Never did so large a proportion of the American population leave home for an extended period and produce such a detailed record of its experiences in the form of correspondence, diaries, and other papers as during the Civil War. Based on research in more than 1,200 wartime letters and diaries by more than 400 Confederate officers and enlisted men, this book offers a compelling social history of Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia during its final year, from May 1864 to April 1865.

Rich Fritzky poses five questions to forty-five individuals who have devoted much, if not all of their lives, to Abraham Lincoln. The individuals reveal what led them to him in the first place, the attribute or ‘fixed mark’ that sealed their belonging to him, the conversations that they would most have liked to have had with him, the words of his that they were most moved by, and the why and how of his, maybe just maybe, helping save the soul of the Republic yet again in our own time. Amon...

When Papaw Estel, Grandma Hannahs husband of fifty years, passed away, she was left alone on her small farm to do the chores and reminisce about all the places she had wanted to travel.Kate, her twelve-year-old granddaughter, who had a close relationship with Grandma Hannah, steps in to fill the loneliness, help with the chores, and by traveling for her, shows her the world through the eyes of a child.Dennis Powers and his wife, Tracy, have dedicated their lives to improvin...