Carlton McCarthy was the mayor of Richmond from 1904 to 1908. He wrote a book about his four years of Civil War experience called Detailed Minutiae of Soldier L
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
On June 27, 1862, with the American Civil War already a year old, General Robert E. Lee assumed personal command of troops engaged in driving the Federal Army o
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