When Colonel John S. Scott came fresh from making a reputation with the Army of Virginia as a scout to form the First Louisiana Cavalry, Howell Carter was first in line. He served this Confederate cavalry regiment throughout much dangerous and bloody fighting.In this well-written and exciting account of the First Louisiana Cavalry, Howell paints the broad sweep of the American Civil War as he saw it on horseback in Company E. Articulate and witty, he also manages to entertain along the way, and he warns the reader:"...if the language in some conversations should sound coarse or indecorous it is because plain unvarnished tales are being told."This edition includes additional information about Carter's post-war life.

They were the epitome of Southern dash and chivalry, modern cavaliers in the modern American Civil War. George Dallas Mosgrove became one of them when he mounted a charger in Kentucky and rode off to Dixie to serve the cause of the Confederacy. Only eighteen years old, Mosgrove fought with some of the leading lights of the Southern cause as he risked life and limb with his comrades in battle. In a work of great affection and erudition that took him years to write, Mosgrove tells the true story of his time in arms with the Fourth Kentucky Cavalry Regiment. After the war, Mosgrove became a lawyer, got married and had a family, and published this work in 1895. Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers, tablets, and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

From the perspective of almost half a century, W.H. Morgan was still an unreconstructed rebel when he wrote these memoirs. While there is little new to be learned from his "Lost Cause" arguments, his experiences of camp, battle, and famous people of the war do, nevertheless, provide a fascinating look into Confederate life in the American Civil War. Though not a member of the famous Morgan family of John Hunt Morgan (whom he never mentions in his memoir), W.H. of the 11th Virginia was on the front lines and eventually a prisoner of the hated Yankees. He provides a report of conditions prior to his release. Like many old soldiers, he also has tales of the humorous side of soldiering. In addition, he provides a view of important battles in which he was engaged from the Confederate side. For the first time, this long out-of-print volume is available as an affordable, well-formatted book for e-readers and smartphones. Be sure to LOOK INSIDE by clicking the cover above or download a sample.

When former Confederate sergeant John Dyer sat down to write this engaging memoir, his goal was to tell the story of the rank and file soldiers who were mostly anonymous. What he wrote was an often witty, sometimes sad, but very good history of his time in the Kentucky 1st Cavalry Regiment.Through the entire war, Dyer and his comrades faced death by bullet, shell, and starvation, while managing to keep their spirits up in a losing cause. Of his former foes, he wrote:I write this from a Southern standpoint, but I can assure my brother who wore the blue that he will find nothing in these pages derogatory to the reputation of a brave and true soldier.The book is filled with plenty of thrilling action, and Dyer is very modest in his account of his own bravery. He was part of Jeff Davis' escort at the end of the war and was with him when Davis got the telegram of Lincoln's assassination. He also recounts sweet stories like this one:"Immediately every voice on the boat joined in the singing, and, although the old song is full of pathos and susceptible of great effects, and I have heard it sung many times under all sorts of circumstances, I have never known it sung with so much feeling and effect as on that occasion. Men, with the tears streaming down their cheeks, rushed into each other's arms as brother to brother and I have often thought that heaven opened her gates and rejoiced at the sight. The captain, a grizzled old veteran, was standing on the roof, and, gulping down a sob, said to the pilot, 'Run her slow, Jim, don't land till the boys get over this.'"Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.

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