Field, Camp, Hospital and Prison in the Civil War, 1863-1865
Humphreys, Charles Alfred Charles Humphreys' autobiography recounts his years as a Union cavalry soldier in the U.S. Civil War, his activity fighting, being wounded and eventually captured and imprisoned.
The author's experiences were exciting and varied, shedding light upon contrasting aspects of the war which carry historical value. Elderly at the time when he published his recollections in 1918, Humphreys briefly reflects about the still-ensuing World War I, noting ...