Military Memoirs of a Confederate: A Critical Narrative

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First published in 1907, " Military Memoirs of a Confederate "is regarded by many historians as one of the most important and dispassionate first-hand general accounts of the American Civil War. Unlike some other Confederate memoirists, General Edward Porter Alexander had no use for bitter "Lost Cause" theories to explain the South's defeat. Alexan

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General Edward Porter Alexander (1835-1910) was Robert E. Lees artillery commander for most of the Civil War. After the Confederate surrender, he served as an executive at various railroad companies and became a respected author. He died in Savannah, Georgia.