Reports on a soldier's life in the Army of the Confederacy, by Carlton McCarthy, later Mayor of Richmond.

This historical work contains the experiences of a Confederate private in General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War. Its author, Car

This Civil War classic of soldiering in the ranks debunks all the romantic notions of war. Like his Northern counterpart, the Confederate soldier fought against

Published in 1899, these are the reminiscences of Carlton McCarthy during his time serving as a Confederate private in the Richmond Howitzers in the Army of Nor