“The well-written and candid letters of a reasonably articulate Southern officer, who paints a lucid picture of everyday life in the Confederate army in a little-known theater… Williams’s letters, personally written and shot through with his sharp sense of humor and folksy artwork, provide an excellent account of a long neglected theater of the American Civil War.” – Western Pennsylvania History
Maps and IllustrationsPrefaceIntroductionHall's Mill, Fort Gaines, and Camp Memminger: October 19, 1861–February 28, 1862Fort Pillow, Shiloh, and Corinth: March 7–May 18, 1862Tupelo: June 1–July 22, 1862Fort Morgan, Choctaw Bluff, and Oven Bluff: August 13, 1862–November 27, 1863Fort Powell, Mobile Defenses, Spanish Fort, and Cuba Station: January 24, 1864–May 10, 1865NotesBibliographyIndex
John Kent Folmar is retired as a history professor from California University of Pennsylvania.