Barton, Michael/Kupfer, Charles (Hrsg.) Remembering the Civil War. The Conflict as told by those who lived it

In "Remembering the Civil War", historians Michael Barton and Charles Kupfer carefully select excerpts from the memoirs of key participants and weave them together to tell the story of the war in a single volume. Contributors include Union generals Ulysses Grant, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, William T. Sherman, Abner Doubleday, and Philip Sheridan. Confederate authors include Robert E. Lee, Gen. James Longstreet, Cpl. Sam Watkins, Lt. John W. Worsham, Col. Edward Porter Alexander, Capt. John Wilkinson, and Jefferson Davis. Diaries and letters provide soldiers perspectives of what fighting was like on the ground.

Among the contributors are the Union generals Ulysses S. Grant, Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, William T. Sherman, Abner Doubleday and Philip Sheridan. Representing the Confederate side are Robert E. Lee, General James Longstreet, Cpl. Sam Watkins, Lt. John W. Worsham, Col. Edward Porter Alexander, Captain John Wilkinson and Jefferson Davis. The diary excerpts and letters from ordinary Union and Confederate soldiers give an impression of how they experienced the everyday life of war and the deadly drama of the skirmishes and battles.