Series ✦ Penny’s Take
A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital
John Beauchamp Jones · 2015
84/100
👍 Worth It
This is primary source Civil War history of the first order — a day-by-day front-row account of the Confederate government from someone who was actually inside it. Robertson's editorial apparatus in the modern edition does the essential work of contextualizing Jones's unreconstructed Confederate worldview. Historians call it indispensable, and the evidence supports that verdict.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety78
Substance / usefulness92
Craft & writing72
Originality90
Evidence & accuracy88
Hype vs delivers85
Age-fit78
👁 Human-eye gut-check82
Penny’s verdict84
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