Three Months in the Southern StatesApplewood Books, 2008 M11 4 - 312 pages The author of this book, Arthur James Lyon Fremantle, has, perhaps, achieved more renown in recent years than at any time since the publication of his literary efforts. Those familiar with the film Gettysburg will recall the unusual figure of a British Guards officer attired (inaccurately) in his full dress Guardsman's scarlet uniform among the ranks of the Virginians at the famous and pivotal battle. The cinema may have taken its usual liberties, but the character was firmly based in fact and was none other than the Fremantle himself. The British Empire felt no need to come down strongly on either side of the conflict between the States, but its support for the Confederacy was both implicit and occasionally obvious. Fremantle wanted to see the war at first hand and so he traveled to America and accompanied the Confederate forces--actually unglamorously in mufti--in the field. His experiences brought him to the collision of Gettysburg, and history is indebted to Fremantle for the observations of a comparatively impartial military man on these monumental times and events. |
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Page 32
... rifles . We saw quantities of rat - ranches , which are big sort of mole - hills , composed of cow - dung , sticks , and earth , built by the rats . Mr. Sargent , our conductor , is a very rough cus- tomer — a fat , middle - aged man ...
... rifles . We saw quantities of rat - ranches , which are big sort of mole - hills , composed of cow - dung , sticks , and earth , built by the rats . Mr. Sargent , our conductor , is a very rough cus- tomer — a fat , middle - aged man ...
Page 74
... hundred men moving by fours — dressed in every variety of costume , and armed with every variety of weapon ; about sixty had Enfield rifles ; the remain- der carried shot - guns ( fowling - pieces ) 74 GALVESTON - PYRON'S REGIMENT .
... hundred men moving by fours — dressed in every variety of costume , and armed with every variety of weapon ; about sixty had Enfield rifles ; the remain- der carried shot - guns ( fowling - pieces ) 74 GALVESTON - PYRON'S REGIMENT .
Page 75
... rifles of a peculiar and antiquated manufacture . None had swords or bayonets — all had six - shooters and bowie - knives . The men were a fine , determined- looking lot ; and I saw among them a short stout boy of fourteen , who had ...
... rifles of a peculiar and antiquated manufacture . None had swords or bayonets — all had six - shooters and bowie - knives . The men were a fine , determined- looking lot ; and I saw among them a short stout boy of fourteen , who had ...
Page 88
... rifles and bayonets , but they were dressed in ragged civilian clothes . The old Matagorda man recognized his son in one of these regiments — a perfect boy . Munroe is on the " Wichita " ( pronounced Wadh- taw ) , which is a very pretty ...
... rifles and bayonets , but they were dressed in ragged civilian clothes . The old Matagorda man recognized his son in one of these regiments — a perfect boy . Munroe is on the " Wichita " ( pronounced Wadh- taw ) , which is a very pretty ...
Page 113
... rifles . The weather was very hot , and we were halted to bivouac for the night , at a spot about seventeen miles from Jackson , on the road towards Vicksburg . The straggling of the Georgians was on the grand- est scale conceivable ...
... rifles . The weather was very hot , and we were halted to bivouac for the night , at a spot about seventeen miles from Jackson , on the road towards Vicksburg . The straggling of the Georgians was on the grand- est scale conceivable ...
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