When the Civil War broke out, some military leaders chose to defy the odds and side with their home states in the South to form a new Confederacy. In this volume, letters and diaries provide a glimpse into the hearts and minds of these men and their views on the war. Sources include Robert E. Lee, James Longstreet, and P.G.T. Beauregard.
Were the Southern soldiers who took up arms against the United States during the Civil War traitors? Or were they proud defenders of their homeland and their newly formed government--the Confederacy? This collection of primary sources presents a number of Confederate soldiers as they seek to understand their role in the Civil War, and explain their lives on and off the battlefield.
U.S. president Abraham Lincoln summoned the greatest military minds available to assemble and command an army that could successfully preserve the Union. Here, the personal and candid viewpoints of some of those men--including Ulysses S. Grant, William T. Sherman, and Philip Sheridan-offer great insight into the leaders that took up the cause.
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(Enslow Publishers, March 24, 1895)
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