Reminiscences of a Rebel

"Reminiscences of a Rebel" by Wayland Fuller Dunaway is a firsthand story from the Civil War told by a Confederate officer. It's a deeply personal look at his time during the war, sharing the battles he fought in and his thoughts about the whole conflict. The book really gets into what it was like to be a soldier back then, showing how complicated things were when it came to loyalty, doing what you were told, and how tough life could be in the army. From the very beginning, as a young man deciding to join the Confederate Army when things were getting tense in Virginia because of Lincoln’s election, readers see how much enthusiasm and patriotism the soldiers had before they knew what war was really like. The story shows how the author's view of the war changed as he experienced it, wrestling with the difficult choices and the impact the fighting had on everyone.