetings!

I have another. Tried a different era, and dropped back to the US Civil War. The title is: “Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life”. CR1882 by C. McCarthy. Reprinted in 1982 by Time Life Books. This is a library edition, beautifully bound in leather, will gold fillet on the pages, and a crimson sash book mark.

McCarthy was an artilleryman in the Army of Northern Virginia. He gives some details of his own actions, but, what I thought was very interesting, is his take on the every day life of a Confederate soldier. He figured (hoped) his writing would survive the test of time, and someday be read by future generations. Knowing this, instead of taking for granted what people knew about everyday life back then, he goes into great detail for the readers in the future, so they might understand how things where. It is very well written and reads very smoothly. Having read many a deed from that time period, I was a little concerned if it would be hard to get into. On the contrary, I raced through its 224 pages. I’ve wanted to break out some of my Civil War games, and I thought this would be a great primer, and I was correct.
http://www.questia.com/library/book/deta...eppard.jsp

http://www.amazon.com/Detailed-Minutiae-...0803281978

Highly recommended.
Keif.