Length8h 35m
About this audiobook
You are about to hear Rebel Private: Front and Rear, the wartime memoir of William Andrew Fletcher, a Texas soldier who served in Company F of the Fifth Texas Infantry, part of Hood’s famous Texas Brigade. Written from memory decades after the Civil War, Fletcher’s account does not present the conflict through the eyes of a general, politician, or historian.
It is the story of an ordinary private soldier, told from the ground level, where war meant hunger, exhaustion, sickness, lice, forced marches, reckless courage, sudden death, and long stretches of rough humor between battles. Born in Louisiana in 1839 and raised in Texas, Fletcher enlisted in 1861 despite his father’s belief that the South had little chance of victory.
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GenreBiography and Memoir
Length8 hrs 35 mins
Narrated byRecorded Track
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateAug 8, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Intro
2Chapter 1: A Young Texan Enlists
3Chapter 2: Baptism of Fire in Virginia
4Chapter 3: With Stonewall Jackson
5Chapter 4: After the Seven Days
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6Chapter 5: Battle of Second Manassas
7Chapter 6: Fredericksburg
8Chapter 7: The Gettysburg Campaign
9Chapter 8: The Assault on Round Top
10Chapter 9: Behind Enemy Lines
11Chapter 10: Battle of Chickamauga
12Chapter 11: War in East Tennessee
13Chapter 12: Destroy Sherman’s Supply
14Chapter 13: Captured Near Rome
15Chapter 14: Daring Prison Escape
16Chapter 15: Starving in Chattanooga
17Chapter 16: Leap to Freedom
18Chapter 17: Road to Franklin
19Chapter 18: Behind Hood’s Retreat
20Chapter 19: The Fall of Columbia
21Chapter 20: Town Overrun by Rats
22Chapter 21: The Long Road Home
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