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Reminiscences of the Civil War
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228 pages, Paperback
First published June 29, 2012
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July 24, 2017
Very interesting book. Many books from long ago are written in what today appears to be a very stilted style. This one is an exception. It's very engaging and flows smoothly, and you get a good idea exactly what it was like for a common soldier and, later, a POW in the Civil War. It also includes Stevens' political and social opinions. And his take on race relations in the latter part of the 19th century, Reconstruction and beyond. Published in about 1902, Stevens was appalled at the black illegitimacy rate of 25 percent. He would faint dead away, I guess, on learning that today it's about 75 percent.
The book badly needs editing, however, because typos are legion. This almost certainly was the work of the person who transcribed the original into the Kindle version, which is how I read it. If there is a paperback version, perhaps the problem does not exist. But it's not so much that it hinders the reading all that much, but it's pretty severe. No matter. Loved the book. Highly recommended.
One fascinating tidbit: After he was released from the POW camp, and in very bad physical condition, he walked home. Walked. To Texas, which was 400 miles away.
The book badly needs editing, however, because typos are legion. This almost certainly was the work of the person who transcribed the original into the Kindle version, which is how I read it. If there is a paperback version, perhaps the problem does not exist. But it's not so much that it hinders the reading all that much, but it's pretty severe. No matter. Loved the book. Highly recommended.
One fascinating tidbit: After he was released from the POW camp, and in very bad physical condition, he walked home. Walked. To Texas, which was 400 miles away.
February 25, 2017
Book received from NetGalley.
Another Civil War memoir. This time from the view of someone who fought for the Confederates and had a fairly high rank in the militia but was a common soldier in Lee's Army. I enjoyed reading it especially reading about the writers time in a prison camp waiting for the war to end. This is one of the few ones I have read that goes from the very beginning of the Civil War. Most memoirs start further into the war, due to the person writing it not joining up during the first rush. I appreciated that this showed the festivities that happened during the first days after the secession and how that feeling of superiority and belief in the fast ending of the war slowly died, and the horror once reality set in. I definitely recommend it to the Civil War history buffs, as well as those who want to understand what happened to the "common" soldier during that war.
Another Civil War memoir. This time from the view of someone who fought for the Confederates and had a fairly high rank in the militia but was a common soldier in Lee's Army. I enjoyed reading it especially reading about the writers time in a prison camp waiting for the war to end. This is one of the few ones I have read that goes from the very beginning of the Civil War. Most memoirs start further into the war, due to the person writing it not joining up during the first rush. I appreciated that this showed the festivities that happened during the first days after the secession and how that feeling of superiority and belief in the fast ending of the war slowly died, and the horror once reality set in. I definitely recommend it to the Civil War history buffs, as well as those who want to understand what happened to the "common" soldier during that war.
July 30, 2017
GNAB I received a free electronic copy of this memoir from Netgalley, the descendants of John W. Stevens, and Endeavour Press in exchange for an honest review. Thank you all, for sharing your hard work with me. This memoir was originally published in 1902 by Hillsboro Mirror Print, Hillsboro, Texas.
And for the most part this is a frank, well thought out journal of the days of the civil war. Your heart will go out to these southern warriors through the days of battle, the frozen winters, the shoeless marches, the prisoner of war camps. The plight of the wives and children, mothers and girls left behind are heart breaking. And the last three chapters, while contrary to everything I have ever believed, should be read, as well, so you can see just how far we have come in a hundred and fifteen years.
pub date Dec 30, 2016
Endeavour Press
And for the most part this is a frank, well thought out journal of the days of the civil war. Your heart will go out to these southern warriors through the days of battle, the frozen winters, the shoeless marches, the prisoner of war camps. The plight of the wives and children, mothers and girls left behind are heart breaking. And the last three chapters, while contrary to everything I have ever believed, should be read, as well, so you can see just how far we have come in a hundred and fifteen years.
pub date Dec 30, 2016
Endeavour Press
January 7, 2017
This personal history adheres to the Lost Cause methodology of the American Civil War. Judge Stevens describes his time as a soldier, on the battlefield, in prison, and traveling across the war torn South.
December 22, 2014
Excellent memoir from a Confederate point of view in one of the most important units of the southern army.
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