The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865 - Leander Stillwell

The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

By Leander Stillwell

  • Release Date: 1934-01-01
  • Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 189 Ratings
Buy on Amazon

Description

The Story of a Common Soldier is a compelling coming of age tale that will appeal not only to Civil War buffs but to anyone who enjoys autobiographies. Written at the urging of his youngest son, when Stillwell was a mature man--a lawyer, judge, and member of the Kansas legislature, it combines graphic detail (provided by his war diary and letters written at the time to his family) with the insights of a thoughtful man looking back on those horrific times.

Reviews

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

    5
    By Gary Slicker
    A most excellent and authentic account of Civil War life. It made me feel like I lived it myself for a brief time while reading this account. Highly recommend it. Gary Slicker

  • One of the Best!

    5
    By Beachlover49
    This is one of the best Civil War memoirs I have ever read. I was reading three other books at the time and let them go in favor of this one. It's well-written, informative, interesting and a pleasure to read! Wish I could have known Leander Stillwell or at least be able to tell his family how impressed I was by his story. Don't miss this one if you have an interest in the Civil War!

  • Great read,

    5
    By SEC rules!
    I have read several first hand accounts by common soldiers serving in the union armies. This is one of the best.

  • Captivating

    5
    By BCB88
    Written as thought a friend on the front porch back in the 1860s. Easy to read, and a period piece with comments about life no only during the Civil War, but life back then. Highly recommended and easy reading.

  • Good Book

    4
    By JakeyL
    An interesting read for those interested in the civil war. The book helps you see what the life of a soldier was like through the eyes of the one who lived it. Even though his regiment didn't take part in any of the major battles, it still gave an informative narrative of everyday experiences of a soldier.

  • Great book

    5
    By lukesw53
    A very interesting look at the Civil War through the eyes of a Union Soldier. Gives you a real look into the life of an ordinary soldier. The things you don't read in a history book. Fascinating prospective with things you would never think about in any other historical book. Highly recommend!!!!!!!

  • Spectacular read!

    5
    By Evil Krisp
    A great look into the life of a soldier and a must read for any current soldier or veteran.

More by Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

    Leander Stillwell

    4.5

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War

    Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)

    Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

    Leander Stillwell

  • A Union Soldier At War - 1861-1863 - The Illustrated Edition - Military History from Primary Sources

    Bob Carruthers & Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier

    Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life In the Civil War, 1861-1865

    Leander Stillwell

  • Civil War Army Life

    Leander Stillwell, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, George Alfred Townsend & Matthew Brady

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

    Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War

    Leander Stillwell

  • 70 Civil War Memoirs of Union Soldiers

    John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, J. W. Gibson, George Perkins, Henry B. James, Henry Bascom Smith, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Willard W. Glazier, Joseph Warren Keifer, John McElroy, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Louis Richards, S Emma E. Edmonds, Samuel Scoville, Henry H. Meacham, Frank A. Rollin, Richard Taylor, John Beatty, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, James Harvey Kidd, Jacob D. Cox, Stanton P. Allen, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, Joseph W. Grant, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, Allen Ripley Foote, Thomas Kirwan, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, John Watson Foster, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, Lawrence Van Alstyne, David W. Stafford, Charles C. Nott, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young & Susie King Taylor

  • 100+ Civil War Soldier Memoirs

    Ulysses S. Grant, Heros von Borcke, John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, J. W. Gibson, William Howard Russell, Samuel S. Hildebrand, Joseph Warren Keifer, John A. Sloan, Thomas North, George Perkins, Jacob D. Cox, Henry Bascom Smith, W. H. Morgan, Henry B. James, Louis Richards, Preston Lafayette Ledford, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Thomas Coleman Younger, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Samuel R. Watkins, John Singleton Mosby, James Longstreet, Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Isaac Hermann, Richard Taylor, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, Raphael Semmes, James Harvey Kidd, John Beatty, William Watson, Carlton McCarthy, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, J. Wilkinson, Joseph W. Grant, Daniel P. Smith, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, Richard L. Maury, Samuel Scoville, James Carson Elliott, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, La Salle Corbell Pickett, Stanton P. Allen, Allen Ripley Foote, Alfred J. Vaughan, Thomas Kirwan, Henry Lane Stone, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Luther W. Hopkins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, John Porter Fort, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, Frank A. Rollin, Arthur Peronneau Ford, Marion Johnstone Ford, John Milton Hubbard, John Watson Foster, Rufus H. Peck, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, Thomas D. Duncan, Edward Alexander Moore, John Call Dalton, Henry H. Meacham, David E. Johnston, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, George Cary Eggleston, Lawrence Van Alstyne, Wayland Fuller Dunaway, David W. Stafford, James H. Wood, Charles C. Nott, William Meade Dame, S Emma E. Edmonds, John Levi Maile, Edward M. Boykin, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young, Francis Warrington Dawson & David Lathrop

