My chief object in this work is to get something to support myself with - in fact, it is a scheme founded on food, raiment and shelter, which I find hard to come at by one in my situation, there being so few positions open to a man maimed as I am, with no more education and business training than I possess; but, nevertheless, I am no applicant for charity. I honestly believe that my little book is well worth its price, and I claim for it strict historic accuracy in all its details. I have been materially aided in its preparation by gentlemen well posted by experience and reading in the...

Published in 1898, these are the author's recollections of his time serving in the 52nd Regiment Virginia Infantry under the command of Stonewall Jackson during the War Between the States.