Civil War Experiences Summary

Review of Civil War Experiences I am reviewing Civil War Experiences by Henry C. Meyer. This book is 111 pages and to be honest, it is very bland. This is understandable though, considering that it was written by a solider. It is interesting to see everything that happened to him but the writing was still very boring. Even though the way he wrote wasn’t interesting, some of the things that happened really changed my mind on war. As citizens, war it glorified to make us support its cause. We are told that war isn’t that bad and usually we don’t hear the scary stories. Here is an excerpt:
“Among the pathetic incidents of that morning was one which indicated the unselfish heroism of a young soldier. Early in the day some of our men were looking over the battlefield of the night before for missing comrades, and one, I remember, spoke of having found a young boy, apparently not over eighteen years of age, lying with his shattered leg in a pool of blood. My comrade spoke to him saying, "I will go and get somebody to help carry you off," whereupon, the wounded boy faintly remarked: "I do not think you can do me any good, but during the night I heard groans coming from over the hill yonder, and I think if you go there you may be able to save some one; but if you will
During the battle, the regiment was on the field in reserve, occasionally under fire from shells but otherwise not actively engaged. General Bayard, our brigade commander, was mortally wounded by a shell, dying the next day, the date set for his wedding, he having requested a postponement of his leave of absence when he learned there was to be a battle. When our regiment recrossed the Rappahannock I had no idea the army had been defeated; indeed, until we saw the New York papers we were ignorant of the