"Reminiscencies of a Confederate soldier of Co. C, 2nd Va. Cavalry" by Rufus H. Peck is a private's view in a day-by-day kind of a journal format. The book doesn't just share the horrors of the Civil War. It also discusses the mentality and the culture of what it meant to be a soldier in the confederate army. The action but also the many moments of downtime and camaraderie with fellow soldiers described in depth.