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Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French. Samuel Gibbs French
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isbn 4064066138899
Автор произведения Samuel Gibbs French
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Samuel Gibbs French
Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French
Mexican War; War between the States, a Diary; Reconstruction Period, His Experience; Incidents, Reminiscences, etc
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4064066138899
Table of Contents
Percentage Killed and Wounded in Late Wars.
Slave Owners in the Confederate Army.
Naval Power of the United States.
Names, Rank, and Positions of Officers on My Staff.
Government in Louisiana, 1875-76.
Slavery Proclamation and Confiscation Act.
PREFACE.
Some years ago, when living on an orange grove at Winter Park, it occurred to me that my idle time might be usefully employed in transcribing from memoranda and my diary many incidents of my life for preservation in one manuscript for my children. This was continued at intervals until it became as here presented. It was mainly discontinued after my children became old enough to observe passing events for themselves.
But inasmuch as a few books have been published containing errors in describing some military operations in which I participated, justice to the troops under my command induces me to publish my account of them as recorded when they occurred.
This volume, then, is a simple narrative of passing events, without discussing their importance and bearing politically in shaping the destiny of the nation.
Although my lot was cast with the South, and whatever may be my opinion of the action of the North before, during, and after the war as expressed in these pages, I am as loyal to the Constitution and as ready to uphold and maintain the rights and dignity of the United States as any man within its boundary; and this was evidenced when I tendered my services, as a soldier, to the President before war was declared against Spain.
I do not know that I am indebted to any person, except