Civil War Memories

by Anonymous (Editor)

Civil War Memories is a collection of nineteen stories of the Civil War written in the late 1800's, giving them a ring of authenticity. The voices are both Northern and Southern, male and female, angry and melancholy, serious and comic; but they all treat the Civil War as a watershed in American history and in the lives of those who lived through it.

Genres: Civil War, History

292 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2000

About the author

Books can be attributed to "Anonymous" for several reasons:

* They are officially published under that name
* They are traditional stories not attributed to a specific author
* They are religious texts not generally attributed to a specific author

Books whose authorship is merely uncertain should be attributed to Unknown.

See also: Anonymous

Reviews

[Pam · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Because the 19 stories collected here were written by those who participated in the war, observed it, or heard about it firsthand, they have a ring of authenticity not always found in Civil War accounts written in the twentieth-century. The voices are both Northern and Southern, both male and female, both angry and melancholy, both serious and comic; but they all focus on individuals who fought in or were affected by the war, giving the conflict a human face."
This description taken from the back cover of the book, says it better than I could. Good reading. Interesting.

[Wendy · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has been interesting to read these short stories from some of my favorite writers, as well as others I've never read anything by. The stories were all written about different events in the Civil War, and depicted much of the hardships, sadness, loyalty to causes, etc.

[Jeff Hobbs]

Read so far:

*The Reveille/Bret Harte
My Revenge/Anonymous
*Quite So/Thomas Bailey Aldrich
The Three Hundred/W.C. Morrow
*Three Miraculous Soldiers/Stephen Crane
*Three and One Are One/Ambrose Bierce
John Lamar/Rebecca Harding Davis--2
My Contraband/Louisa May Alcott--4
The Bloodhounds/W.C. Morrow
Corporal Billee/Albion W. Tourgee
Little Lamkin's Battery/George Cary Eggleston
*Lucretia Smith's Soldier/Mark Twain
*The Story of a Year/Henry James
*Bayou L'Ombre/Grace Elizabeth King
*The Eve of the Fourth/Harold Frederic
*An Independent Ku-Klux/John William de Forest
*A Wizard from Gettysburg/Kate Chopin
The Gray Jacket of No. 4/Thomas Nelson Page
*A War Debt/Sarah Orne Jewett
*The Faded Little Flag/Edward Lucas White
The Two Armies/Henry Timrod

[Susan Emmet · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm close to a "5" on this anthology.
A collection of stories and poems by 21 authors, some well-known and some not, it is a civil and remarkable rendering of outlook and style. I was struck by the elegance and grit and humanity of so many pieces.
Louisa May Alcott, Mark Twain, Crane, Bierce, Chopin...and authors I didn't know such as Harold Frederic, Edward Lucas White, George Eggleston and Thomas Bailey Aldrich. Many were written for periodicals such as The Atlantic.
S.T. Joshi is a fine editor who looked hard for contrasting points of view - and healing voices.
Well recommend this good read.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very interesting collection of short stories by authors that have remained known (Louisa Mae Alcott, Ambrose Bierce, etc)and some that have not. Each story tells of a soldier, a battle, the effects of the war and so on. I didn't read all of them but enjoyed the ones I did. There's one that actually uses the KKK as an object of derision and fun. Some heartbreaking and some inspiring.