DOC Pre-Brahminic Nepal: A Brief Account of Sanskritization of Nepal by Col GL Rai-Zimmdar in History

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This is a memoir written by a Confederate veteran of the Civil War. From the foreword: " I HAVE set down in the pages that follow some of my experiences and observations during my service with the Army of Northern Virginia; first as a private soldier; then as a staff officer; and finally as a chaplain in the field. I served in the ranks under Gen. Jos. E. Johnston and Gen. Thos. J. Jackson; as a staff officer under Brigadier-Gen. Geo. H. Steuart in the army of Gen. R. E. Lee; and as a chaplain in the Second Virginia Cavalry under Col. Thos. T. Munford; in the brigade of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. It has not been my purpose to write a history of the campaigns in which I took so humble a part; but simply to present a few pen and ink sketches of the life and experience of a Confederate soldier; in the hope that I may thereby contribute in some small degree to a better understanding of the spirit of the epoch--both of the soldiers who fought the battles; and of the people on whose behalf they dared and suffered what they did. In telling this plain and unvarnished story I have been aided by the diary; or rather the diaries; which I kept during the war; and from which I have freely quoted; just as they were written; without recasting the sentences; or improving the style; or toning down the sentiments they contain. The thoughts and the opinions expressed; and the often crude form in which they are cast; are just those of a young soldier; jotted down on the march; or by the camp-fire; or in the quiescent intervals of battle; without any thought that they would ever be put into print. This I have done believing that I would thus best attain my object; --to show the mind and the life of the Confederate soldier as they were while the struggle was going on. But there was a hiatus in my material. My diary for the larger part of one of the four years of the war was lost; and therefore I have omitted those months from my narrative. I have also tried to give the point of view of the young men of the South in espousing the cause of the Confederacy; and to remove some misapprehensions still entertained in regard to the motives which animated the men who followed the banner of the Southern Cross. In connection with the Gettysburg campaign; I have undertaken to discuss the much mooted question of the action of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart; with the cavalry under his command. This I have felt constrained to do because of the view (erroneous; as I believe) presented by Col. John S. Mosby in his recent book on the subject."