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THE “RAW RECRUIT.”
A RAW RECRUIT’S WAR EXPERIENCES.
BY
ANSEL D. NICKERSON,
Late Private Co. B, Eleventh Rhode Island Volunteers.
PROVIDENCE: PRINTED BY THE PRESS COMPANY. 1888.
FOR PRIVATE DISTRIBUTION ONLY.
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED To My Wife, WHOSE PATRIOTIC SPIRIT PROMPTED ME TO OFFER MY SERVICES TO MY COUNTRY.
“The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle’s stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are past.”