Sidelights And Lighter Sides Of The War Between The States

Offers an entertaining, enlightening, and entirely new look at the soldiers, civilians, and leaders. Whimsical tidbits and offbeat stories including a sergeant from the Third South Carolina Infantry who is executed for the crime of asking the Federal government to pay a just debt after complaining that his unit had not been paid on payday; a water pitcher that touched the lips of Stonewall Jackson and becomes a Richmond family heirloom; the story of Nathan Bedford Forrest’s whirlwind courtship and marriage.