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In 1884, when Albert O. Marshall published Army Life, a memoir of his service as a private in the Thirty-Third Illinois Regiment, twenty years had passed since his 1864 discharge. Marshall left the journal untouched at publication, and today it is a journal that is rare in what it is not. This memoir is not a complete story of the Thirty-Third (known as the “Normal Regiment” because many of its soldiers were from Illinois State Normal University), nor is it a complete roster of regiment members, nor a list of killed and wounded. Army Life is not, even, a purely military account written from an officer’s point of view. It is the story of a twenty-year-old private whose engaging writing belies his age but also allows his youth to shine through. Marshall tells of the battles he fought and the games he played, of his friends, fellow soldiers, and officers, and of the regiment’s activities in Missouri and Arkansas, at Vicksburg, and in Louisiana and on the Texas Gulf Coast. Enhanced with careful editing and thorough annotations, this journal Marshall carried faithfully to every mustering out is a rich and important Civil War memoir.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Title Page, Copyright
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  1. Contents
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  1. Series Editors’ Preface
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  1. Editor’s Introduction
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  1. Original Title Page
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  1. Original Contents
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  1. PREFACE
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  1. I. LEAVING HOME
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  1. II. AT PILOT KNOB
  2. pp. 16-34
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  1. III. IN WINTER QUARTERS
  2. pp. 34-47
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  1. IV. LEAVING ARCADIA SEMINARY—THE FAREWELL SPEECH
  2. pp. 47-68
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  1. V. IN CAMP AT BATESVILLE
  2. pp. 68-76
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  1. VI. BATTLE OF CACHE RIVER
  2. pp. 77-91
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  1. VII. AFTER THE BATTLE
  2. pp. 91-95
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  1. VIII. FROM HELENA TO OLD TOWN—LIVELY TIMES–GATHERING COTTON AND FIGHTING REBELS
  2. pp. 95-100
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  1. IX. NORTHWARD BOUND
  2. pp. 100-110
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  1. X. FROM PILOT KNOB TO VAN BUREN—THE ARMY MULE, ETC
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  1. XI. WE RETURN TO PILOT KNOB
  2. pp. 116-121
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  1. XII. A PUBLIC MEETING
  2. pp. 121-128
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  1. XIII. DOWN THE MISSISSIPPI
  2. pp. 128-131
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  1. XIV. CONFEDERATE NEWSPAPERS—ERRORS OF SOUTHERN OPINION
  2. pp. 131-135
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  1. XV. MAGNOLIA HILLS
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  1. XVI. BATTLE OF CHAMPION HILLS
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  1. XVII. BATTLE OF BLACK RIVER
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  1. XVIII. VICKSBURG
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  1. XIX. THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG
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  1. XX. CHARGE UPON VICKSBURG
  2. pp. 172-181
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  1. XXI. AFTER THE SURRENDER
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  1. XXII. AT BRASHEAR CITY
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  1. XXIII. MARCH UP THE TECHE VALLEY
  2. pp. 192-194
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  1. XXIV. TO TEXAS
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  1. XXV. FIRST MARCH IN TEXAS
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  1. XXVI. ADVANCE UPON, AND CAPTURE OF FORT ESPARENZA
  2. pp. 211-225
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  1. XXVII. IN WINTER QUARTERS AT INDIANOLA
  2. pp. 226-230
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  1. XXVIII. THE YEAR 1863 AS VIEWED BY A SOLDIER—AN ARMY NEWSPAPER—SHORT RATIONS
  2. pp. 230-237
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  1. XXIX. WITH THE NINETY-NINTH ILLINOIS
  2. pp. 237-243
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  1. XXX. NATIONAL QUESTIONS—ABOLISHING SLAVERY—HONEST VOTING—THE PRESIDENCY—VIEWS OF A PRIVATE SOLDIER
  2. pp. 243-256
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  1. XXXI. WE LEAVE TEXAS AND RETURN TO LOUISIANA
  2. pp. 256-263
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  1. XXXII. FROM NEW ORLEANS TO NEW YORK AND THENCE TO ILLINOIS
  2. pp. 263-266
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  1. XXXIII. THE END OF MY SOLDIER LIFE—HOME AGAIN
  2. pp. 266-269
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  1. Appendix A: The Normal Picket
  2. pp. 271-276
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  1. Appendix B: A Soldier’s Letter
  2. p. 277
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  1. Appendix C: The Thirty-third in Print
  2. pp. 279-282
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  1. Appendix D: Problems with Cotton
  2. pp. 283-289
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 291-321
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  1. Bibliography
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  1. Index
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  1. About the Author, Back Cover
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