The article explores some aspects of the memoir heritage concerning the Russo-Turkish War in 1877–1878 on the Caucasian seat of war. The author analyses the memoirs of G.K. Gradovskii, F. A. Schtokvich, N.P. Betling, M.M. Pozemkovskii, rather seldom mentioned in research literature. The memoirs reveal miscalculations and faults of the Russian headquarters, heroism of the Russian soldier, the War in terms of its ordinary participants: junior officers, privates, doctors, nurses, etc.