The Story Of A Common Soldier Of Army Life In The Civil War 1861-1865. Second Edition. (61St Illinois Infantry Regimental History) Stillwell, Leander Military,Military History,Unit Histories

BOOK DESCRIPTION: 8vo, 278 pgs, portrait plates. Original blue cloth with gilt titled cover and spine. CONDITION DESCRIPTION: Light rubbing to edges, corners and spine ends. Cover light soiling, gilt a bit dull but complete. Interior is clean and tight. With clear mylar wrapper. CONTENTS DESCRIPTION: This is the expanded, second edition; the first, published in 1917, was done in an edition of 100 for family and friends. Stillwell served in southwestern Tennessee, at Pittsburg Landing, saw action at Shiloh, the Vicksburg Campaign, and around Nashville. REFERENCES: DORN IL 248; NEVINS I pg 164: "A comprehensive and solid memoir by an observant soldier; based on letters and a diary; indispensable for any understanding of a Federal G.I." COULTER 436: "Writing fifty years after the Civil War, the author used many letters he had written home from the army and also a diary he kept in the later part of the struggle, both of which strengthen the reliability of his account The account is largely personal, with few comments or generalizations on conditions in the Confederacy. Yet, Stillwell was good at straggling and foraging, and these activities brought him in close touch with the natives. He gives numerous account of such experiences." MULLINS/REED 92: "Another overlooked important primary source. These recollections are comprehensive and they reveal the author s consistency perspective powers of observations during his serviced in Company D Sixty-first Illinois infantry."