Composing War, One Story At A Time

[JPK Huson 1863]

Col. Lander at the Battle of Philippi. Public Access, Hathitrust From "


In a war composed of nearly three million men and a further army's worth of support there's going to be stories. An entire forum full is here in Soldier's Tales, probably even more scattered through CWT. Heck, the war was a series of stories, big and small, glued together. Those left standing wrote of them. Too short for a thread, too long in importance to miss, compiled a few. Or more.

I don't know if it's true- men involved existed.

1864

Story attached to the image.

 

[John Hartwell]

There are tens of thousands of these little stories. Whether they all be strictly factual is irrelevant, they form an indelible part of the fabric of the war.