{"product_id":"2940150790780","title":"Down in Dixie: Life in a Cavalry Regiment (Expanded, Annotated)","description":"Only fourteen years old when he first tried enlisting in the Union army, he was not quite seventeen when he mustered out at the end of the war. Along the way, Stanton Perry Allen saw plenty of fighting and dying, and served on the staff of General George Gordon Meade, the hero of Gettysburg.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this hilarious, at times irreverent, but also sorrowful and respectful memoir, Allen brings his skill as a professional writer and observer to the creation of one of the most pleasurable Civil War memoirs you'll ever read. After the war he was a journalist, editor, lieutenant in the New York National Guard, and a clergyman.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis proximity to great events and his ability to bring those years to life makes this a cherished personal account of the American Civil War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEvery memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBe sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.","brand":"Big Byte Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47112688369904,"sku":"2940150790780","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940150790780_p0.jpg?v=1763753048","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940150790780","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}