Commanding Voices of Blue & Gray: General William T. Sherman, General George Custer, General James Longstreet, & Major J.S. Mosby, Among Others, in Their Own WordsBrian M. Thomsen The agony and anguish of the War Between the States affected all aspects of American life. Many quarters suffered, but one in particular seemed to prosper in the postwar aftermath: the publishing industry. Though the success of Personal Memoirs by Ulysses S. Grant (as published by Mark Twain) is a clear milestone in publishing's history of bestsellers, it was only one of many highly successful Civil War memoirs penned and published by veterans in the postwar years. |
Contents
Introduction Commanding Voices | 9 |
From the Message to Congress in Special Session July 4 1861 Memoranda of Military Policy July 23 1861 | 15 |
First Inaugural Address February 18 1861 | 27 |
From West Point to the Battlefield | 33 |
Excerpt from Mosbys War Reminiscences | 53 |
Excerpt from McClellans Own Story | 77 |
Excerpts from From Manassas to Appomattox | 113 |
Excerpt from Chancellorsville and Gettysburg | 135 |
Excerpts from Recollections of a Confederate Staff Officer | 153 |
Excerpt from Memoirs of General W T Sherman | 171 |
Excerpt from Advance and Retreat | 205 |
Excerpt from An Autobiography | 237 |
A Memoir of the Last Year of the War for Independence in the Confederate States of America | 273 |
Closing Valediction | 379 |
List of Published Source Materials | 381 |
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