Voices from the Battlefield

This collection features firsthand accounts from soldiers and civilians who experienced the harsh realities of war across different eras. Each memoir provides a unique perspective on the struggles, sacrifices, and humanity found amidst the chaos of conflict.

The Story of a Common Soldier of Army Life in the Civil War

par Leander Stillwell Lu par Sue Anderson 4.7
Leander Stillwell was an 18-year-old Illinois farm boy, living with his family in a log cabin, when the U.S. Civil War broke out. Stillwell …

Commentaries on the Gallic War

par Gaius Julius Caesar Lu par LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Commentarii de Bello Gallico (English: Commentaries on the Gallic War) is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a…

History of the World War

par Francis Andrew March Lu par MaryAnn 4.5
This is a popular narrative history of the world's greatest war. Written frankly from the viewpoint of the United States and the Allies, it…

A German Deserter's War Experience

par Anonymoustranslated Byjulius Koettgen, Anonymoustranslated By Julius Koettgen et William James McGlothlin Lu par Lee Smalley 4.6
The author of this 1917 narrative, who escaped from Germany and military service after 14 months of fighting in France, did not wish to have…

Sherman's March To The Sea

par William Tecumseh Sherman Lu par David Wales 4.4
This librivox recording comprises part of chapter 22 and all of chapter 23 (The March To The Sea – From Atlanta To Savannah – November And D…

Hero Tales from American History

par Theodore Roosevelt Lu par David Leeson 4.7
Its purpose … is to tell in simple fashion the story of some Americans who showed that they knew how to live and how to die; who proved thei…

The Escaping Club

par A. J. Evans Lu par Tom Weiss 4.6
Described by some as one of the greatest escape books published. The Escaping Club recounts Evans' escape to Switzerland from a supposedly &…

The River War

par Winston S. Churchill Lu par Mark F. Smith 4.8
When the self-proclaimed Mahdi (“Guided One”) gathered Islamic forces and kicked the Anglo-Egyptians out of the Sudan, he unleashed a backla…

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier

par Joseph Plumb Martin Lu par Barry Eads 4.7
Joining the Continental Army as a teenager, Joseph Plumb Martin spent the next eight years fighting in the Revolutionary War as an enlisted …

Now It Can Be Told

par Philip Gibbs Lu par Walt Allan 4.8
In this book I have written about some aspects of the war which, I believe, the world must know and remember, not only as a memorial of men'…

Gallipoli Diary

par John Graham Gillam Lu par Sue Anderson 4.6
Major John Graham Gillam, British Supply Officer, wrote in his World War I Gallipoli Diary that when he sailed from England for the Dardanel…

Andersonville Diary

par John L. Ransom Lu par David Wales 4.7
John L. Ransom was the quartermaster of Company A, 9th Michigan Volunteer Cavalry during the American Civil War and a Union prisoner in the …

The First Battle of Bull Run

par Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Lu par Mark F. Smith 4.5
General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard was one of the senior commanders of Southern forces during the Civil War. It was he who initiated …

The Story of Joan of Arc

par Andrew Lang Lu par timothyFR 4.6
Joan of Arc is a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. Claiming divine guidance, she led the French army to several important v…

Anabasis

par Xenophon Lu par LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
Xenophon the Athenian was born 431 B.C. He was a pupil of Socrates. He marched with the Spartans, and was exiled from Athens. Sparta gave hi…

Fighting the Flying Circus

par Eddie Rickenbacker Lu par Brett W. Downey 4.7
This is the WWI memoirs of Medal of Honor winner, Capt Eddie Rickenbacker. He fought in and eventually became commander of the 94th "Ha…

Chancellorsville and Gettysburg

par Abner Doubleday Lu par Mark F. Smith 4.7
Abner Doubleday began the Civil War as a Union officer and aimed the first cannon shot in response to the bombardment opened on Ft. Sumter i…