Promotional Information

Winner of the 1990 Douglas Southall Freeman History Award, Military Order of the Stars and Bars, and winner of the 1991 Founders Award, Museum of the Confederacy.

About the Author

Edward Alexander is professor emeritus of English at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is the author of numerous books, including The Jewish Idea and Its Enemies, The Holocaust and the War of Ideas, and Lionel Trilling and Irving Howe: And Other Stories of Literary Friendship.

Reviews

[A] new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore."Journal of Southern History"

�A� new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore."Journal of Southern History"

�A�ltogether livelier and more irreverent than anything in Grant's and Sherman's books."New Republic"

Alexander's new memoirs are relaxed and engaging, lacking the self-importance that mars the memoirs of a good many soldiers."American Heritage"

"[A] new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore."Journal of Southern History""

"Alexander's new memoirs are relaxed and engaging, lacking the self-importance that mars the memoirs of a good many soldiers."American Heritage""

[A]ltogether livelier and more irreverent than anything in Grant's and Sherman's books."New Republic"

The publication of "Fighting for the Confederacy" constitutes the most important addition to Confederate historiography in years. "Civil War History"

This book is destined to become a classic. It is simply "must" reading."Blue and Gray"

[A] new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore.

"Journal of Southern History"

YA new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore.

"Journal of Southern History"

YAltogether livelier and more irreverent than anything in Grant's and Sherman's books.

"New Republic"

Alexander's new memoirs are relaxed and engaging, lacking the self-importance that mars the memoirs of a good many soldiers.

"American Heritage"

"[A] new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore.

"Journal of Southern History""

"Alexander's new memoirs are relaxed and engaging, lacking the self-importance that mars the memoirs of a good many soldiers.

"American Heritage""

[A]ltogether livelier and more irreverent than anything in Grant's and Sherman's books.

"New Republic"

The publication of "Fighting for the Confederacy" constitutes the most important addition to Confederate historiography in years.

"Civil War History"

This book is destined to become a classic. It is simply "must" reading.

"Blue and Gray"