From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Reminiscences of Pioneer Life and Travels Across the Continent, From New England to the Pacific Ocean, by an Old Soldier

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Excerpt from From the Atlantic to the Pacific, Reminiscences of Pioneer Life and Travels Across the Continent, From New England to the Pacific Ocean, by an Old Soldier: Also a Graphic Account of His Army Experiences in the Civil War In prefacing the succeeding pages we prefer to write only a few lines, referring the reader to the first chapter for a more definite introduction. We write from experience, and in that light we will at tempt to give our experience. Starting from the earlier years of boyhood, from our New England home on the sea coast near where the Puritans land ed, and Where the first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought and liberty was achieved and this nation became a free and independent peo ple. While yet a young man we leave behind us the home of our childhood, with all its pleasant sur roundings, saying good-bye to loving friends and the pleasant attractions of early life. Bidding adieu to the rock-bound coast of New England, the historic battlefields of Bunker Hill and Lexington, Faneuil Hall, the Cradle of Liberty, with all their varied associations with the early history of our country. These we leave all behind and shape our course westward towards the Pacific Ocean, for we ever had a strong desire to see the rolling waves of the two oceans. When this was accomplished wewere prompted to write From the Atlantic to the Pacific, by an Old Soldier, where we have at tempted to picture to the minds of our readers the varied observations and experiences of an active and eventful life, on our long journey from ocean to ocean, giving an account of our many adven tures and experiences of Pioneer life in the West, also an extended delineation of the experiences of our army life as a member of the First Minnesota Infantry. Hoping that these pages may be perused with interest and profit, especially by the young people in whose interest we were prompted to write the following pages, and that they may in duce you to have a tendency toward a. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.