“The Civil War: The Final Year by Those Who Lived It”

It’s last of the four volumes of Civil War, told in the words of people who lived it. The Civil War: The Final Year covers the year from March of 1864 through June of 1865, and it’s every bit as somber and thought-provoking as its three predecessors. 

The volume is edited by Aaron Sheehan-Dean, Fred C. Frey Professor and History Department Chair at Louisiana State University. The Final Year covers some of the final major battles of the war, including Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Atlanta, and Petersburg, as well as Ulysses S. Grant taking control of the Union army and William Sherman’s march across Georgia to the sea. 

To continue reading, please see my post today at Dancing Priest.

Some Wednesday Readings

 

Civil War Trails: New Designation for Church Destroyed by Civil War – Drew Gruber at Emerging Civil War.

 

Saved by the Bell – The Signal Corps at the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion – Richard Heisler at Emerging Civil War.