This is a compelling history written concisely, filled with many details and unknown facts. The writer Grenville Mellen Dodge was a Union Army officer on the border and a pioneering figure in military intelligence during the Civil War. He served in many significant assignments, including command of the XVI Corps during the Atlanta Campaign. Contents: The Southwestern Campaign Letter of General Dodge to his Father The Battle of Atlanta Letter to General Raum The Indian Campaigns of 1864-65 The Indian Campaigns of 1865-66 Campaign up the Tennessee River Valley The Army of the Tennessee The Campaign in the West A Talk to Old Comrades General Grant Use of Block-Houses During the Civil War An Incident of the War Gen. G. M. Dodge on the Water Cure Misplaced Sympathy