This fascinating historical work contains the memoirs of General James Longstreet, one of the leading Confederate generals during the American Civil War.
Wittenmyer spent the rest of her life as a social reformer and was friends with Margaret Sanger and many other luminaries of the temperance and suffragist movements. This is an account of sorrow and victory that you won't soon forget.
The stern look on the cover of this book should not fool you. David Dixon Porter was one of the wittiest, most erudite men to have served in the American Civil War and once you've read his memoirs, you won't miss the twinkle in those eyes.
Front-line letters and diaries of the Civil War bring an immediacy to a long-ago event and connect us to these everyday men and women who lived it. Included in this volume are letters to Akin's sisters and excerpts from her diary.