Civil War Journal of a Union Soldier - P.C. Zick Audiobook

Written by P.C. Zick
Read by Jeffrey A. Hering
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps

Do you love history? Are you interested in the Civil War? Then this book is one you’re sure to enjoy.Harmon Camburn signed up for duty as a Union soldier two weeks after the first shots were fired at Fort Sumter. For the next three years, he experienced war from the battlefields. He was present at both Battles of Bull Run and other skirmishes of the War Between the States, including the Battle of Fredericksburg. His tour of duty ended with a shot through his lung at the Siege of Knoxville where he was captured by Confederate soldiers and held as a prisoner of war for six days. Fortunately, he survived his wounds and wrote his reminiscences down in journal form for his four children.His great-granddaughter, author Patricia Camburn (P.C.) Zick, presents his journal, along with additional annotations about the war in general. The journal weaves a tragic and compelling tapestry of war from the view of the soldier. Mr. Camburn’s sardonic and realistic view of war is worth remembering.From the day of his enlistment in the Army in April 1861 in Adrian, Michigan, to his final days in the service of the army near Knoxville, Tennessee, the journal provides insight into the minutiae of a soldier’s life, from what they ate to the somewhat unorthodox method of obtaining food. It shows the horror of the battlefield to the joys of the sun breaking through the clouds after days of rain. The descriptions of the landscape are beautifully crafted, just as the descriptions of scattered bodies on the battlefield are ghastly reminders of the cost of war.Buy Civil War Journal of a Union Soldier to learn and understand the history of the deadliest war in the history of the United States.