Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

Detailed Minutiae of Soldier life in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1861-1865

We are familiar with the names and deeds of the "generals," from the commander-in-chief down to the almost innumerable brigadiers, and we are all more or less ignorant of the habits and characteristics of the individuals who composed the rank and file of the "grand armies" of 1861-65. As time rolls on, the historian, condensing matters, mentions "the men" by brigades, divisions, and corps. But here let us look at the individual soldier separated from the huge masses of men composing the armies, and doing his own work and duty. The fame of Lee and Jackson, world-wide, and as the years increase ever brighter, is but condensed and personified admiration of the[Pg 2] Confederate soldier, wrung from an unwilling world by his matchless courage, endurance, and devotion. Their fame is an everlasting monument to the mighty deeds of the nameless host who followed them through so much toil and blood to glorious victories. The weak, as a rule, are borne down by the strong; but that does not prove that the strong are also the right. The weak suffer wrong, learn the bitterness of it, and finally, by resisting it, become the defenders of right and justice. When the mighty nations of the earth oppress the feeble, they nerve the arms and fire the hearts of God's instruments for the restoration of justice; and when one section of a country oppresses and insults another, the result is the pervasive malady,war! which will work out the health of the nation, or leave it a bloody corpse. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

Product details

Ebook Number: 25603
Author: McCarthy, Carlton
Release Date: May 26, 2008
Format: eBook
Language: English

Contributors

Illustrator: Sheppard, William Ludwell, 1833-1912