First Sergeant by Don Stivers

Description: First Sergeant By Don Stivers. #1354/2000 Double-matted, framed, and signed, with COA.Used, but in like-new condition. Matches my other offering "The Commander" on eBay. From Stivers: At the beginning of the war, his raw troopers had been humiliated by a more experienced enemy and ridiculed by their own comrades-in-arms. There was more than once when a First Sergeant thought these miserable wretches from the cities would never becomeUnited Staes Volunteer Cavalrymen. His duty was to create a swift, striking arm tolled the rest of the army into harm's way. His job was more difficult: to mold inexperienced boys of the peace-time North who rode horses like sacks of wheat, into lean, disciplined men who could master not only themselves, but half a ton of galloping horse-flesh in some of the largest cavalry battles ever fought. The Colonels and Captains and Lieutenants taught tactics to the large groups of troopers like they were wooden blocks to be moved about on a board. But the First Sergeants knew that these blocks were composed of men and boys with fears, and angers, and yearnings, and worries of family and homes far away. He lived day-to-day with them and was teacher, consoler, confidant, confessor, and perhaps the toughest boss these boys would ever have, for his lessons were meant to keep them alive. And when the teaching was over, and the experiencing began, an amazing thing happened. The Northern Horseman had become the equal to his gallant Confederate counterpart. Sometime in 1863, they had learned his lessons, and had put on much of his knowledge like the yellow braid of the cavalry. The Union trooper became the hard-riding, vigilant, enduring soldier, very much in the image of the man who watched over him--his First Sergeant.

Price: 350 USD

Location: Great Falls, Montana

End Time: 2025-01-08T01:44:12.000Z

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