The backstory to this read is I’m part of a very nerdy hobby where my hubby and I dress in funny clothes and teach the public about American Civil War history.  (aren’t we adorable?) As such, I end up looking for obscure primary sources about the people who didn’t end up having movies made about them. I was very happy to stumble across “The Civil War Journal of Pvt. Heyward Emmell,” and the story of how the diary came to be purchasable on Amazon is […]