Fighting for the Confederacy

“A treasure of Civil War 'personal memoirs' . . . altogether livelier and more irreverent than anything in Grant’s and Sherman’s books.”—New Republic

“Alexander’s vigorous prose and astute personal observations . . . have made Fighting for the Confederacy a new landmark in Civil War historiography, one that no historian of the period can afford to ignore.”—Journal of Southern History

“The publication of Fighting for the Confederacy constitutes the most important addition to Confederate historiography in years. . . . A pleasure to read. . . . [It] will join the list of essential readings for students of the Civil War.”—Civil War History

“Alexander’s new memoirs are relaxed and engaging, lacking the self-importance that mars the memoirs of a good many soldiers with weaker claims to distinction than his, and refreshingly candid about his own frailties and those of some of the Confederacy’s most revered commanders.”—American Heritage

“Unquestionably will join the ranks of those standard works that every serious student of the Civil War will want to read.”—Georgia Historical Quarterly

“Gary W. Gallagher, in publishing Fighting for the Confederacy, has given Civil War historians one of the most unexpected and delightful surprises in many years. . . . It is a book that must be read.”—Louisiana History

“What a marvelous book! . . . Because of Gallagher’s editorial efforts everyone interested in the Confederacy has ready access to what may very well be the most outstanding Confederate military memoir.”—Virginia Magazine of History and Biography

“All serious students of the Army of Northern Virginia . . . owe a debt of gratitude to Gary Gallagher. . . . This book is destined to become a classic. It is simply must reading.”—Blue and Gray