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-- [ From: Ric Dragon * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] --
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Date: Friday, 12-Jan-96 09:36 AM
From: J. Coan \ Internet: ([log in to unmask])
To: Twain \ Internet: ([log in to unmask])
Subject: Twain and the Confederate army
I have read that Twain was a confederate soldier for a brief period. Does he
discuss this anywhere autobiographically? I'm interested in his motivations
for joining up, his conclusions regarding the experience, etc... I believe
he also claims to have shot a man. Is this true?
Jim Coan [log in to unmask] University of Washington
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From _The Autobiography of Mark Twain_, Charles Neider, ed.,:
< In June I joined the Confederates in Ralls County, Missouri, as a second
lieutenant under General Tom Harris and came near having the distinction of
being captured by Colonel Ulysses S. Grant. I resigned after two weeks
service in the field, explaining that I was "incapacitated by fatigue"
through persistent retreating.>
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Ric Dragon
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