A Private in Gray (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Private in Gray

This little volume contains the narrative of a private soldier who served in the Army of Northern Virginia during the war between the States from 1862 to 1865.

It enters a field heretofore unexplored by writers of this great war, whose attention has been mainly directed to the movements of large armies, and the strategy by which their operations were directed. The writer of this modest little book has endeavored to give only the experience of a private soldier, as he stood in the ranks with his comrades, and for three long years bore the fortunes of the Confederacy on the muzzles of their guns.

It is hoped a generous public will appreciate the motives that have prompted its author to send it out into the world as an applicant for patronage and support.

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