Sinopsis
Front-line memories from a ten-year Army life A detailed memoir that puts you in the shoes of a soldier who rises from private to corporal, navigating guard duties, patrols, and daily discipline along the way. This edition shares the author’s observations, humor, and hard-won lessons from service and civilian life afterward.
This excerpt focuses on the practical realities of military life in the field and in garrison. It describes guard duties in Georgetown and Washington, patrols that enforce passes, and the mix of routine and danger that shaped the author’s experience. It also touches on class, leadership, camaraderie, and the sometimes tough decisions soldiers faced.
- Concrete scenes of guard duty, patrols, and arrests in 19th-century Washington, with a focus on daily routines.
- Personal reflections on leadership, discipline, and the long arc from soldier to civilian life.
- Observations about pay, living conditions, and the social dynamics of a growing American army.
- Hints of how military service shaped the author’s later career and outlook.
Ideal for readers of military memoirs and historical accounts of life in the U.S. Army during and after the Civil War era, who want a grounded, first‑hand perspective without overly technical detail.
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Excerpt from Ten Years in the Ranks, U. S Army
Service at Fort Randall, Campaigning in Kansas and Expiration of My Enlistment.
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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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This narrative of ten years' service in the United States Army on the frontier and during the Civil War at an early period of my life is written mainly from memory after an interval of more than half a century. I have endeavored to describe in a simple manner the daily life of a soldier in the ranks while serving in garrison, camp and field.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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