This book is a collection of letters, dispatches, and other firsthand accounts of Southern soldiers and civilians from the Civil War's first days to the collaps

Examines the Battle of Gettysburg through letters, journals, articles, and speeches from the people who lived through those days.

From well-known battlefields, such as Manassas, Fredericksburg, and Appomattox, to lesser-known sites, such as Sinking Spring Cemetery and Rude’s Hill, Sedore

Most Americans hold basic misconceptions about the Confederacy, the Civil War, and the actions of subsequent neo-Confederates. For example, two thirds of Americ

Throughout his life, Atlanta resident George W. Wray Jr. (1936–2004) built a collection of more than six hundred of the rarest Confederate artifacts including