This War So Horrible: The Civil War Diary of Hiram Smith Williams

By Hiram Smith Williams

Book Overview

A different sort of Civil War diary.

" M]ost intriguing . . . for it is the diary of a Confederate who spent most of his military service as a noncombatant . . . a soldier who was also an outspoken opponent of military life and war in general and of the Civil War in particular. Hiram Smith Williams was a native Northerner who moved to the South shortly before the war but enlisted as a private in the 40th Alabama Infantry. . . . This truly unique diary, which is enlivened by Williams's keen eye for detail, a certain literary flair, and his frank assessment of the Confederate army and cause, also includes extensive notes and a perceptive introduction."
--Civil War History

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817306420
• ISBN13: 9780817306427
• Release Date: March 1993
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"