San Antonio College Library

Biographies of 22 Confederate veterans written by their daughters.

Discusses the events leading to the civil war, from the South Carolina secession convention to the fighting at Fort Sumter.

"Allardice provides detailed biographical information on 1,583 Confederate colonels, both staff and line officers and members of all armies. In his introduction, he explains how one became a colonel -- the mustering process, election of officers, reorganizing of regiments -- and discusses problems of the nominating process, seniority, and "rank inflation""--Provided by publisher.

"In histories of Native Americans, until now, the Civil War has been considered at most an interruption in what otherwise was an unbroken, genocidal war by the U.S. government against the Indians. Nothing could be further from the truth. In fact, some 20,000 Indians enlisted, joining both sides of the conflict, serving as generals, infantrymen, sharpshooters, guides, guerrillas, and spies. They joined the war on every front. All told, several hundred...