The Memories of Blood and Fear: 10 Civil War Diaries

What is more truthful and visceral as our genuine feelings, our senses and our experiences, recorded immediately, in the moment? They are unadulterated by time, untouched by doubt, and untainted by the shifting winds of political climate. This is why diaries are often regarded as the truest historical sources, not to mention their ability to act as time machines, offering us the chance to understa...