"Pray Tell, Private Hell" is a collecion of darkly humorous, historically based poems as written by a Civil War soldier

Steve tragically passed away on January 6th, 2008. His book, "Pray Tell, Praivate Hell" was


Bartel, Steven (Foreword by Brian C. Pohanka). "Pray Tell, Private Hell" .
: (Hellbound Press), (2007); First printing. Octavo, Wrappers , [viii], 104 pages. Condition: Near fine.
A wonderful collection of 100 short poems on the Civil War, written in the character of a lowly private. Bartel, a Civil War reenactor and musician, has accomplished something truly special here as he manages to convincingly give us the daily life of the common Union soldier in verse.