I don't often read autobiographies, and a very seldom recommend books at all, but this novel was a kindle unlimited freebee and the intro to Bushwhacker: Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand was as insightful as it was compelling. This Missourian Confederate killer (technically accurate) truly gave meaning to the term "Hell to pay"...and its actual history.

Exerpt that I enjoyed (approximately 1865)..aka the more things change the more they stay the same.

"On the next day, however, the matter was fully discussed in every camp. Nine-tenths of the men fully endorsed the statement made by our noble captain, and I could not acknowledge that his reasoning seemed plausible; yet I was annoyed beyond all measure by the reflection that the war had suddenly ceased before I was done fighting.

I cared not so much about the general result. I know but little, and cared still less, about the great political problem that was war was supposed to have solved, nor the technical question discussed by old fossil statesmen, whether the States formed the Union or the Union formed the States, whether the South had inherent rights or whether inherent rights had the South, whether the General Government was a restricted agent of the people, or whether the people were the restricted agents of the General Government."

If you read this I'd enjoy discussing it.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...