[...]would, very likely cause his hot Southern blood to boil, and he would say he had just as much right to that road as I had. If it come right down to the justice of the thing, I should have to admit that Alabama was not my state. Wisconsin was my home, and if I was up there, and a man should trespass on my property, it would be reasonable enough for me to ask him to go away from there, and enforce my request by calling a constable and having him put off the premises. But how did I know but he owned property there, and was a tax-payer. I had it all figured out that I was right in not disturbing that rebel, and I knew that I could[...]".
George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) was an American writer and politician who served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin. Peck was born in Henderson, New York, in 1840 and moved to Wisconsin as a toddler in 1843. In Wisconsin, he was a newspaper publisher who founded newspapers in Ripon and La Crosse. His La Crosse newspaper, The Sun, was founded in 1874. In 1878 Peck moved the newspaper to Milwaukee and renamed it Peck's Sun. The weekly newspaper contained humorous writings of Peck's including his famous Peck's Bad Boy stories. His works include: Adventures of One Terence McGrant (1871), Peck's Sunshine (1882), Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa (1883), The Grocery Man and Peck's Bad Boy (1883), Mirth for the Million (1883), Peck's Compendium of Fun (1886), How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion (1887), Peck's Bad Boy Abroad (1905), Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1906) and Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys (1907).
The War Literature of the "Century" is very Confusing—I am Resolved to tell the True Story of the War—How and "Why I Became a Raw Recruit—My Quarters—My Horse—My First Ride.For the last year or more I have been reading the articles in the Century magazine, written by generals and things who served on both the Union and Confederate sides, and have been struck by the number of "decisive battles" that were fought, and the great number of generals who fought them and saved the country. It seems that each general on the Union side, who fought a battle, and writes an article for the aforesaid magazine, admits that his battle was the one which did the business. On the Confederate side, the generals who write articles invariably demonstrate that they everlastingly whipped their opponents, and drove them on in disorder. To read those articles it seems strange that the Union generals who won so many decisive battles, should not have ended the war much sooner than they did, and to read the accounts of battles won by the Confederates, and the demoralization that ensued in the ranks of their opponents, it seems marvellous that the Union army was victorious. Any man who has followed these generals of both sides, in the pages of that magazine, must conclude that the war was a draw game, and that both sides were whipped. Thus far no general has lost a battle on either side, and all of them tacitly admit that the whole thing depended on them, and that other commanders were mere ciphers. This is a kind of history that is going to mix up generations yet unborn in the most hopeless manner.
George Wilbur Peck (1840-1916) was an American writer and politician who served as the 17th governor of Wisconsin. Peck was born in Henderson, New York, in 1840 and moved to Wisconsin as a toddler in 1843. In Wisconsin, he was a newspaper publisher who founded newspapers in Ripon and La Crosse. His La Crosse newspaper, The Sun, was founded in 1874. In 1878 Peck moved the newspaper to Milwaukee and renamed it Peck's Sun. The weekly newspaper contained humorous writings of Peck's including his famous Peck's Bad Boy stories. His works include: Adventures of One Terence McGrant (1871), Peck's Sunshine (1882), Peck's Bad Boy and His Pa (1883), The Grocery Man and Peck's Bad Boy (1883), Mirth for the Million (1883), Peck's Compendium of Fun (1886), How Private Geo. W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion (1887), Peck's Bad Boy Abroad (1905), Peck's Bad Boy with the Circus (1906) and Peck's Bad Boy with the Cowboys (1907).
A humorist and politician of the late 19th century _ he was a two-term governor of Wisconsin and mayor of Milwaukee _ George W. Peck had served with the Fourth Wisconsin Volunteer Cavalry during the Civil War. He entered the service in late 1863 as an enlisted man, and later was promoted to the rank of lieutenant. He served with the regiment until its muster-out in 1866.Along the lines of Mark Twain?s "Private History of a Campaign that Failed" or Wilbur Hinman?s "Corporal Si Klegg and his Pard." "How Private Peck Put Down the Rebellion" looks at the humor that soldiers were able to find in their army service. Based loosely on his Civil War service, Peck?s writing abounds with tall tales and liberally stretched truths. But Peck?s experience as a Civil War soldier is readily apparent, and the book rings true as he shares his thoughts on the fear a soldier faces on the eve of battle, the losses felt by the war?s civilians, the impact of illness on a soldier?s life, and inflated sense of power that often went to officers? heads.After the war Peck went on to an illustrious career as a writer and noted lecturer. His best-selling books included "Peck?s Fun," "Peck?s Sunshine," "Peck?s Boss Book," "Peck?s Bad Boy" and "Peck?s Bad Boy and His Pa." Peck?s humor newspaper, "Peck?s Sun," enjoyed national circulation.Now, through a new edition to be released Oct. 17 by Faded Banner Publications of Bryan, Ohio, "How Private Peck Put Down the Rebellion" will be again readily available. This new edition features a foreword by award-winning journalist and Civil War author Don Allison. Mr. Allison places the work in historical perspective, and includes a biographical sketch of George Peck.Working with Civil War writings is nothing new to Allison, whose quarter century of journalistic work have attracted honors from both the UPI and AP wire services. Allison previously edited and narrated "Hell on Belle Isle: Diary of a Civil War POW," a book based on the letters and diary of Sgt. Jacob Osborn Coburn of the Sixth Michigan Cavalry.
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