The name of Robert E. Lee is beloved and respected throughout the world. His military genius will always be conceded — by North and South alike — and his figure remains a conspicuous landmark in American history. This exhaustive biography of the great Confederate General and tribute to his sterling character was written by one of General J.E.B. Stuart's staff officers.

Few who agitated against Southern slavery in the Nineteenth Century had ever seen it with their own eyes. His mind occupied with Abolitionist propaganda, Nehemiah Adams journeyed from Boston to the South to witness the "horrors" of slavery for himself. Instead of the expected scenes of cowing slaves, whose humanity was being crushed by cruel bondage, what he found was a well-ordered society in which the Negroes were mainly content, well-cared for by their masters, and even evangelized. The author warns his Northern brethren that a continued assault upon the South's "peculiar institution" would lead to a destruction of the Union and the ultimate ruin of the Black population. Of particular interest is the chapter written in response to Harriet Beecher Stowe's fictional romance, Uncle Tom's Cabin.

The Confederate soldier was revered by Northerners and Southerners alike long after the war ended for the gallant and romantic aspects of his character. The author's vivid account of numerous deeds of daring, bravado, cunning, and selfless courage by Confederate partisans during the War of 1861-65 will fire the young reader's imagination — and impress upon him the all-important lesson that some causes are worth risking everything to advance.

Written by an eyewitness, this book is a valuable source of information for anyone researching the War Between the States. The author was there for the duration of the war — from Jefferson Davis' inauguration to the burning and evacuation of the Confederate capital — and provides a Southern woman's perspective of the devastation and deprivations both experienced and overcome by those who endured them on a daily basis.

Here is an important prison narrative, written by a Northern soldier who was captured in September 1863 along the Rapidan and imprisoned at Andersonville prison in Georgia. His account of the conditions he encountered there is of interest, but more important is his defense of the prison commander Henry Wirz, who was charged by the U.S. Government and executed after the war for “barbarous crimes against humanity.” He not only contends that the unfortunate officer was unjustly lynched, but shows that “the Federal authorities must share the blame” for Andersonville because of their refusal to exchange prisoners. The author’s description of the trial, conviction, and execution of Wirz is extremely sympathetic and provides a welcome alternative to the one-sided and distorted picture painted by Yankee historians.

It may truly be said of the Southern women of 1861-1865 that the simple narrative of their life and work unfolds a record of achievement, endurance, and self-sacrificing devotion that should be revealed and recognized as a splendid inspiration to men and women everywhere. The stories contained in this volume depict the life of the Southern people, particularly the women, within the lines of the Confederacy during the four years of its turbulent existence.

Set during the final year of the War Between the States, this is a classic tale of a damsel in distress. After her home is destroyed by marauding Negro soldiers in blue, Gabrielle, a beautiful young Louisiana woman, encounters Hugh Marvin, a dapper Kentucky gentleman who has refused to take sides with either North or South. What ensues is a charming romance reflective of the innocence and high moral standards of the nineteenth-century South. The author, noted for both his fiction and non-fiction work, was a native of Indiana but threw in his lot with the Confederacy, serving on the staff of General J.E.B. Stuart in the First Virginia Cavalry and later as a Sergeant with an artillery battery in South Carolina.