 Originally published as a serial newspaper column from 1881 to 1882 in "The Columbia (Tennessee) Herald", his stories were collected and printed in book form in 1882.The charming prose captures the experience of the common private soldier, from the hardships of camp life to the horrors of battle, the camaraderie of a unit to the loss of a brother, the pride in one's state to the devastation of defeat.Camp No.