When the Author of the succeeding pages had determined on recording
the events and operations of the Regiment to which he belonged, it was
far from his intention to give them publicity.--They were noted down
for the amusement of his leisure hours and the perusal of his Friends,
when he should return from the toils of the Camp and the fatigues of
war;--to portray to the view of those Friends the various vicissitudes
of fate attendant on the life of a Soldier.--But since his return,
many who have perused the manuscript, have expressed their ardent
desire to see it published, and to gratify their wishes, he has been
induced to submit it to the press.--He indulges the hope that his
simple narrative will fall into the hands of none but the candid and
liberal, who affect not to despise the humble and unvarnished tale of
the _Private Soldier_.
_THE AUTHOR._