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Minor spelling and punctuation inconsistencies have been harmonized. Obvious printer errors have been repaired. The original spelling of words has been retained.

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THE RECOLLECTIONS
OF
A DRUMMER-BOY

BY

HARRY M. KIEFFER
LATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS

ILLUSTRATED

Forsan et hæc olim meminisse juvabit"
Virgil, Æneid I. 203

BOSTON
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY
1883

Copyright, 1881, by Harry M. Kieffer, and 1883, by
The Century Co.


All rights reserved.

Cambridge:
PRINTED BY JOHN WILSON AND SON,
UNIVERSITY PRESS.

TO

THE OFFICERS AND MEN

OF

THE ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTIETH REGIMENT
PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS,

And to their Children,

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.