Project Gutenberg 2009-10-15 Public domain in the USA. 117 Eggleston, George Cary 1839 1911 04028207 A Captain in the Ranks: A Romance of Affairs Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. E-text prepared by David Edwards, Matt Whittaker, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from digital material generously made available by Internet Archive/American Libraries (http://www.archive.org/details/americana) "A Captain in the Ranks: A Romance of Affairs" by George Cary Eggleston is a historical novel written in the early 20th century. It focuses on the life and struggles of Guilford Duncan, a young Confederate captain who finds himself lost after the Civil War's conclusion. The narrative explores his journey to adapt to a post-war reality, characterized by personal and social upheaval, while grappling with the transition from a soldier to a civilian in the American West. The opening of the story sets the tone during the final days of the Civil War. It vividly describes Captain Duncan's somber realization that the Southern cause is lost as his artillery unit prepares for surrender at Appomattox. Following this pivotal moment, he decides to leave with a few of his men to seek refuge in the mountains. As they navigate the chaos of a war-torn landscape filled with marauders and lawlessness, Duncan assumes a role of protector for a plantation's women and children against these marauders. This initial section establishes a blend of action, moral conflict, and the determination to uphold honor, laying the groundwork for Duncan's evolution throughout the novel as he seeks to redefine his purpose in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30263/30263-h/images/frontispiece-c.jpg en Fiction PS Text US Civil War Browsing: History - Warfare Browsing: Literature Browsing: Fiction 515160 515189 2024-11-13T04:39:37.456432 2023-09-13T09:36:28.255501 text/html text/html 523194 2009-10-15T14:39:53 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 421876 2024-11-13T04:39:48.559307 application/epub+zip 424740 2024-11-13T04:39:41.498417 application/epub+zip 274032 2024-11-13T04:39:39.945349 application/epub+zip 695209 2024-11-13T04:39:53.700294 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 645296 2024-11-13T04:39:47.401319 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 436187 2022-09-14T05:20:42.184582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 469985 2023-09-13T09:36:27.125509 text/plain 16692 2024-11-13T04:39:53.834284 application/rdf+xml 18247 2024-11-13T04:39:40.530353 image/jpeg 3987 2024-11-13T04:39:40.238427 image/jpeg 403610 2024-11-13T04:39:37.506412 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia