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The author presents prime source material from letters, songs, prayers, and diaries to present the soldier's experience with camp conditions, military protocol, games and sports, food and cooking, prison camps, letters home, the prevalence of disease, medical advances, typical clothing, popular vices, and facing death. Alabama Florida Georgia Kentucky Louisiana Maryland Mississippi South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia AL087 Rebel Boast. Manly Wade Wellman A family group of five young men marched away to Big Bethel, and two lived to lay down their arms at Appomattox. Through their letters and diaries, they left a testimony. Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life, 1861-65.