"For Home, Friends, Fireside, Country and Cause." This book is a study of the Civil War remembrances of Pvt. George Lewis Falls (1844-1886) (CSA) (Soldier/Musician) as set forth in his history, diaries, letters, and confederate muster records covering the period of time from October 25, 1861 to his return home to Fallston, NC., 14 days after the surrender of General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia in April 1865. George's History (event by event) is compared to the Regimental Histories of the Units he served in during the war, as written by the staff officers of the Regiments he served in during his two enlistments.