Excerpt from Camp Fires of the Confederacy: A Volume of Humorous Anecdotes, Reminiscences, Deeds of Heroism The purpose of this book, The Camp Fires of the Con federacy, is to truthfully and accurately set forth every feature of the struggle. It contains the greatest anecdotal collection ever made of the humors of the war; thrilling narratives of deeds of heroism performed, hand-to-hand struggles, bold dashes, bril liant successes, clever captures, exploits of scouts and spies, perilous journeys, terrible hardships, imprisonments and hair breadth escapes, daring raids, and various other interesting inci dents; also Confederate poems - the martial melodies dear to Southern hearts, pathos and patriotism - and selected songs, sung by the Lads in Gray, which encouraged in trials, cheered by the lonely camp fire, and incited to victory. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.