Project Gutenberg 2012-12-13 Public domain in the USA. 109 Mixson, Frank M. 1846 10026177 Reminiscences of a Private by Frank M. Mixson, Company "E" 1st S. C. Vols. (Hagood's) E-text prepared by Greg Bergquist, Moti Ben-Ari, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive (http://archive.org) "Reminiscences of a Private" by Frank M. Mixson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This memoir captures the experiences and reflections of a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War, focusing on his enlistment and service in the 1st South Carolina Volunteers. The author recounts his youthful anticipation of military life and vividly shares the harsh realities of war, including battles, camaraderie, and personal struggles. The opening of the memoir establishes Frank M. Mixson’s background, beginning with his childhood in South Carolina and leading up to the onset of the Civil War. He discusses his parents and their influence, detailing how he became determined to join the Confederate Army despite his young age. The narrative introduces his experiences in forming a local militia and the thrill of enlisting, which he pursued with unwavering resolve. Mixson's engaging storytelling presents a nuanced view of the emotions and motivations driving young men to war, setting the stage for the harrowing tales of combat and survival that follow in his reminiscences. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41616/41616-h/images/cover.jpg en United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st E456 Text Browsing: History - American Browsing: History - Warfare 218113 217888 2024-09-17T12:26:26.890854 2023-09-18T07:21:23.815184 text/html text/html 217452 2012-12-13T09:36:50 text/html 202932 2012-12-13T09:39:27 text/html application/zip 228040 2024-09-17T12:26:30.283339 application/epub+zip 228087 2024-09-17T12:26:27.548836 application/epub+zip 133756 2024-09-17T12:26:27.192832 application/epub+zip 300639 2024-09-17T12:26:32.788332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 272818 2024-09-17T12:26:29.951320 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 178914 2022-09-19T05:04:44.589746 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 200025 199836 2024-09-17T12:26:26.607861 2023-09-18T07:21:23.327192 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 199601 2012-12-13T09:31:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 74126 2012-12-13T09:31:43 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 199611 2012-12-13T09:31:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 74133 2012-12-13T09:31:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20150 2024-09-17T12:26:32.938307 application/rdf+xml 10762 2024-09-17T12:26:27.291844 image/jpeg 2189 2024-09-17T12:26:27.242832 image/jpeg 202625 2024-09-17T12:26:26.916852 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