Ford, Marion Johnstone

Life in the Confederate Army Being The Personal Experiences of a Private Soldier in the Confederate Army;& Some Experiences & Sketches of Southern Life. The following account of my experiences as a private soldier in the Confederate Army during the great war of 1861-'65 records only the ordinary career of an ordinary Confederate soldier. It does not treat of campaigns, army maneuvers, or plans of battles, but only of the daily life of a common soldier, and of such things as fell under his limited observation. Early in April, 1861, immediately after the battle of Fort Sumter, I joined the Palme...