{"product_id":"paperback-1585","title":"Rebel Private Front and Rear: Memoirs of a Confederate Soldier by William Andrew Fletcher (Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA Confederate soldier shares a candid and harrowing account of his varied experiences on the frontlines in this Civil War memoir.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWilliam Fletcher joined the Confederate Army in 1861, serving with the Army of North Virginia's Texas Brigade. Overtaken with a \"bad case of cowardly terror\" at Gettysburg, he later sustained wounds at Chickamauga. Unable to continue as an infantryman, he was transferred to Company E, Eighth Texas Rangers, where he served with Terry's Rangers until the end of the war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFletcher set down his experiences some forty years later, recounting thrilling skirmishes, punishing marches, and combat in which being wounded was a worse fate than death. Told with the artlessness of the natural raconteur, the memoir is alive with Fletcher's eye for detail, straightforward language, and sense of humor. It is also sprinkled with dissertations on unexpected subjects, such as God, justice, and war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOne of the most frequently cited narratives written by soldiers of Lee's army, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eRebel Private: Front and Rear \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ederives its value as a historical source mainly from Fletcher's honesty, his close observations, the richness and variety of his experiences, and the sharpness of his memory.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49018789691641,"sku":"0777","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0475\/5806\/6334\/files\/101_9697_6c57e886-d195-498e-bfca-8887e5522a6d.jpg?v=1788704398","url":"https:\/\/folstmarys.com\/products\/paperback-1585","provider":"Friends of the St Mary's County Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}