I am currently learning about the civil war for 1) my own entertainment and 2) a Civil War project for school. I have already read Sam Watkins' "Company Aych" and am currently reading Elisha Hunt Rhodes' "All for the Union" and have Gen. Grant's bought as well. What other personal accounts can you recommend. I am open to all suggestions. Thank you for your help!
I recommend What this Cruel War was Over: Soldiers, Slavery, and the Civil War by Chandra Manning. It’s not a memoir but it is filled with various letters and newspapers from lowly Civil War combatants which really paints a picture of how the common people felt.