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I was able to find this book in relatively rare, good, used, condition in hardcover edition at competitive price on eBay. It is one of the books on the noted civil war bibliographic list, "In Tall Cotton", which some say is a list of the 200 best books on the American Civil War. Thanks to eBay, I was able to see a picture of the book as well as the description of the book, thereby allowing me to make a more judicious decision about purchasing the book. The book is a publication of the work of Captain Samuel Foster, a Texan, who was mustered into service in the 24th Texas regiment and became a company commander. His unit saw action at Arkansas Post where the unit, as well as several thousand other Confederates, was surrendered by the authorities to Union General McClernand and a flotilla of gunboats. They were transported by steamboat to northern prisons, eventually exchanged, transported by rail to Baltimore, forwarded by steamer to City Point, Virginia, and there near Richmond rejoined Confederate forces for the first time in many months. From Richmond they were ordered to report to Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of the Tennessee then in the vicinity of Tullahoma, Tennessee. They traveled by rail through Virginia to East Tennessee, through Knoxville, then Chattanooga, and on to Tullahoma. There they became part of the famed division of General Patrick Cleburne seemingly just in time to participate in an almost continuous string of battles and campaigns involving some of the bloodiest combat of the war, including Chickamauga, Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge, the entire Atlanta campaign of 1864, and Hood's ill-fated Tennesse campaign at the end of '64 with the battles of Franklin and Nashville. Captain Foster wrote from the viewpoint of a company officer, but his observations of military movements, events, and results proved him to be a highly astute observer. His writing is somewhat methodic, but surprisingly modest, without bluster, and thankfully without the overly romanticized prose so much in vogue following the civil war. The sheer physical courage, endurance, and personal sacrifice herein described are unimaginable, virtually incomprehensible. Foster and his men while following Cleburne undoubtedly became the quintessential example of the southern infantry soldier of the American Civil War. They responded to Cleburne's leadership and earned for his division lasting fame and for the Confederacy, even from its detractors, virtually universal acclaim for the courage, endurance, and sacrifice of its supporters. This book should prove to be stirring and informative even to strangers to American Civil War literature. For those sharing an interest in this area, it is an absolute must read.Vollständige Rezension lesen
