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Recollections of the eventful life of a soldier

Chapter 83: Transcriber’s Notes
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The narrator recounts his early life, youthful schemes, and the trials of enlistment, tracing the transition from boyhood to soldier. He details campaigning experiences, everyday hardships, comradeship, and vivid episodes from active service, including battlefield dangers and hospital scenes. Interwoven are reflections on military institutions and the difficulties of returning to civilian life, with attempts to pursue education and steadier employment. The memoir balances straightforward incident-filled storytelling with sober commentary on personal loss, endurance, and the long-term consequences of a life shaped by war.

Transcriber’s Notes

  • pg 25 Changed: colour it shed over their countenaces
    to: colour it shed over their countenances
  • pg 27 Changed: no longer a pleasant birth
    to: no longer a pleasant berth
  • pg 32 Changed: the tears flowing down her checks
    to: the tears flowing down her cheeks
  • pg 42 Changed: we crossed the Frith of Forth
    to: we crossed the Firth of Forth
  • pg 50 Changed: to be seperated from your husband
    to: to be separated from your husband
  • pg 81 Changed: he made a lounge at me
    to: he made a lunge at me
  • pg 81 Changed: seemed to be a jealous-minded, vindicative
    to: seemed to be a jealous-minded, vindictive
  • pg 94 Changed: by seperate routes during the night
    to: by separate routes during the night
  • pg 100 Changed: with a lable in its mouth
    to: with a label in its mouth
  • pg 114 Changed: a buglar of the 83d regiment
    to: a bugler of the 83d regiment
  • pg 134 Changed: seing the danger to which they were exposed
    to: seeing the danger to which they were exposed
  • pg 142 Changed: every regiment of the division were promiscously mixed
    to: every regiment of the division were promiscuously mixed
  • pg 189 Changed: the fate of the brave follow
    to: the fate of the brave fellow
  • pg 195 Changed: and quiting also their position and works
    to: and quitting also their position and works
  • pg 216 Changed: which an ethusiastic Irishwoman can throw
    to: which an enthusiastic Irishwoman can throw
  • pg 274 Changed: questioning her with childish simplicty
    to: questioning her with childish simplicity
  • pg 284 Changed: conscious of his own error in the pronunication
    to: conscious of his own error in the pronunciation
  • pg 292 Changed: had opportunites of knowing them more
    to: had opportunities of knowing them more
  • pg 312 Changed: The conseqence was, that during the short time
    to: The consequence was, that during the short time
  • pg 319 Changed: a sergeant in the ninty-fourth
    to: a sergeant in the ninety-fourth
  • pg 328 Changed: But her precautions were unaviling
    to: But her precautions were unavailing