Manassas to Appomattox: The Civil War Memoirs of Pvt. Edgar Warfield - 17th Virginia Infantry [Paperback]

Edgar Warfield (Author), Friends of Fort Ward (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1996

When he marched off to war, drugstore clerk Edgar Warfield was just steps ahead of the Union troops that occupied Alexandria. In the next four years, he fought in all but a few of the major engagements. His highly readable memoir was written when he was almost 90.

Product Details

• Paperback: 216 pages
• Publisher: Howell Press Inc. (December 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889324043
• ISBN-13: 978-1889324043
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,881,994 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Confederate soldier's story:, September 17, 2002

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Todd E. Newman (Valparaiso, IN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manassas to Appomattox: The Civil War Memoirs of Pvt. Edgar Warfield - 17th Virginia Infantry (Paperback)

Private Edgar Warfield of the 17th Virginia Infantry starts his amazing story with the jovial and enthusiasm attitude shared by many Southern recruits embarking for a chance to fight off the Union stranglehold forming in early 1861. This newfound bundle of patriotic spirit is quickly humbled by the baptism of fire. Warfield is involved in many skirmishes and battles such as 1st Manassas, Seven Pines, 2nd Manassas, Sharpsburg and more. His descriptions or movements are a bit hard to follow though his story of daily camp life is excellent. The details of fighting and others in battle is a bit `matter of fact' at times though he does share his opinions on subjects as comrades dying or being injured. His story is rather quick as there are 180 pages of material that he has put together. This book is a valuable asset for understanding soldier life and how one perceived war.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Book, August 15, 2000

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This review is from: Manassas to Appomattox: The Civil War Memoirs of Pvt. Edgar Warfield - 17th Virginia Infantry (Paperback)

I got this book near the Henry House in Manassas, Virginia where young Pvt. Warfield fought. This is a great book for readers who really love to read about the rebellion. This book greatly expresses camp life for a young soldier in the Confederate army. If debating to get this book definetly get it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Useful, but poorly written, November 22, 2007

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cmdumond "Chris" (Roanoke, VA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Manassas to Appomattox: The Civil War Memoirs of Pvt. Edgar Warfield - 17th Virginia Infantry (Paperback)

The good: The book provides an interesting look at camp life as others have said, and into some of the hardships of the life of a private in the Army of Northern Virginia. Books about the 17th Va. don't seem to be very easy to find, either.

The bad: For example, Warfield tells the reader that the 17th marched in the winter without shoes and slept at night in deep snowfalls without describing the experience. His descriptions of battles are shallow, either through a lack of recollection or his remarkable ability to be apart from the fighting -- carrying messages or working with the hospital trains. Or, simply because the regiment was detached during Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, etc. and was not in position to fight at Fredericksburg.

Finally, if you've ever edited or proofread documents, save yourself the headache and look somewhere else. If anyone actually edited this, he or she deserves to be put out in an 8-inch snow for a month with no shoes. Not only is this book full of typos, it's poorly typeset with many O's appearing as 0's.