First published in 1907, Military Memoirs of a Confederate is
regarded by many historians as one of the most important and
dispassionate first-hand general accounts of the American Civil
War. Unlike some other Confederate memoirists, General Edward
Porter Alexander had no use for bitter "Lost Cause" theories to
explain the South's defeat. Alexander was willing to objectively
evaluate and criticize prominent Confederate officers, including
Robert E. Lee. The result is a clear-eyed assessment of the long,
bloody conflict that forged a nation. The memoir opens with
Alexander, recently graduated from West Point, heading to Utah to
tamp down the hostile actions of Mormons who had refused to receive
a territorial governor appointed by President Buchanan. A few years
later, Alexander finds himself on the opposite side of a much
larger rebellion this time aligned with Confederates bent on
secession from the Union. In the years that follow, he is involved
in most of the major battles of the East, including Manassas,
Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. Alexander
describes each battle and battlefield in sharp detail. Few wartime
narratives offer the insight and objectivity of Alexander's
Military Memoirs of a Confederate . Civil war buffs and students of
American history have much to learn from this superb personal
narrative. Skyhorse Publishing, along with our Arcade, Good Books,
Sports Publishing, and Yucca imprints, is proud to publish a broad
range of biographies, autobiographies, and memoirs. Our list
includes biographies on well-known historical figures like Benjamin
Franklin, Nelson Mandela, and Alexander Graham Bell, as well as
villains from history, such as Heinrich Himmler, John Wayne Gacy,
and O. J. Simpson. We have also published survivor stories of World
War II, memoirs about overcoming adversity, first-hand tales of
adventure, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes
a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are
committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to
authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
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