Reflections on the Civil War by Bruce Catton
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
After a brisk overview that is a mash-up for talks the Michigan Civil War chronicler gave, the book becomes special and unique starting with the reproduced drawings of Federal Army engineer John Geyser. Geyser's drawing are stark, haunting, and deeply personal. Make sure to look for Catton's remarks on each picture which make up a final chapter while the pictures themselves are gathered in the middle and spring up without herald. Toward the end of the book, Catton treats us to a military history of the engineering units Geyser (and his brother) participated in, and then outlines Geyser's post-war biography from Pension Board correspondence and more.
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