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Title: The volunteer soldier of America
Year: 1887 (1880s)
Authors: Logan, John Alexander, 1826-1886 Logan, Cornelius Ambrose, 1836-1899
Subjects: United States. Army United States. Navy United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives
Publisher: Chicago and New York : R. S. Peale & company
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
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e civil conflict produced. Had he been unhampered by the pre-vailing prejudice against the volunteer; had rank and commandbeen accorded to him as his developing merits warranted, andstrict justice required, the war would have been considerablyabbreviated in duration, and the personnel of its great actorswould have been somewhat changed. With enthusiastic warmth General Logan has applauded theservices of General Henry Knox, the great artillerist of the Revo-lution as well as the first War Secretary of the new nation; andhe has closed his eulogy with a tribute to the latters characterboth beautiful and just. In concluding this memoir no morefitting summary of the character of John A. Logan can be foundthan that embraced in the words that he has applied to GeneralKnox : He was an American volunteer, a distinguished soldier, aneminent statesman, and an admirable civilian. Surely no highermeed of praise can be rendered to any of the worlds toilersthan this. Washington, D. C, March i, 1887.
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. FORACIN<;. ^v«^/ Scenes from Army Life. THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIER OF AMERICA. 75 PREFATORY NOTE THE following pages have been written amid theengrossing cares and occupations of an officiallife. The labor involved in their preparation has con-stituted a pleasant task for the writer, since they covera subject which has ever been near his heart — theglories as well as the interests of the volunteersoldiery of America. No more fascinating theme than that presented bythe citizen of the United States, when, leaving the pur-suits of peaceful life, he arrays himself in the garb ofthe soldier and takes the field in defense of country andprinciple, can be found in any chapter of the w^orldshistory. It is wholly safe to say that in his characterof defender of right and justice, with no feature of thedespoiler and oppressor, and in his attributes of loftypatriotism, of unselfish, inflexible, and enduring courage,of patience under suffering, and of moderation undervictory, and finally of effe

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