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

Author: Leander Stillwell

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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

[Illustration: JUDGE LEANDER STILLWELL
December, 1909.]

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.

CONTENTS.

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CHAPTER I.--The Beginning