First-hand account from a soldier stationed in my local area.
I have always enjoyed reading about the Civil War, but this book offered a nice surprise. The author was not from the area, but he was often stationed in or near the small Tennessee towns I grew up around, and he gave detailed accounts of them. Places like Lexington, Bolivar, and Bethel. He also mentioned Jackson and the place I now call home...Memphis. It was interesting to read of these familiar towns during a different era, a time of turmoil and grief, and through the eyes of a soldier who'd briefly passed through there. Good read.