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J. L. Bell said...

True, those would be useful too, but in my experience the most boastful personal accounts don't have any of that stuff. They lack the details that add verisimilitude to a convincing narrative. It's all about "We marched onto the battlefield to the tune of 'The World Turned Upside Down,' and the enemy ran away," and never "We spent twenty minutes hiding behind the woodpiles to the east of Brady's tavern."

Jul 7, 2019, 2:47:27 AM

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