History of the Forty-Fourth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in the Civil War, 1861-1865 e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. At the district school in this little village Ellsworth received his first knowledge of books, rules Of discipline and his fellows. He is said to have been a favorite with his master, manly, a leader amongst and loved by his school mates (whom he used to drill with sticks), quick to learn, apt Of memory and young as he was, he had a love of such books as told of war and the lives and deeds of men great in war.