However, as he wrote in early 1862, he had "no ambition to acquire military renown and glory." Likewise, Sam chafed at financial setbacks caused by the war and at Confederate policies that seemed to limit his freedom. Sam was a Unionist until 1860, when his sentiments shifted in favor of the Confederacy. Sam's recollections of the Union bombardment, the evacuation of the city, the looting of his store, and the influx of Yankee forces are riveting.
The Richardses were among the last Confederate loyalists to leave Atlanta. This volume excerpts the diary from October 1860, just before the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, through August 1865, when the Richards family returned to Atlanta after being forced out by Sherman's troops and spending a period of exile in New York City. Bookseller Samuel Pearce Richards (1824-1910) kept a diary for sixty-seven years. Book excerpt: This previously unpublished diary is the best-surviving firsthand account of life in Civil War-era Atlanta. This book was released on 2009 with total page 333 pages.
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