Sergeant Company H. Twenty-fourth Wisconsin Infantry.
WITH THE RANK AND FILE.
Incidents and Anecdotes During the War of the
Rebellion, as Remembered by One
of the Non-Commissioned
Officers.
By THOMAS J. FORD,
Sergeant Company H, Twenty-Fourth Wisconsin Infantry.
1898.
Press of the Evening Wisconsin Co.,
Milwaukee.
Copyright, 1898,
by
Thos. J. Ford.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
| INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES | 5 |
| ON THE BATTLEFIELD | 32 |
| PULPIT AND PRESS | 61 |
| THAT LEXINGTON IMPUDENCE | 70 |
| SHOULD EDUCATION BE COMPULSORY | 77 |
| WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN | 82 |
| AS TO PENSIONS | 87 |
| DEPARTURE OF THOMAS J. FORD | 91 |
| COMMENDED BY HIS SUPERIORS | 93 |
INTRODUCTORY.
My Dear Reader: Among the many publicationswhich the late war has drawn forth, I present you withsomething which you have never read, nor which has everbeen in print, until the issue of this little book. Thesketches contained herein have been carefully revised andmade as brief as possible, with the object of bringing beforeyou the privations and hardships of the rank and file.A few of the amusing incidents of life in the army arealso chronicled, as they occurred in Camp, on the March,or on the Battlefield. Papers on compulsory education,the pulpit and the press, farm life, and one on the meritsof America's two grandest men (George Washington andAbraham Lincoln) will also be found herein.
Thomas J. Ford.
Milwaukee, May, 1898.
INCIDENTS AND ANECDOTES.
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