Author: Harriet WardPublisher: London : Richard Bentley
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Recollections of an Old Soldier
Author: Harriet WardPublisher: London : Richard Bentley
ISBN:
Category : Soldiers
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Recollections of an Old Soldier
Author: David PerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Recollections of an Old Soldier
Author: David PerryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The writer's life was spent in Rehoboth and Dighton, Mass., Killingby, Conn., Plainfield, N.H., and Chelsea, Vt. He served in four campaigns of the French and Indian War from Massachusetts, 1758-1762 and in two campaigns of the Revolution from Connecticut, 1775-1776.
Recollections of an Old Soldier
Author: Vernon G. OlsmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Recollections of 'an old soldier', by one of the rank and file [signing himself Welsh].
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Author: Welsh pseudRecollections of an Old Soldier
Author: David PerryPublisher:
ISBN: 9781789876284
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
David Perry was an American soldier who fought in the Revolutionary War, which resulted in the founding of the United States - this autobiography recalls his early years, and his role in the conflict. Born in colonial Massachusetts on August 8th, 1741, Perry had a difficult childhood - the death of his mother when he was merely seven meant he was sent to live with his uncle to learn the trade of tanning and shoemaking. Like many boys of his time, he received basic militia and leadership training in the countryside of New England, and saw battle whilst a teenager. Perry's earliest memories of conflict consist of his regiment receiving hails of French musket fire - with surgery unavailable, many men lived with musket balls in their bodies until they died. Eager to fight, Perry also served in conflicts in Quebec, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia, becoming a battle-hardened young man. Between 1762 and 1775 he enjoyed a period of peace in his life, marrying and living by his skills as a shoemaker. However, the arguments between colonial North America and Great Britain boiled over to war - as a soldier fighting for the cause of an independent United States, Perry would face the greatest dangers of his life.
Old Soldiers Never Die
Author: Frank RichardsPublisher: Rare Treasure Editions
ISBN: 1774643448
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The author had enlisted in 1901 in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and was a reservist when the First World War broke out. He rejoined his old, 2nd Battalion and landed in France with them on 11 August 1914. He went right through the war with the battalion, never missing a battle, winning the D.C.M. and M.M. Here is a typical soldier of the pre-1914 regular army, and this book is a delight, written in his own unpolished manner. Fighting, scrounging, gambling, drinking, dodging fatigues, stolidly enduring bombardment and the hardships of trench warfare, always getting his job done. This is one of the finest of all published memoirs of the Great War, truly a classic of its kind. A tribute to the army that died on the Western Front.
Recollections of an Old Soldier
Author: David PerryThe Recollections of Rifleman Harris
Author: Benjamin Randell HarrisPublisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 1474626327
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 131
Book Description
'Describing narrow squeaks and terrible deprivations, Harris's unflowery account of fortitude and resilience in Spain still bristles with a freshness and an invigorating spikiness' SCOTLAND ON SUNDAY 'A most vivid record of the war in Spain and Portugal against Napoleon' MAIL ON SUNDAY Benjamin Harris was a young shepherd from Dorset who joined the army in 1802 and later joined the dashing 95th Rifles. His battalion was ordered to Portugal, where he marched under the burning sun, weighed down by his kit and great-coat, plus all the tools and leather he had to carry as the battalion's cobbler - 'the lapstone I took the liberty of flinging to the Devil'. Rifleman Harris was a natural story-teller with a remarkable tale to unfold, and his Recollections have become one of the most popular military books of all time.
Boy Soldier
Author: Charles J. PalmeriPublisher:
ISBN: 9781951158019
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 182
Book Description
Instead of seminary, 18-year-old Buffalo native Charles Palmeri enlists in the 42nd Infantry, Rainbow Division. With his squad, Charles fights his way through Germany, only to arrive at the gates of hell: Dachau concentration camp. The recipient of the Bronze Star and the Silver Star, 93-year-old Charles tells his readers what he saw and what he thought about what he saw in the final, dangerous, unforgettable days of World War II.