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Army Life of an Illinois Soldier (Shawnee Classics)

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While parts of the book were a little slow going (after all, he never intended to be writing a book), most of it was very interesting. I found alot of things surprising in the book, molded as I have been by late 20th century ideas of the Civil War. Wills may have been more educated than many of the soldiers, but I expect his opinions were not so uncommon. It was a great window into what people from the north thought of the war at the time.

I haven't finished reading this book, however, I have read enough to find it enjoyable and educational. It consists of letters written home during the war and tells about daily life of a civil war soldier. It doesn't deal with strategy as often found in the memoirs of generals but one soldier...soldiering through the war.