How did Civil War soldiers endure the brutal and unpredictable existence of army life during the conflict? This question is at the heart of Peter S. Carmichael'

Explains the motivation of ordinary soldiers to enlist, serve and fight in the armies of eighteenth-century Europe.

William Wiley was typical of most soldiers who served in the armies of the North and South during the Civil War. A poorly educated farmer from Peoria, he enlist