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I. (Isaac) Hermann
1838–1917
A French-born immigrant who settled in Georgia, he left behind a vivid first-person account of Civil War service that mixes battlefield memories with sharp, human observation. His memoir remains a valuable window into the everyday experience of a Confederate private and later artilleryman.
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About the author
Born in Alsace in 1838, Isaac Hermann emigrated to the United States in 1859 and made his home in Sandersville, Georgia. He is best known for Memoirs of a Veteran Who Served as a Private in the 60's in the War Between the States, published in 1911.
During the Civil War, Hermann served first with the Washington Rifles in the 1st Georgia Regiment and later with Georgia artillery. His memoir draws on those years to tell a lively, personal story of camp life, marches, battles, illness, and military routine, with a strong eye for anecdote and character.
For modern listeners and readers, Hermann's appeal is in the voice: direct, colorful, and grounded in lived experience. He died in 1917, but his book still offers a memorable on-the-ground perspective on the war and the world that shaped him.