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The Life of Johnny Reb: The Common Soldier of the Confederacy

by Bell Irvin Wiley · 1943

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Wiley offers a rare but complete portrait of the ordinary soldier of the Confederacy during the Civil War, via extensive research of letters, newspaper stories, official records, and excerpts from diary entries.

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civil warcivil warMore like thisLess of this19th century19th centuryMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisAmerican SouthAmerican SouthMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 444 pages

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