Excerpts from Diaries of Civil War Soldiers

It is difficult to know what was happeni9ng during the Civil War unless you go the source. This book provides eye-witness accounts from men who were there. Here’s an example, from the diary of M. A. Cooper, 4th Alabama, at the Battle of the Wilderness: “I received thirty-seven holes through my blanket which was around my shoulders, one through my hat, and five through my canteen.”