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How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion

by George Wilbur PECK (1840 - 1916)

I Capture “Jeff”

A series of U.S. Civil War adventures or incidents experienced and enhanced (or created) by humorist George W. Peck. Peck was at times a writer, newspaper publisher and politician. He had a wry sense of humor and sympathy for underdogs. ( Arnold Banner)

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Listen next episodes of How Private George W. Peck Put Down The Rebellion:
A Short Story About a Pair of Boots, Showing the Monumental Gall of their Owner. , Bacon and Hard-tack , “Boots and Saddles” , I am Detailed to Build a Bridge , I am Detailed to Drive a Six-Mule Team , I am Instructed to Capture and Search a Female Smuggler , I Demonstrate that Gambling Does Not Pay , I Go on a Scouting Expedition , I Strike Another Soft-Snap, Which is Harder Than Any Snap Heretofore , Military Attire , Mingled Reminiscences , My Experience as a Sick Man , My Sickness and Hospital Experiences Have Spoiled Me for a Soldier , My Varied Experiences in the Hospital , Our Party of Recruits own the Earth , Tells How the Chaplain was Paralyzed by the Spotted Circus-Horse , Thanksgiving Dinner with the “Rebel Angel” , The Female Smuggler Episode Makes Me Famous , The Spotted Horse , Three Days Without Food! , Yearnings for Military Fame