Excerpt from History of the Fourteenth Ohio Regiment, Vol. 1: From the Beginning of the War in 1861 to Its Close in 1865This being our first introduction to the Southern States, the question was often asked, , How under heavens is it possible for these people to keep soul and body together, among these barren hills and valleys upon which the rays of the sun beat down with intense fury!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.