“December 28, 1863 - May 24, 1865. The volume includes the observations of an ‘aging’ Methodist minister from Illinois who came South to recruit "patch of darkies" for the Union Army, beginning at Stevenson, Alabama. Later, he enlisted as a soldier…
“Compiled by Susan Leigh Blackford, from original and contemporaneous memoirs, correspondence and diaries. Annotated by her husband, Charles Minor Blackford. Edited and abridged for publication by Charles Minor Blackford.”