The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-10-18

STORY OF THE REGIMENT. A PRI- xATE RECORD OF LIFE IN THE FBPEhAL F I, I SERVICE DURING THE GREAT Gds5. REBELLION: by Hiram T. Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, New Haven, Conn; published-and printed by the author.
 The author offers as preface to his very interesting little volume the fol- lowing Explanatory and Apologetic Note":
 The present volume presents the anomaly of being the entire produc- ton, both in a literary and mechani- cal sense, of one person every type, with the exception of those composing the title-page, having been set by the author himself, who advances as an excuse for all inaccuracies that may be found in the same the plea of be- ing novice in the beautiful art of printing. The labor expended in the production of the work has been con siderable having occupied a portion of the authors leisure time during a period of five years. That this labor has been a pleasure instead of a task may seem @ strange Acknowledgement to those who have no particular taste for such employment; but the author is nevertheless sincere in placing that acknowledgement on record. The edi- ton printed is very small one, en- bracing only a few copies for distribu- ton among relatives and warm and valued friends. The impressions were taken on small Lome Patent Press, size No. 3, weighing but S5 pounds, the size of the chase being only nine by eleven inches, and each page being printed separately. That the typography Is remarkably clear and creditable in appearance for anna teur work even a practical printer, 1t is thought, will be ready to &C., knowledge. Several aggravating er- TOTS, both in orthography and diction have been noticed, at time when correction was impossible without much extra labor in resetting the type and working off the pages anew ! Wherever such defects are discovered the author by this apology is hopeful that the reader will do him the justice to consider them as errors of the hand and not of the understanding.
 MT Peck's apology is wholly un. necessary; his record of merits Is 2 valuable contribution to the history a, those days that tried mems souls. ;
 and will prove more valuable as tim, rolls on and the ranks of the Grant ] Army now so fast decreasing becom,
 but a mere small fraction of tht
 mighty host of brave men who tool
 their lives in their hands to endur,
 and to fight for the old flag and fo,
 the preservation of our grand an,
 glorious union. The book Is an epi
 tome of the daily occurrences me
 With by the company and regiment 0
 which the author was a valued mem
 Der and the details of the fighting o
 the losses of comrades in wars hor
 rid din, are supplemented by mucI
 that is interesting pertaining to tn
 every day life of the soldier includin
 the inconveniences, the deprivations
 the make-shifts to smooth over roug
 fAeANSo NAPNA4NllCNQ tltlltI III O
 the march or when waiting for order
 MT. Peck's narartive is clear concise
 well arranged and 1t should affor
 much useful material for the histor of the Tenth C. " whenever it
 compiled.
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