title: From Fields of Fire and Glory: Letters of the Civil War
author:  Rod Gragg 
description: Lincoln spoke his address at Gettysburg 139 years ago this fall. As the years since the War Between the States increase, it becomes more important to seize the threads of history before they fade and unravel. <i>From Fields of Fire and Glory</i> offers 20 letters from the war, reproduced in color from the originals, with typed transcriptions of the combatants' penned words. Tucked into pockets, on pages with photographs of the correspondents and context, the letters are both poignant and graphic, giving details that will delight war buffs and scholars.<br /><i>Even the rebel papers admit that Lee has his match in Gen Meade, &amp; has been foiled in every attempt to surprise or flank him. I only hope the Blubber heads at Washington will leave Meade where he is.</i><br />The history is not limited to just the winning side or that of the oft-romanticized loser; North and South, navy and infantry, officer and private, homefront and warfront are all represented. Jacob Harvey, in a letter to his wife in 1865, wrote, "I would rather talk with you one hour than rite a dozen leters [sic]." While we would rather talk with Harvey and his comrades for one hour than read a dozen letters, this book is a welcome substitute. -<b>The Bloomsbury Review</b>
zlib_text: ## CAMP-FIRE AND COTTON-FIELD:
  
  ### SOUTHERN ADVENTURE
  
  ###### IN
  
  #### TIME OF WAR.
  
  #### LIFE WITH THE UNION ARMIES,
  
  ###### AND
  
  ### RESIDENCE ON A LOUISIANA PLANTATION.
  
  ###### BY
  
  #### THOMAS W. KNOX,
  
  ###### HERALD CORRESPONDENT
  
  * * *
  
  ##### WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.
  
  * * *
  
    
    
  
  #### TO  
  THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE PRESS,  
  WHO FOLLOWED THE  
  FORTUNES OF THE NATIONAL ARMIES,  
  AND RECORDED  
  THE DEEDS OF VALOR THAT SECURED THE PERPETUITY OF THE REPUBLIC,  
  THIS VOLUME  
  IS SYMPATHETICALLY INSCRIBED.
  
    
    
  THE REBEL RAM ARKANSAS RUNNING THROUGH OUR FLEET.
  
  **THE REBEL RAM ARKANSAS RUNNING THROUGH OUR FLEET.**
  
    
    
  
  ### TO THE READER.
  
  A preface usually takes the form of an apology. The author of this volume has
  none to offer.
  
  The book owes its appearance to its discovery of a publisher. It has been
  prepared from materials gathered during the Campaigns herein recorded, and
  from the writer's personal recollections.
  
  Whatever of merit or demerit it possesses remains for the reader 