American Civil War Stories

Henry James turns memory into an intimate lens on a nation in crisis.Memories of the Civil War presents the conflict through the refined, searching awareness of one of the great voices of classic American literature. This is not a battlefield...

Step into a soldier's saddle and hear the Civil War through the alert eyes of a Union cavalryman.In My Civil War Experience, Henry Meyer offers a direct and memorable Civil War memoir rooted in service, movement, danger, and endurance. His account...

Step into a living memory of the American Civil War, told through the clear voice of one who saw ordinary life change under extraordinary pressure.In Reminiscences of the Civil War, Cora Mitchel looks back on her childhood in Apalachicola, Florida,...