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Around the World with Uncle Sam; or Six Years in the United States Army
"A true story of travel and adventure by a former enlisted man of the ranks in the U.S. Army. Beginning with recruit life soldiering in Colorado, in the war with Spain, campaigning in Cuba, at Battle of El Caney, capitulation of Santiago; later, traveling across the great American continent, sailing across the Pacific, in the Philippines, a year in China during Boxing trouble, through the Suez Canal, a great storm on the Atlantic, completing the tour of the world. This book dictated by a blink man." - Summary by copied from the title page
"A true story of travel and adventure by a former enlisted man of the ranks in the U.S. Army. Beginning with recruit life soldiering in Colorado, in the war with Spain, campaigning in Cuba, at Battle of El Caney, capitulation of Santiago; later, traveling across the great American continent, sailing across the Pacific, in the Philippines, a year in China during Boxing trouble, through the Suez Canal, a great storm on the Atlantic, completing the tour of the world. This book dictated by a blink man." - Summary by copied from the title page
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
Preface
03:49 - Chapter 2
My First Great Parade, or the Cause of My Enlistment in the Army
13:42 - Chapter 3
A Recruit at Fort Logan, or Two Years' Service in Colorado
55:05 - Chapter 4
Farewell to Fort Logan. War Declared. From Colorado to Tampa. Sailing to Cuba.
27:23 - Chapter 5
Landing at Baiquiri. Our Forces March to Las Guasimas. The Battle of El Caney. Capture of Santiago
38:24 - Chapter 6
Awaiting our Transport. Home Again. Sailing for Manila
31:14 - Chapter 7
Landing in Manila. Campaigning with General McArthur's Division. On the North Line
34:51 - Chapter 8
Campaigning on the South Line with General Schwan. The Wonderful Volcano at Lagaspi. With General Bates' Expedition to the Province of Canierines in the Southern Portion of Luzon
40:47 - Chapter 9
Back to Manila. Sailing for China. The Battle of Tientsin
34:41 - Chapter 10
The Advance from Tientsin. The Capture of Peking. Relieving the Legations
33:17 - Chapter 11
A Winter in China. Back to the Philippines
27:14 - Chapter 12
From Manila to New York by Way of Suez Canal
23:30 - Chapter 13
Army Happenings
29:40 - Chapter 14
Prologue
22:05