How Private George W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion or, The Funny Experiences of a Raw Recruit - 1887

How Private George W. Peck Put Down the Rebellion by George W. Peck is an autobiography by the American writer and politician from Wisconsin. He served as the 17th Governor of Wisconsin and the 9th Mayor of Milwaukee. Excerpt: "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."