[Mudboy Slim]

Thoughts on the Common Soldier
Reminiscences of Camp Cheatham, 1861:

A private soldier is but an automaton, a machine that works by the command of a good, bad, or indifferent engineer, and is presumed to know nothing of all these great events. His business is to load and shoot, stand picket, videt, etc., while the officers sleep, or perhaps die on the field of battle and glory, and his obituary and epitaph but "one" remembered among the slain, but to what company, regiment, brigade or corps he belongs, there is no account; he is soon forgotten. (p. 22)

Thanks...MUD

[Jen]

... there is no account; he is soon forgotten. ...

That's why I love Warrior Wednesdays when we get to learn about individual soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen and read about their personal experiences. Their legacies should never die!