Rebel at large : the diary of Confederate deserter Philip Van Buskirk / edited and with an introduction by B.R. Burg.

"This diary, most unusual during the Civil War, contains little about military life. Early in the war Van Buskirk abandoned his regiment. He wrote of the suffering civilians endured at the hands of armies, and found time to chronicle his fascination with handsome young lads he encountered--prov...

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