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G. A. Forsyth
A frontier soldier turned memoirist, he wrote vivid firsthand accounts of the U.S. Army on the western plains and the Civil War era. His books are remembered for their action, detail, and close-up view of 19th-century military life.
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Strange stories of the Civil War
by Robert Shackleton, L. E. (Lucius Eugene) Chittenden, William Drysdale, G. A. Forsyth, John Habberton, William J. Henderson, Lucy C. (Lucy Cecil) Lillie, Howard Patterson
About the author
Born in Pennsylvania in 1837, George Alexander "Sandy" Forsyth served in the Union Army during the Civil War and later continued his career in the regular U.S. Army. He rode with General Philip Sheridan during the 1864 Shenandoah Valley campaign and went on to serve in the postwar West.
Forsyth is especially associated with the 1868 fight later known as the Battle of Beecher Island, where he led a small group of scouts and was badly wounded. Experiences like these shaped the books he published after his military career, including The Story of the Soldier and Thrilling Days in Army Life.
He died in 1912 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. For listeners interested in memoir, military history, or the American frontier, his writing offers a direct window into the dangers and attitudes of his time.