Reminiscences of a Private / by Frank M. Mixson, Company "E" 1st S. C. Vols. (Hagood's)

The memoir traces the author's early family background and guardianship, then describes enlistment and four years of military service in a southern regiment, offering detailed recollections of marches, camps, battles, shortages, camaraderie, and small domestic episodes such as improvised meals and winter encampments; it intersperses observations of fellow soldiers, local civilians, and the endurance of women on the home front, and closes with postwar reflections and a desire to preserve the memory and virtues of those who fought. The tone is personal, anecdotal, and aimed at conveying everyday experience rather than strategic analysis.