Three Years in the Army of the Cumberland - The Letters and Diary of Major James A. Connolly (Paperback)

..". offers an unsurpassed chronicle of the war in the West."-- Register of the Kentucky Historical Society

"Thiseyewitness account brings a better understanding to a conflict that brought a nationto its knees." -- Historical Media Review

..". anexceptional Civil War narrative. It has value for the military and literaryhistorian." -- War, Literature, and the Arts

The letters anddiary of Major James Austin Connolly, 123rd Illinois Infantry, constitute anunsurpassed record of Civil War campaigning in the West. Connolly had a flair fornarrative, an eye for people and places, and a smooth and facile style. His accountsoffer a realistic picture of day-to-day soldiering in the Civil War -- of rough, spare living in the field, of boredom and fun in camp, of seemingly aimless scouts, and of the high excitement of battle.