Overview
Few lives bridge the quiet farms of early nineteenth-century America and the brutal shock of the American Civil War as powerfully as that of Isaac Jones Wistar, Union general, lawyer and reformer. History speaks in his voice. In this richly detailed nineteenth century autobiography, Wistar looks back on a life that carried him from modest Pennsylvania beginnings into the highest ranks of the volunteer army, offering an unsparing American Civil War memoir and union army personal narrative from inside the civil war union campaigns. Volume I sets the stage: a candid self-portrait of character, conviction and ambition formed long before the battle lines were drawn, and later tested amid the chaos of the American civil war era. Written with the clarity and moral seriousness that readers admire in Ulysses S Grant memoirs, it stands as a major american military history biography and a cornerstone for any serious civil war memoir collection, while also painting a vivid social panorama of 19th century America beyond the battlefield. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions. Restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Ideal for thoughtful general readers, homeschool American history book lists, and Civil War history gift giving alike, this careful modern edition opens Wistar's world to anyone seeking authentic first-hand testimony from a Union army general biography that shaped the United States.
