From Library Journal
Captain Clark's unpretentious memoir of his Confederate service was originally intended for his family. In a labor of love, his granddaughter has annotated and expanded his narrative to make it accessible to a larger audience. Clark's memoir provides fascinating details of his adventures in the Vicksburg and Shenandoah campaigns, but of particular interest is his account of the bitter fighting in Tennessee during the closing days of the Civil War. Clark's firsthand report illuminates the intense factional rivalries that pitted neighbors against one another in that divided state, and his own sufferings as a prisoner of war at the hands of political adversaries reveal the passions of a society at war with itself. Recommended for larger Civil War collections.
Lawrence E. Ellis, Newberry Coll., Newberry, S.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Lawrence E. Ellis, Newberry Coll., Newberry, S.C.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
