Beschreibung:
Ben H. Severance is an associate professor of history at Auburn University Montgomery and a former officer in the United States Army. He is the author of "Tennessee's Radical Army: The State Guard and Its Role in Reconstruction, 1867-1869."
Reynolds began his diary on May 25, 1861, the day his company left home. Though some entries are brief, there is one for almost every day through June 15, 1865. His comments on battles are extensive, his opinions of Confederate generals and their interactions insightful, and his travels through nine states informative. Reynolds' record is a valuable addition to confederate literature dealing with both the Trans-Mississippi and Western theaters, and Robert Bender has significantly enhanced it with 98 pages of detailed editorial notes.