Thomas Benton Alexander 1939-1928
In 1861, he joined the Confederate service. Later, people found his diary about his daily things happened during civil war. It contains the last sixteen months of civil war and a list of men killed during the civil war. From his dairy, we could tell that his life was not fluent. He served on the batteries to protect the city, then he was sent to Mobile Bay where he was captured and sent to prison. He had been imprisoned for three times (reason unknown). After the civil war, he became a journalist and got married. Because of Civil War, he did not graduate from college. He took the initiative to join the Confederation and served the country. His dairy effectively helped the public and later generation to investigate and learn from the Civil War. He recorded the prison life and his changing position during the Civil War. Daily life sometimes was not always the same. Soldiers were facing upcoming changes and obstacles. From Thomas Benton Alexander, we know that their life was changing based on the imminent battle. Some of them were standing on the front line to protect the country, but they might get killed, if they did not react or adapt the situation fast.
Thomas Benton Alexander:
http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/civil_war/diaries_journals/alexander/
In 1861, he joined the Confederate service. Later, people found his diary about his daily things happened during civil war. It contains the last sixteen months of civil war and a list of men killed during the civil war. From his dairy, we could tell that his life was not fluent. He served on the batteries to protect the city, then he was sent to Mobile Bay where he was captured and sent to prison. He had been imprisoned for three times (reason unknown). After the civil war, he became a journalist and got married. Because of Civil War, he did not graduate from college. He took the initiative to join the Confederation and served the country. His dairy effectively helped the public and later generation to investigate and learn from the Civil War. He recorded the prison life and his changing position during the Civil War. Daily life sometimes was not always the same. Soldiers were facing upcoming changes and obstacles. From Thomas Benton Alexander, we know that their life was changing based on the imminent battle. Some of them were standing on the front line to protect the country, but they might get killed, if they did not react or adapt the situation fast.
Thomas Benton Alexander:
http://www.rarebooks.nd.edu/digital/civil_war/diaries_journals/alexander/
Frederick W. Chamberlin 1827-1842
The public believed that a dying soldier should be sent home around family to face death, which was eventually denied by the military. Dying people were not allowed to back home. Military was only able to send their last words to the family. A minié ball struck Chamberlin in the neck, and his friends were with him. He wanted his family to know that “I was a good solider.” Although he died for his country, his country did not allow him to be sent home. He has a family. Because he joined military since little and died in the battle, he did not have a particular job, besides serving for the military. Chamberlin was a great soldier who gave his life for the United States. Death was a part of soldiers’ life, which they were facing every day. Every time at the real battle, soldiers had to not only remember how to fight, but also remember they were at the edge of life and death
Frederick W. Chamberlin:
http://www.civilwar.org/hallowed-ground-magazine/winter-2013/life-of-the-civil-war-soldier-battle.html