A book I enjoyed was the account written by Sir Arthur J L Fremantle and how he got from Mexico to the field at Gettysburg. Then Back to Great Britain.
That is an outstanding book.
His serendipitous meeting with an aged Sam Houston on the coach made for a good story!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
