Includes more than 30 illustrations of the author's unit and the actions it engaged in."The classic tale of battle, roguery, and capture from the Army of Northern Virginia. From his looting of farmhouses during the Gettysburg campaign and robbing of fallen Union soldiers as opportunity allowed to his five arrests for infractions of military discipline and numerous unapproved leaves, John O. Casler's actions during the Civil War made him as much a rogue as a Rebel. Though he was no m...

“Look yonder! There is Jackson and his brigade standing like a stone wall. Let us determine to die here and we will conquer. Rally behind them!”With these words Gen. B. E. Bee of the Confederates States Army inspired the famous nickname for Gen. T. J. Jackson, and his brigade, at the First Battle of Bull Run: Stonewall.Three months earlier the 2d, 4th, 5th and 27th Virginia Infantry Regiments had been brigaded together with the 33rd, in whose “A” C...

Published in 1906, this is the recollections of John Casler while in the service of the Confederacy and being a member of the Stonewall Brigade during the Civil War.

"I was no secessionist, and hoped the trouble would be settled without recourse to arms; but when the war came I shouldered my musket in behalf of my native State and defended her to the last."As a commander in Stonewall Jackson's brigade, John Casler experienced all the horrors and comedy of the American Civil War. His time was not so different from his countrymen on the other side, with the exception of point of view.He buried more than one good friend."I saw my f...

Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. But this is one of the clearest and most informative ever put to paper.As a commander in Stonewall Jackson’s brigade, John Casler experienced all the horrors and comedy of the American Civil War. His time was not so different from his countrymen on the other side, with the exception of point of view.“I was no secessionist, and hoped the trouble would be ...

Four Years in the Stonewall Brigade are the recollections of notorious Confederate soldier John O. Casler. Casler was arrested five times during the Civil War, and infamous for robbery during the Battle of Gettysburg. The original illustrations are included.

"Caslers ebenso unterhaltsame wie wahrheitsgetreue Erzählung ist ein aufschlussreiches Gegengift gegen die exzessive Heroisierung der konföderierten Army of Northern Virginia in der einschlägigen Literatur. Eine objektive Betrachtung dieser Armee ist ohne Caslers Perspektive schlicht unmöglich." Douglas Southall Freeman, Autor von "R. E. Lee: A Biography". John Overton Casler (1838-1926) ist zu Beginn des Amerikanischen Bürgerkrieges 23 Jahre alt. Die jugendliche Wanderlust hat den jungen ...