Military Memoirs of a Confederate

Narrated by:
Traber Burns

Unabridged Audiobook

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Release Date
April 28, 2020
Duration
25 hours 12 minutes
Summary
One of the most important and objective firsthand accounts of the Civil War

Unlike some other Confederate memoirists, General Edward Porter Alexander objectively evaluated and criticized prominent Confederate officers, including Robert E. Lee. The result is a clear-eyed assessment of the bloody conflict that divided but subsequently united the nation.

The memoir starts with Alexander heading to Utah to suppress the hostility of Mormons who had refused to establish a municipal government approved by President Buchanan. Only a few years later, Alexander found himself on the opposite side of a much larger rebellion of Confederates wanting to secede from the Union. In the years that follow, he is involved in most major battles including Manassas, Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and Chickamauga. Alexander describes each battle and battlefield with a keen eye for detail. Few wartime narratives offer such insight and critical perspective as Alexander’s memoir.
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DMSnod

I thought it was alright, if not very dry and somewhat difficult to get into if you aren't a super civil war buff. Lots of information and criticism by Alexander. The narrator could have popped more but was more or less appropriate for what the book covered.

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