The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 (Janet Elizabeth Croon - DLM) ecw Extracted from first-hand accounts

Extracted from first-hand accounts

fought from 1861 to 1865 in regiments (infantry

Subthemes include the roles of both women and education in the 1800's

The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War

The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 (Janet Elizabeth Croon - DLM) ecw Extracted from first-hand accountsThe War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860 1865 edited by Janet Elizabeth Croon LeRoy Wiley Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent slave holding family in Macon, Georgia. After a horrific leg injury left him an invalid, the educated, inquisitive, perceptive, and exceptionally witty 12 year old began keeping a diary in 1860 just as secession and the Civil War began tearing the country and his world apart. He continued