Throughout the account
thatgives of his time in the Civil War, exceprts of his letters that he writes to his wife are
included. Yet, from the very beginning, it is clear that there is a massive gap between what he
writes and the actual experiences that he shares with the reader. Note how he reveals this in
the very first chapter:
Yet I am thankful she is not
here, to see what I must see, to know what I am come to know. And with this thought I exculpate
my censorship: I never...
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