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The best memoirs of the American Civil War are those by soldiers who were in the thick of it, were observant, and who could really write. Benjamin Franklin Scribner was all three.In this volume, Scribner was not trying to tell the exact story of the battles he witnessed but, as he put it, "...to treat the subject in an introspective manner, from a personal standpoint, from the inner life, emotionally and subjectively..." He accomplishes his mission with grace, wit, and humility.When war broke out, Ben Scribner was sickened. He knew what war was, having served in the Mexican-American War. Now the small-town druggist had a family to care for. But he did his duty to his country.Scribner served under a slate of the most famous generals of the war (Buell, Rosecrans, Thomas, Grant, and Sherman). His work is full of anecdotes of episodes with these famous men. He also accomplishes the task of writing as a soldier who knows the close whistle of the minnie-ball and shot.

Experience the tumultuous period of the Mexican-American War through the eyes of a participant in A Campaign in Mexico by Benjamin Franklin Scribner. This autobiographical account provides a firsthand look at the complexities and challenges of war, bringing history to life in a powerful and personal way. Through Scribner's vivid recollections, readers will gain a deeper understanding of this critical period in American history. Don't miss the opportunity to see history from a fresh perspective with A Campaign in Mexico by Benjamin Franklin Scribner. Order your copy today and dive into this compelling firsthand account.

Hardcover reprint of the original 1847 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. All foldouts have been masterfully reprinted in their original form. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Scribner F. (Benjamin Franklin). Camp Life of A Volunteer. A Campaign In Mexico, Or A Glimpse At Life In Camp. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Scribner F. (Benjamin Franklin). Camp Life of A Volunteer. A Campaign In Mexico, Or A Glimpse At Life In Camp, . Philadelphia, Grigg, Elliot And Co.; New Albany, Ind., J. R. Nunemacher, 1847. Subject: Mexican War, 1846-1848

Too often dismissed as the least philosophic of the Founding Fathers, Benjamin Franklin had a deep and lasting impact on the shape of American political thought. In this substantial collection of Franklin's letters, essays, and lesser-known papers, Ralph Ketcham traces the development of Franklin's practical-and distinctly American-political thought from his earliest Silence Dogood essays to his final writings on the Constitution and The Evils of the Slave Trade.

THE customary antithesis between "American" literature and "English" literature is unfortunate and misleading in that it seems to exclude American authors from the noble roll of those who have contributed to the literature of our mother-tongue. Of course, when we consider it carefully we cannot fail to see that the literature of a language is one and indivisible and that the nativity or the domicile of those who make it matters nothing. Just as Alexandrian literature is Greek, so American literature is English; and as Theocritus demands inclusion in any account of Greek literature, so Thoreau cannot be omitted from any history of English literature as a whole. The works of Anthony Hamilton and Rousseau, Mme. de Staël and M. Maeterlinck are not more indisputably a part of the literature of the French language than the works of Franklin and Emerson, of Hawthorne and Poe are part of the literature of the English language. Theocritus may never have set foot on the soil of Greece, and Thoreau never adventured himself on the Atlantic to visit the island-home of his ancestors; yet the former expressed himself in Greek and the latter in English,—and how can either be neglected in any comprehensive survey of the literature of his own tongue?...