Twelve years in the army

part in the carnage and strife of the late war, and in my calm and

reflective moments I penned in rhyme these verses of my poetic imagination.

THE AUTHOR.

TWELVE YEARS IN THE ARMY;

OR,

THE INCIDENTS OF A SOLDIER’S LIFE.

CHAPTER I.

INTRODUCTORY--MY ENLISTMENT.

I do not wish to enter into the genealogy of my family, notwithstanding I was ...