Soldier's Recollection, A - Leaves from the Diary of a Young Confederate; With an Oration on the Motives and Aims of the Soldiers of the South (Collector's Library of the Civil War) by:
Hardcover. NY, Time Life, reprint, 1984, Book: Very Good, Dust Jacket: None, 362 pages. Hardcover with no dust jacket. Dark blue leather bound with gilt titles to front cover and spine. Embossed decoration on front cover. Gilt text block edges, red ribbon marker. Clean, tight copy. The account of the battles give incisive information, the writer speaks in such a way that one feels he is present, and telling you his experience and account of each battle discussed. McKim was a Maryland Confederate officer and one can feel his position in many of the comments he makes. This book is "the real deal". If you seek the true Confederate view of the Civil War, McKim will supply you with accurate information, both the good and the bad, concerning his experience in battles.