Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War, 1861-1865, The by Leander STILLWELL (1843 - 1934) Genre(s): War & Military, Memoirs, Modern (19th C) Read by: Sue Anderson in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 14 - 14 - Re-enlist for Three Years More 00:20:08 - 15 - 15 - Augusta and Springfield, 1864 00:50:52 - 16 - 16 - Devall's Bluff; Clarendon Expedition, 1864 01:04:28 - 17 - 17 - Grand Reviews and Inspections, 1864 01:21:44 - 18 - 18 - Regiment Goes Home on Furlough 01:43:56 - 19 - 19 - Murfreesboro, 1864 02:02:39 - 20 - 20 - Affair at Overal's Creek, 1864 02:14:57 - 21 - 21 - Battle of Wilkinson's Pike, 1864 02:37:03 - 22 - 22 - Railroad Fight near Murfresboro, 1864 03:02:30 - 23 - 23 - Murfresboro, Winter 1864-1865 03:18:16 - 24 - 24 - Soldier's Pay: Rations 03:38:46 - 25 - 25 - Mustered Out, September 8, 1865 Leander Stillwell was an 18-year-old Illinois farm boy, living with his family in a log cabin, when the U.S. Civil War broke out. Stillwell felt a duty 'to help save the Nation;' but, as with many other young men, his Patriotism was tinged with bravura: 'the idea of staying at home and turning over senseless clods on the farm with the cannon thundering so close at hand . . . was simply intolerable.' Stillwell volunteered for the 61st Illinois Infantry in January 1861. His youthful enthusiasm for the soldier's life was soon tempered at Shiloh, where he first 'saw a gun fired in anger,' and 'saw a man die a violent death.'Stillwell's recounting of events is always vivid, personal, and engrossing. 'I distinctly remember my first shot at Shiloh . . . The fronts of both lines were . . . shrouded in smoke. I had my gun at a ready, and was trying to peer under the smoke in order to get a sight of our enemies. Suddenly I heard someone in a highly excited tone calling to me from just in my rear, --'Stillwell! Shoot! Shoot! Why don't you shoot?' I looked around and saw that this command was being given by . . . our second lieutenant, who was wild with excitement, jumping up and down like a hen on a hot griddle. 'Why, lieutenant,' I said, 'I can't see anything to shoot at.' 'Shoot, shoot, anyhow!' 'All right,' I responded. . . And bringing my gun to my shoulder, I aimed low in the direction of the enemy, and blazed away through the smoke. But at the time the idea to me was ridiculous that one should blindly shoot into a cloud of smoke without having a bead on the object to be shot at.'The Story of a Common Soldier is a compelling coming of age tale that will appeal not only to Civil War buffs but to anyone who enjoys autobiographies. Written at the urging of his youngest son, when Stillwell was a mature man--a lawyer, judge, and member of the Kansas legislature, it combines graphic detail (provided by his war diary and letters written at the time to his family) with the insights of a thoughtful man looking back on those horrific times.(Summary by Sue Anderson) More information: http://librivox.org/the-story-of-a-common-soldier-of-army-life-in-the-civil-war-1861-1865-by-leander-stillwell/

Tourmalin’s Time Cheques by F. ANSTEY (1856 - 1934) Genre(s): Fantastic Fiction, Science Fiction Read by: Ruth Golding, Anna Simon, TriciaG in English Chapters: 00:00:00 - 00 - 00 - Preface 00:30:00 - 01 - 01 - Tourmalin's First Cheque and How He Took It 00:50:51 - 02 - 02 - The Second Cheque 01:07:19 - 03 - 03 - The Third Cheque 01:23:25 - 04 - 04 - The Fourth Cheque 01:39:43 - 05 - 05 - Periodic Drawings 02:02:05 - 06 - 06 - Foil and Counterfoil 02:19:11 - 07 - 07 - The Culminating Cheque 02:36:28 - 08 - 08 - Paid In His Own Coin 02:56:59 - 09 - 09 - Compound Interest 03:22:25 - 10 - 10 - Dénouement 03:28:42 - 11 - 11 - Epilogue Peter Tourmalin is on a sea voyage back home to England from Australia, to return to his fiancee, and he is very bored. The fact that the time difference adds on extra hours to his boredom only makes it worse. So when he gets a unique opportunity to deposit his spare time into an account with the 'Anglo-Australian Joint Stock Time Bank, Limited' he doesn't hesitate for long. By opening this account, he doesn't have to spend his spare time right away, but can withdraw it at any future date, when he wants a break. All he has to do is present a time cheque to any clock, and he is immediately brought back aboard ship to spend the time withdrawn.Sounds perfect? Peter certainly thinks so, when on a dreary November morning in London, a little tired with his exacting fiancee, he presents his first cheque and gets to spend a sunny quarter of an hour aboard ship. However, things get complicated when it turns out the time withdrawn isn't in consecutive installments, but all mixed up, leaving Peter often with no clue of any preliminaries or his relationship with the person he finds himself with. Since he is almost always dropped in the middle of a conversation this can be tricky - especially since his encounters include tete-a-tetes with not one but two beautiful young ladies (never at the same time of course!)… And things only get more and more complicated... (Summary by Anna Simon)F. Anstey was a pseudonym of Thomas Anstey Guthrie. More information: http://librivox.org/tourmalins-time-cheques-by-thomas-anstey-guthrie/