Rusling, a Civil War veteran, provides a fascinating account of his experiences during the conflict. He writes about the battles he fought in and the men he fought with, painting a vivid picture of what life was like for soldiers on both sides of the war. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the Civil War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States ...
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Rusling, a Civil War veteran, provides a fascinating account of his experiences during the conflict. He writes about the battles he fought in and the men he fought with, painting a vivid picture of what life was like for soldiers on both sides of the war. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the history of the Civil War. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Fair. 411 pages. Frontispiece. Footnotes. Illustrations. Appendix. Index. No dust jacket present. Signed by previous owner. Cover has wear and soiling. Tears and chips to top and bottom of spine. Hinges weak. This may have been the copy of the Joy Horswell who was one of the pallbearers of Clara Barber, 1851-1937. James Fowler Rusling entered Dickinson College, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania in 1852, joining the class of 1854. On August 24, 1861, he became a first lieutenant and the regimental quartermaster of the 5th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry. By October 1862, he was a captain and quartermaster of the 2nd Division of III Corps and in May 1863, he was named as a lieutenant colonel of Volunteers and 3rd Corps Quartermaster. At the end of the war he was the Inspector of the Quarter Master Department of the United States Army and received a brevet promotion in February 1866 as Brigadier General of Volunteers. His extensive service in all of the campaigns of the Army of the Potomac between 1861 and 1863, together with his activities in the Army of the Cumberland for the remainder of the war, are detailed in his 1899 book, Men and Things I Saw in Civil War Days. Rusling was an observant and entertaining writer and completed several other accounts, most notably the story of, and observations from, his 1866-1867 inspection tour for the Quartermaster's Office of the Army of the West, which he called The Great West and Pacific Coast (1877). He also wrote an history of the Pennington School. He served as a trustee of Dickinson College from 1861 to 1883, and then again from 1904 until his death. The great appeal in James Rusling's memoir of the American Civil War is in the anecdotes he shares about several of the greatest generals with whom he served, as well as short sketches of his interactions with Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. Mrs. Barber, born June 10, 1851 in Wisconsin, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Ames, came here in 1858 in a covered wagon drawn by a team of oxen; in the party were her mother, step father, and older sister and other family members. She was married in 1869 to Albert Henry Barber. They lived on a farm north of Estherville at first but in 1882 moved into Estherville where Mr. Barber established a furniture and undertaking business which he continued until 1908. Pallbearers were R. J. Ridley, L. C. Doolittle, Vance Noe, Joy Horswell, L. H. Barnes and A. Storey.
