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  1. The Private History of a Campaign that Failed is one of Mark Twain's sketches (1885), a short, highly fictionalized memoir of his two-week stint in the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard. It takes place in Marion County, Missouri, and is about a group of inexperienced militiamen, the Marion Rangers, who end up killing a stranger in ...

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  2. The Private History of a Campaign That Failed by Mark Twain is a satirical account of his experience as a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. The novella explores several themes, including the futility of war, the disillusionment of soldiers, and the absurdity of military hierarchy.

  3. The governor, Calib Jackson, issued his proclamation calling out fifty thousand militia to repel the invader. I was visiting in the small town where my boyhood had been spent, Hannibal, Marion County. Several of us got together in a secret place by night and formed ourselves into a military company.

  4. 18. Apr. 2023 · The Private History of a Campaign That Failed, by Mark Twain. Mark Twain's account of the two whole weeks he spent as a Confederate soldier, fighting for the South in the Civil War. In the summer of 1861, Mark Twain went to war as a soldier for the Confederacy, riding a small yellow mule carrying a valise, a carpetbag, two gray ...

  5. 11. Dez. 2009 · A Private History of a Campaign that Failed. Mark Twain. 3.55. 202 ratings20 reviews. Kindle Edition to the class Mark Twain work. Genres Classics Short Stories Fiction Humor Audiobook 19th Century Historical Fiction. Kindle Edition. First published December 11, 2009. Book details & editions. About the author. Mark Twain.

  6. 10. Dez. 2019 · Contents. The private history of a campaign that failed -- The invalid's story -- Luck -- The captain's story -- A curious experience -- Mrs. McWilliams and the lightning -- Meisterschaft. Credits. Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed.

  7. 30. Nov. 2020 · Kent Gramm, Mark Twain’s Civil War: “The Private History of a Campaign That Failed.” Edited by Benjamin Griffin, Western Historical Quarterly, Volume 52, Issue 1, Spring 2021, Pages 92–93, https://doi.org/10.1093/whq/whaa123