The book is a true story that is well-documented. Each chapter has numerous source reference note numbers authenticating the research. The book is indexed and also contains an appendix making it easy to do research and is illustrated. It also contains letters written during the Civil War period never published before. The book reads with the ease of a novel. It is filled with factual accounts that pull the reader into the events taking place on the written pages. The rebel yells, the ear-splitting roar of the cannon and the heart wrenching cries of the wounded hold your interest as you are pulled into the story. Truly this is a book full of action, suspense, and even romance. The writer carries you right into the realities of the Civil War.