Confederate Narratives in the Civil War Collection

One of the most studied and written about episodes in US history, the American Civil War remains the subject of cultural and historiographical debate. The conflict was one of the earliest industrial wars in which mass-produced weapons were employed. The mobilization of civilian factories, shipyards, transportation, and food supplies all foreshadowed the impact of industrialization in World War I, World War II, and subsequent conflicts. Confederate Narratives in the Civil War Collection includes: Book one: Memoirs of the Confederate War for Independence. Johann August Heinrich Heros von Borcke (1835-1895) was a Prussian cavalry officer who served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the Confederacy's surrender in 1865, von Borcke rejoined the Prussian Army for the Austro-Prussian War. Von Borcke served under General J.E.B. Stuart, General Stonewall Jackson, and General Robert E. Lee, and he gives a personal look into the lives of these men and of the privates whom he foug