Testament: A Soldier's Story of the Civil War

Benson Bobrick, recipient of the 2002 American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, tells the story of Benjamin ¿Webb¿ Baker, his great-grandfather. Webb enlisted in the Union Army in 1861 and thereafter suffered through horrid conditions in camp and absolute hell in combat. Benson¿s fascinating look at the Civil War also contains a heretofore unreleased collection of Webb¿s letters.