In March 1854, at twelve years and nine months old, Augustus Meyers enlisted in New York as an army musician. His memoir follows him to Carlisle Barracks, up the Missouri to Fort Pierre among the Sioux, to the building of Fort Lookout and Fort Randall, through the Kansas troubles and, after re-enlisting, into the Civil War with the Army of the Potomac.
A plain, vivid record of everyday soldiering in garrison, camp and field, invaluable for anyone interested in the frontier army. Download the free EPUB.