A Rough Introduction to This Sunny Land
The Civil War Diary of Private Henry A. Strong, Co. K, Twelfth Kansas Infantry
Edited by Tom Wing

This diary provides a rare record of the experiences and observations of a western Federal infantryman. It covers his enlistment in 1862; duty in southwest Missouri, the Indian Territory, and Arkansas; and the Camden Expedition. He describes Confederate guerrilla operations, the executions of bushwhackers, and aspects of civilian life.

2006, 6 x 9, 118 pages, 9 photographs
$15.00 paper
ISBN 978-0-9708574-3-9/ 0-9708574-3-8

Distributed for the Butler Center for Arkansas Studies