With Fire and Sword: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

With Fire and Sword, credited to Samuel H. M. Byers, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

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LibriVox recording of With Fire and Sword, by Samuel H.M. Byers. Samuel H. M. Byers was an American poet, diplomat, and soldier in the Civil War. "In war some persons seek adventures; others have them in spite of themselves. It happened that the writer of this book belonged to a regiment that seemed to be always in the midst of great experiences. It was, in fact, one of the few regiments that absolutely fought themselves out of existence. It was mustered in a thousand strong; it lost seven hundred and seventy-seven men by death, wounds, and disease. The fragment that was left over was transferred to a cavalry command. When the writer finally escaped from prison, after many months of confinement and many thrilling adventures both in prison and in the army of the enemy, he was mustered out as a "supernumerary officer." His command had ceased to exist. He was literally the last man of the regiment. He kept a diary every day in the four years of war and adventure. The substance of the facts related here is from its pages; occasionally they are copied just as they are there set down. The book is not a history of great army movements, it is simply a true tale of the thrilling experiences of a subordinate soldier in the midst of great events." (Summary from the Preface)

Recording facts

• Recording title: With Fire and Sword
• Author credits: Samuel H. M. Byers
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 20
• Listed recording duration: 4:41:46

Catalogue topics

• Civil War
• Union Army
• General Sherman
• Libby Prison
• Vicksburg

Track guide

1. 00 - Preface — 2:28
2. 01 - Chapter 1 — 19:11
3. 02 - Chapter 2 — 9:15
4. 03 - Chapter 3 — 15:43
5. 04 - Chapter 4 — 14:34
6. 05 - Chapter 5 — 5:17
7. 06 - Chapter 6 — 13:17
8. 07 - Chapter 7, Part 1 — 19:47
9. 08 - Chapter 7, Part 2 — 17:32
10. 09 - Chapter 8 — 20:48
11. 10 - Chapter 9 — 12:47
12. 11 - Chapter 10 — 10:48
13. 12 - Chapter 11, Part 1 — 13:25
14. 13 - Chapter 11, Part 2 — 14:05
15. 14 - Chapter 12 — 9:54
16. 15 - Chapter 13, Part 1 — 22:49
17. 16 - Chapter 13, Part 2 — 21:46
18. 17 - Chapter 14, Part 1 — 17:05
19. 18 - Chapter 14, Part 2 — 15:12
20. 19 - Chapter 15 — 6:08

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