  • Warriors of Freedom: 70 Memoirs of Union Soldiers

    Ulysses S. Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, John D. Billings, Charles W. Reed, J. W. Gibson, George Perkins, Henry B. James, Henry Bascom Smith, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Willard W. Glazier, Joseph Warren Keifer, John McElroy, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Louis Richards, S Emma E. Edmonds, Samuel Scoville, Henry H. Meacham, Frank A. Rollin, Richard Taylor, John Beatty, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, James Harvey Kidd, Jacob D. Cox, Stanton P. Allen, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, Joseph W. Grant, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, Allen Ripley Foote, Thomas Kirwan, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, John Watson Foster, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, Lawrence Van Alstyne, David W. Stafford, Charles C. Nott, John Levi Maile, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young & Susie King Taylor

  • Vier Jahre für Lincoln

    Leander Stillwell & Florian Dexheimer

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War 1861-1865

    Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865

    Leander Stillwell

  • The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War (Illustrated Edition)

    Leander Stillwell

  • 110 Voices of the Civil War: Personal Accounts from the Frontlines

    Charles W. Reed, William Sherman, Philip Henry Sheridan, Ulysses S. Grant, Heros von Borcke, John D. Billings, J. W. Gibson, William Howard Russell, Samuel S. Hildebrand, Joseph Warren Keifer, John A. Sloan, Thomas North, George Perkins, Jacob D. Cox, Henry Bascom Smith, W. H. Morgan, Henry B. James, Louis Richards, Preston Lafayette Ledford, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Charles A. Fuller, Thomas Coleman Younger, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Samuel R. Watkins, John Singleton Mosby, James Longstreet, Gilbert Moxley Sorrel, James Madison Page, Alonzo Cooper, Lemuel Abijah Abbott, Isaac Hermann, Richard Taylor, Leander Stillwell, Charles Anderson Dana, Raphael Semmes, James Harvey Kidd, John Beatty, William Watson, Carlton McCarthy, Hampton Sidney Thomas, James Harrison Wilson, Frederick L. Hitchcock, James R. Carnahan, J. Wilkinson, Joseph W. Grant, Daniel P. Smith, Richard J. Fulfer, John Lockwood, Henry C. Meyer, Richard L. Maury, Samuel Scoville, James Carson Elliott, H. Clay Trumbull, James Madison Stone, La Salle Corbell Pickett, Stanton P. Allen, Allen Ripley Foote, Alfred J. Vaughan, Thomas Kirwan, Henry Lane Stone, E. H. Clement, Edward Mott Robbins, Luther W. Hopkins, Martin A. Haynes, Grenville Mellen Dodge, John G. B. Adams, Ansel D. Nickerson, Warren Olney, Daniel Avery Langworthy, John Porter Fort, Joshua M. Addeman, Eugene Winslow Watson, Samuel Dana Greene, John Lorimer Worden, H. Ashton Ramsay, Bradford Ripley Jr. Wood, Frank A. Rollin, Arthur Peronneau Ford, Marion Johnstone Ford, John Milton Hubbard, John Watson Foster, Rufus H. Peck, R. E. McBride, Charles Carleton Coffin, Wickham Hoffman, George T. Ulmer, Thomas D. Duncan, Edward Alexander Moore, John Call Dalton, Henry H. Meacham, David E. Johnston, William A. Canfield, Abner Doubleday, John M. Batten, George Cary Eggleston, Lawrence Van Alstyne, Wayland Fuller Dunaway, David W. Stafford, James H. Wood, Charles C. Nott, William Meade Dame, S Emma E. Edmonds, John Levi Maile, Edward M. Boykin, D. H. Fletcher, Samuel H. Fletcher, William N. Tyler, John Azor Kellogg, James Pike, Lot D. Young, Francis Warrington Dawson & David Lathrop