Excerpt from How Private Geo; W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion: Or the Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit Who got real spunky at each other, some years ago, while playing in their adjoining door-yards, threw tomato cans and dead cats back and forth, called each other names, pulled hair, and snubbed noses until they got into real, actual war, in which such bravery was shown on both sides, as the world had never seen before, and who have decided to be neighbors and friends again, ready to protect and defend each other against all the world; these reminis cences of the ridiculous part taken in the struggle, by a raw recruit, who was too scared to fight and too frightened to run, are most respectfully dedicated, with the earnest hope that no occasion may ever again arise in which it shall seem necessary for one American citizen to seek to shed the gore of another American citizen. George W. Peck. 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.