The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865, by Leander Stillwell

Title: The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

Author: Leander Stillwell

Release Date: September 8, 2008 [eBook #26561]

Language: English

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***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE STORY OF A COMMON SOLDIER OF ARMY LIFE IN THE CIVIL WAR, 1861-1865***

Judge Leander Stillwell
December, 1909.

THE STORY

OF

A COMMON SOLDIER

OF

ARMY LIFE IN THE CIVIL WAR

1861-1865

SECOND EDITION

By

LEANDER STILLWELL
Late of Co. D, 61st Illinois Infantry

Franklin Hudson Publishing Co.
1920

Copyright 1920 by
Leander Stillwell

DEDICATED TO MY YOUNGEST SON,
JEREMIAH E. STILLWELL.

Dear Jerry:

You have earnestly asked me to write something in the nature of an extended account of my career as a soldier in the Union army during the Civil War. It will be a rather strenuous undertaking for a man of my age. I shall be seventy-three years old in about three months, and the truth is, I am now becoming somewhat indolent, and averse to labor of any kind, either mental or physical. But I have concluded to comply with your request, and undertake the work. Whether I shall complete it, or not, I cannot now positively say, but I will do the best I can. And I will also say, for whatever you may think it worth, that YOU are the only person, now living, whose request could induce me to undertake the sketch that you desire.

L. STILLWELL.

Erie, Kansas,
July 3, 1916.

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