num_pages: 274
description: This highly literate account by the son of President Zachary Taylor follows the author's Confederate commands in all three major theatres of the war, and provides a unique view of the Reconstruction period. "Taylor possessed literary art that approached the first rank."–Douglas Southall Freeman.
language: English
title: Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War
titlecomplete: Destruction and Reconstruction: Personal Experiences of the Late War (Southern Classics Series)
characters: Richard Taylor
genres: History, American History, Civil War, War, Memoir, American, Nonfiction, American Civil War
ratings_count: 94
publisher: J.S. Sanders Books