Army Life in a Black Regiment vs Recollections of an old soldier: Which Should You Read?

Army Life in a Black Regiment Thomas Wentworth Higginson · 1870 ★★★★☆ 3.9 232 pages · ≈ 4 h 18 m · Challenging

"Army Life in a Black Regiment has some claim to be the best written narrative to come from the Union [side] during the Civil War," wrote historian Henry Steele Commander. "Higginson's picture of the battle which was…

Recollections of an old soldier Capt. David Perry (b. 1741) · 1822 64 pages · ≈ 1 h 11 m · Challenging

“...May we all remember the maxim of our illustrious Washington: "United we stand; divided we fall." -- When we reflect back to our Revolutionary war, and see how much blood and treasure were spent to gain our independence, shall we, after so long an experience of the advantages arising from so good a government, be any more deceived by internal or foreign enemies? Shall we contrast the mildness of”

As they were in those days, the full title of Capt David Perry's book is its own description: Recollections of an old soldier. The life of Captain David Perry, a soldier of the French and revolutionary wars,…