Destruction and Reconstruction: Civil War Memoirs

"Destruction and Reconstruction"" is one of the most credited books of the Civil War.

"The opinions expressed are sincerely entertained, but of their correctness such readers as I may find must judge. I have in most cases been a witness to the facts alleged, or have obtained them from the best sources. Where statements are made upon less authority, I have carefully endeavored to indicate it by the language employed.""