tailieunhanh - "Shiloh" as Seen by a Private Soldier With Some Personal Reminiscences

Very interesting descriptions of the great battles of the late war, written by prominent generals, have been lately published and widely read. It seems to me, however, that it is time for the private soldier to be heard from. Of course, his field of vision is much more limited than that of his general. On the other hand, it is of vital importance to the latter to gloss over his mistakes, and draw attention only to those things which will add to his reputation. The private soldier has no such feeling. It is only to the officers of high rank engaged that a battle can bring. | as Seen by a Private Soldier by Warren Olney 1 as Seen by a Private Soldier by Warren Olney Project Gutenberg s Shiloh as Seen by a Private Soldier by Warren Olney This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Shiloh as Seen by a Private Soldier With Some Personal Reminiscences Author Warren Olney Release Date February 8 2008 EBook 24548 Language English Character set encoding ASCII START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SHILOH Produced by The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive American Libraries. WAR PAPER No. 5. Commandery Of the State OF CALIFORNIA 2 as Seen by a Private Soldier by Warren Olney MILITARY ORDER OF THE Loyal Legion OF THE UNITED STATES. SHILOH AS SEEN BY A PRIVATE SOLDIER. A PAPER READ BEFORE CALIFORNIA COMMANDERY OF THE MILITARY ORDER OF THE Loyal Legion of the United States MAY 31 1889. BY COMPANION WARREN OLNEY LATE CAPTAIN 65TH U. S. C. Inf. Insignia No. 4862. THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. With Some Personal Reminiscences. Very interesting descriptions of the great battles of the late war written by prominent generals have been lately published and widely read. It seems to me however that it is time for the private soldier to be heard from. Of course his field of vision is much more limited than that of his general. On the other hand it is of vital importance to the latter to gloss over his mistakes and draw attention only to those things which will add to his reputation. The private soldier has no such feeling. It is only to the officers of high rank engaged that a battle can bring glory and renown. To the army of common soldiers who do the actual fighting and risk mutilation and death there is no reward except the consciousness of duty .