Drafted into the Union army in 1863, the young Vermont Quaker Cyrus Pringle refused to bear arms or even to serve in a hospital. His diary records the marches, threats and punishments he and his fellow Friends endured in camp for that refusal, set down with remarkable calm and charity.
A quietly powerful witness to conscientious objection, published in 1918 with an introduction by Rufus M. Jones. Download the free EPUB.