Civil War Diary of Cyrus F. Boyd THe Civil War Diary of Cyrus F. Boyd Fifteenth IOwa Infantry 1861-1863
LSU Press 1998.
A good look into the internal working of an Infantry Regiment. Boyd is candid and insightful... if a bit full of himself. If anything I strongly suggest this title simply because it is such a candid look into the life of an everyday soldier of the time.
__________________ Few take the trouble to understand or to view the American scene with perspective. And we Americans love to find ourselves guilty of something. However, it is never I who am guilty, but those other Americans, the past or present government or the other political party. Americans almost never find other countries guilty. It is always ourselves or our fancied influence in other countries. Louis L'amour |