"Beyond question the best story of the Civil War that has appeared of
recent years.... Veterans who took part in the campaigns of the Army of
the Potomac will follow every page with absorbed interest ... so
detailed and seemingly so accurate are the descriptions of battlefields
and of the positions occupied by the two armies at different times. The
book deserves to be put among the works of history dealing with the
Civil War, rather than among the works of fiction, so great is the
preponderance of fact. It is due to the author's power for graphic
presentation of detail, and his keen regard for the fears and emotions
of his hero, that his book contains much of the interest of a novel
while containing more historical truth than most historical
fictions."--_The Springfield Republican._
"Unquestionably this production ranks with the very best stories that
have been written about the great rebellion.... No veteran of the war
could read of the gallant work done so systematically, yet modestly, by
the almost unknown soldier, Jones Berwick, and add anything to the charm
of the tale."--_Evening Post_, Chicago.