"A Southern Yarn" by R. W. Richards

Book Review
The book I read was titled A Southern Yarn. It is an interesting story about what might have happened if General Lee had won a minor battle in the Civil War. The author, R. W. Richards, tries to convince you that the South might have possibly won, if Lee had won a small fight in the Battle of Spotsylvainia. Richards does a successful job, and makes the story believable, if a little far fetched. The idea that the South can win so many battles, outgunned, outnumbered, and undersupplied, was, I thought, a little unbelievable. The story also captured the spirit of war - it s…