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Set of 3 Confederate Memoirs - Reprints of rare Civil War books
A1.A Soldier’s Recollection by Randolph H.McKim – 1st Lieutenant and ADC, 3rd brigade, Johnston’sDivision, Army of Northern Virginia.
This is a reprint of McKim’s excellent wartime diary in Lee’sArmy. The famous and very respected Historian Douglas Sothhall Freeman noted ofthe work that it is, “Excellent for Stuart’s Brigade at Gettysburg. (R.E. Lee,IV, page 569. McKim rewrote and added additional material to his diary. Historian James I. Roberson, Jr. in CivilWar Books said of McKim’s 1910 work, “An authentic and valuable narrativeon solider life in the Amry of Northern Virginia. (Civil War Books: A CriticalBibliography, I, page 126).
2.The Story of A Cannoneer under StonewallJackson by Edward A. Moore
Moore was a member of the famous Rockbridge Artillery andfought in most all the engagements of Jackson’s troops. He was wounded at Sharpsburg and twice atCold Harbor. Captain Robert E. Lee, Jr. (Gen. Lee’s son) wrote the introductionto this 1907 work. Capt. Lee was a cannoneer in the command and a mess mate ofMoore’s for more than a year. Lee notesin his introduction, “No one could give more an accurate and truthful accountof our events and struggles.”
3.Life in the Confederate Army by WilliamWatson
Watson was a British subject who served in the ConfederateArmy until 1863 then engaged in blockade running. Civil War Books, Acritical Bibliography notes that this is “an excellent commentary onSouthern Military Life.” (I. page 175.) Students of the American Civil War willfind Watson view of the South and the Confederacy interesting as compared to howSouthern’s viewed themselves.
