Rebel Private: Front and Rear: Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier Softcover - 1997
by Fletcher, William A
- Used
- Paperback
Private William A. Fletcher fought with the famed Texas Brigade at Gettysburg, Chancellorsville, Second Manassas, and Chickamauga. In 1907, he published this fascinating account of his exploits, but a fire destroyed all but a few copies before they could be distributed. One copy, however, did make its way to the Library of Congress. Now this rare glimpse of the war from a grunt's perspective is available to the general reader.
Description
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Details
- Title Rebel Private: Front and Rear: Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier
- Author Fletcher, William A
- Binding Softcover
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good Condition
- Pages 240
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Plume, New York, NY
- Date 1997
- Features Bibliography
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1561028047
- ISBN 9780452011571 / 0452011574
- Weight 0.48 lbs (0.22 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.46 x 0.62 in (20.37 x 13.87 x 1.57 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 1851-1899
- Topical: Civil War
- Library of Congress subjects Confederate States of America, United States - History - Civil War,
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
This stunning document is the work of a common foot soldier blessed with extraordinary perception and articulateness. After joining the famed Texas Brigade under Stonewall Jackson. Private William A. Fletcher saw action at Second Manassas, Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Channcellorsville, and Chickamauga. He was wounded several times and escaped from a moving Union prison train before the South's surrender. In 1907, he published this powerfully evocative account of his exploits, a volume of frank, detailed recollections that spares none of the horror, courage, or absurdity of war. But a fire destroyed all but a few copies before they could be distributed. One copy, however, did make its way to the Library of Congress, where it was eventually discovered. Today, this colorful work has become the voice of the Civil War front-line grunt, speaking to the modern reader with the intensity of personal experience and a vividness of detail that gives it a riveting you-are-there quality.
