“Composed of over fifty letters around two Confederate brothers reporting from campaigns in Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, Kentucky, and Georgia, this book “will interest anyone wishing to read about the history of the Confederate Army of Tennessee or about the life of the common soldier during the Civil War.”
—Civil War Book Review
“These letters offer the rare perspective of soldiers from the Trans-Mississippi. . . . A valuable addition to the literature on the war in the West.”
—North and South
“An important addition to the growing body of primary sources for the Civil War era. . . . Were the Spence brothers obscure figures in history? Yes, but this edition provides scholars with important new resources from the era to inspire new research.”
—H-Net