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How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion

A series of U.S. Civil War adventures or incidents experienced and enhanced (or created) by humorist George W. Peck. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. He had a wry sense of humor and sympathy for underdogs. ( Arnold Banner) (9 hr 12 min)

Chapters

The War Literature of the “Century” is very Confusing

I Am Rudely Awakened from Dreams of Home

I Describe a Deadly Encounter

I Yearn for a Furlough

The Funeral of the Colored Cook

I Capture “Jeff”

“Boots and Saddles”

Three Days Without Food!

Bacon and Hard-tack

Yearnings for Military Fame

I am Detailed to Build a Bridge

I am Instructed to Capture and Search a Female Smuggler

The Female Smuggler Episode Makes Me Famous

Military Attire

My Experience as a Sick Man

My Varied Experiences in the Hospital

Thanksgiving Dinner with the “Rebel Angel”

My Sickness and Hospital Experiences Have Spoiled Me for a Soldier

I am Detailed to Drive a Six-Mule Team

I Demonstrate that Gambling Does Not Pay

I Go on a Scouting Expedition

The Spotted Horse

Tells How the Chaplain was Paralyzed by the Spotted Circus-Horse

Mingled Reminiscences

Our Party of Recruits own the Earth

I Strike Another Soft-Snap, Which is Harder Than Any Snap Heretofore

A Short Story About a Pair of Boots, Showing the Monumental Gall of their Owner.