Michael L.Barton is professor emeritus of American Studies at Penn State Harrisburg. His Civil War books include Goodmen: The Character of Civil War Soldiers; The Civil War Soldier: A Historical Reader; and The Civil War Veteran: A Historical Reader. Charles D. Kupfer is associate professor of American Studies, School of Humanities, and Director, Center for Holocaust and Jewish Studies, at Penn State Harrisburg. He is the author of two books on military history: We Felt the Flames: Hitler's Blitzkrieg, America's Story and Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to Midway.
"For those who prefer their Civil War history 'straight from the
horse’s mouth,' this is the book for them. Michael Barton and
Charles Kupfer have raided the vast cache of memoirs, journals,
documents, and first-hand action reports, and for us, picked the
choicest morsels from the major events of the war. This is an 'I
was there' book that vividly brings back those times and sits us in
a front row seat. It is a most worthy addition to Civil War
literature." --John C. Waugh, author of The Class of 1846: From
West Point to Appomattox—Stonewall Jackson, George McClellan and
Their Brothers
"The volunteer Union army nurse Walt Whitman said that 'the real
war will never get in the books.' That may have been an accurate
prediction for many Civil War books, but much of the real war does
get into this anthology of excerpts from letters and memoirs
written by those who actually participated in the conflict,
including Whitman. To read these descriptions of camp life,
marches, battles, hospitals, and much else is the next thing to
being there." --James M. McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-winning author
of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era
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