NF EP Alexander's "Fighting for the Confederacy"

[1stMN]

Good morning all! Appropriately, I finished Fighting for the Confederacy yesterday afternoon (July 2) and I was wondering if anyone else has A. Read it and B. Did you enjoy it as much as I did?

I'm moving on to his Military Memoirs next but I just wanted to throw out there how much I enjoyed Fighting and I encourage anyone who enjoys reading to pick that book up. Happy July 3rd, all!

 

[cash]

It was outstanding. Of the two, Fighting for the Confederacy is the more candid version because it was written for his family. When he showed it to some people they said, "You can't say that," so he toned things down and published Military Memoirs of a Confederate, which is essentially the same book with some of the more controversial statements removed.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Good morning all! Appropriately, I finished Fighting for the Confederacy yesterday afternoon (July 2) and I was wondering if anyone else has A. Read it and B. Did you enjoy it as much as I did?

I'm moving on to his Military Memoirs next but I just wanted to throw out there how much I enjoyed Fighting and I encourage anyone who enjoys reading to pick that book up. Happy July 3rd, all!

Sits on my Kindle for quite a while now, @War Horse warmly recommended it, he liked it very much, too.
Oh my, can't we have 30hour days soon so that I will be able read all these great books??? I definitely need more time to read (but that would mean less time here ).

 

[John Winn]

Good morning all! Appropriately, I finished Fighting for the Confederacy yesterday afternoon (July 2) and I was wondering if anyone else has A. Read it and B. Did you enjoy it as much as I did?

I'm moving on to his Military Memoirs next but I just wanted to throw out there how much I enjoyed Fighting and I encourage anyone who enjoys reading to pick that book up. Happy July 3rd, all!

I read Fighting a few months ago and I thought it was great. Gallagher's editing was also commendable. I really liked the easy, personable style - so different than the typical nineteenth-century published prose. Also, as someone who has a special interest in field artillery, and who is an admirer of Alexander, I learned some interesting things. I'd recommend it to anybody. And you can get a used copy in good condition for cheap.

 

[1stMN]

Sits on my Kindle for quite a while now, @War Horse warmly recommended it, he liked it very much, too.
Oh my, can't we have 30hour days soon so that I will be able read all these great books??? I definitely need more time to read (but that would mean less time here ).

Yeah I definitely had to read it in chunks, it was quite excellent

 

[1stMN]

I read Fighting a few months ago and I thought it was great. Gallagher's editing was also commendable. I really liked the easy, personable style - so different than the typical nineteenth-century published prose. Also, as someone who has a special interest in field artillery, and who is an admirer of Alexander, I learned some interesting things. I'd recommend it to anybody. And you can get a used copy in good condition for cheap.

I also thought the editing was quite good. I loved the parts where EPA would say "and the following is what happened" or "this chart shows..." and then he forgot to go back and add it. His style was very personable, like you said. Really put me right in the battle at points. Loved it!

 

[FarawayFriend]

I thought I had downloaded it from archive.org, but I obviously I did not...
But instead I found something else there which you might like also:

https://archive.org/details/confederateveter01alex

 

[redbob]

To me, Edward Porter Alexander was one of the Civil War's true Renaissance Men; not only did he perform his duties during the Civil War in an exemplary manner, his greatest accomplishments in life possibly came after the Civil War when he helped rebuild the South by engineering routes across the South for new railroads. It is also said that he helped prevent a war in South America by using his considerable engineering skills. If you ever find yourself in Augusta, Georgia his gravesite in the Magnolia Cemetery is worth the hunt. Besides, anyone whose most popular picture in uniform is one wearing a striped shirt and a bowtie is all right with me.

 

[1stMN]

I thought I had downloaded it from archive.org, but I obviously I did not...
But instead I found something else there which you might like also:

https://archive.org/details/confederateveter01alex

AWESOME!! Thank you

 

[1stMN]

To me, Edward Porter Alexander was one of the Civil War's true Renaissance Men; not only did he perform his duties during the Civil War in an exemplary manner, his greatest accomplishments in life possibly came after the Civil War when he helped rebuild the South by engineering routes across the South for new railroads. It is also said that he helped prevent a war in South America by using his considerable engineering skills. If you ever find yourself in Augusta, Georgia his gravesite in the Magnolia Cemetery is worth the hunt. Besides, anyone whose most popular picture in uniform is one wearing a striped shirt and a bowtie is all right with me.

One of these days I hope to make a visit there. He was an incredible man!